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Official The Rock vs. CM Punk Discussion Thread

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wwe.com said:
Perhaps the parade was premature. Perhaps the celebrating, the humble tweets to The People and the legions of Team Bring It, and the proclamation that FINALLY, The Rock was WWE Champion once again jumped the gun by just a bit. Maybe, just maybe, The Rock put the horse before the cart when he celebrated his latest triumph on Raw Roulette, because CM Punk is not done with The Great One by a long shot.


How could he be, either? When a Superstar holds the WWE Title — Punk’s “life’s work,” in his own words — for 434 days spread across three calendar years, he does not just simply throw up his hands and call it a good run when the prize is taken from his clutches. So it was of no surprise when, during The Rock’s celebratory address to the WWE Universe as its new champion, The Straight Edge Superstar himself declared would be evoking his rematch clause – “granting” Rock a rematch was how he earned it – at Elimination Chamber. It was also of no surprise that The Rock gladly accepted.

But once again, maybe Rock is counting his proverbial chickens too early, because for all CM Punk’s feverish boasting in his final days as champion, he was right about one thing after the Royal Rumble: Hedidpin The Rock. It was one-two-three in the middle of the ring, although it took a sneak attack by who we can only assume was The Shield to weaken The Brahma Bull enough for Punk to make the pin. And it was only after Mr. McMahon restarted the bout that The Great One found enough of a second wind to silence CM Punk and put The Straight Edge Superstar to sleep, claiming his eighth WWE Championship in the process.

So at Elimination Chamber, the most brutal pit stop on The Road to WrestleMania, The Rock will face his own personal demon yet again. And The People’s Champion will have to be very, very careful, because CM Punk does not make the same mistake twice, and he is very, very angry. The very real opinion exists — depending whom you ask — that Punk should still be WWE Champion. And with it, the very real possibility exists — should The Rock think one victory equals winning the war — that The Brahma Bull’s parade could end as soon as it began and that CM Punk will be champion again, with history in his hands for the third time.


Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said:
Over 100 years of Heavyweight Champions.

3 generations in my blood.

New WWE Champion.

My honor. TEAM BRING IT.


wwe.com said:
Attitude Era original Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will compete in his first World Title match in more than a decade when he challenges WWE Champion CM Punk, the longest-reigning WWE Title holder of the past quarter-century, at Royal Rumble on Jan. 27.

The WWE Universe has anxiously awaited The Great One’s return to the WWE Title picture since he announced his championship opportunity on Raw 1,000 last July. Though there was no guarantee at the time whom The Rock’s opponent would be, the always-confident Punk fired an opening salvo that night, cutting down The Rock with a clothesline before knocking him out with a picture-perfect Go to Sleep. The following week, The Voice of the Voiceless defended his actions by suggesting The Great One, having been “gifted” a WWE Title match, viewed victory at the Royal Rumble as a foregone conclusion.

Whether a real or perceived slight, the implication that The Rock places himself on a higher plane than the current WWE Champion was seemingly all the motivation Punk needed to make sure he would still have the title on Jan. 27.

In the half-year since Raw 1,000, The Second City Saint stunned WWE fans by aligning with Paul Heyman and ratcheting up the vitriol of his speech. More important than either of those details, he has — by hook or by crook — maintained possession of the championship gold. Having turned back challenges by John Cena and Ryback in recent months, The Best in the World now looks ahead to testing himself against the seven-time former WWE Champion who vowed in 2012 to regain the title.

For The Rock, an A-list Hollywood action star and third-generation Superstar who has sports-entertainment coursing through his veins, the Royal Rumble title match represents the start of a potential career renaissance inside the ring. Since March 2004, The Most Electrifying Man in All of Entertainment has competed in only two sanctioned WWE matches, teaming with John Cena to shred The Awesome Truth (The Miz & R-Truth) at Survivor Series 2011 and overcoming the Cenation leader at WrestleMania XXVIII.

But by vying for the most treasured prize in sports-entertainment, The Rock is committing to more than another appearance as a “special attraction.” Rather, he is setting his eyes on again becoming WWE’s gold standard.

Hell-bent though The Rock may be on introducing a new generation of WWE fans to The People’s Champion, there is no discounting Punk’s deftness once the bell rings. Controversial endings to several high-profile title defenses may have tarnished The Second City Saint’s reputation in the eyes of some critics, but they have done nothing to change the fact the WWE Championship still sits around his waist. Before his seedier side came into focus in late summer, Punk spent much of 2012 disposing of WWE’s best and brightest, ranging from Chris Jericho and Daniel Bryan to Dolph Ziggler and Kane. How will the WWE Champion match up against one of the pillars of The Attitude Era?

As the WWE Universe excitedly counts down the days until Jan. 27, the back-and-forth between two of WWE’s most compelling talkers is bound to pick up steam. It will not be until the Royal Rumble, however, that the trash talk gives way to the gravity of a game-changing WWE Championship bout, the likes of which hasn’t seen in years. Will Royal Rumble mark the rebirth of a championship Brahma Bull, or will it only underscore what Punk has claimed all along, that he is untouchable and in a class by himself?
The Rock explains why he wants WWE Title

WWE part-time star The Rock revealed why re-capturing the WWE Title is important to him in a new interview with WWE Magazine. It's a statement that has been missing from WWE television leading up to the Royal Rumble PPV.

"It starts with recognizing what the WWE Championship represents to me," Rock said in the February 2013 issue. "Every time I hold that title over my head in victory, it not only signifies the fact that I have delivered the absolute best entertainment that I could to the WWE Universe, but that I'm taking a moment to live an experience that all the generations of wrestlers in my family strived to achieve.

Rock continued, "There is no other award that I could receive that's as deeply ingrained in my blood and history as the WWE Championship - and that's why it means so much to me."

At the same time, Rock said that after his first WWE Title reign - which came in 1998 - he decided that he would never allow his possession of or lack of the WWE Title define his career.

"After my first WWE Championship run came to an end, I made a conscious decision that night that I would work harder than any other Superstar in the locker room to become the type of WWE entertainer who, if I never had another championship run again, it would not define my career. I never wanted to rely on a title run for success."

Rock's next statement reflects his recent approach to mixing "entertainment" with "seriousness." Rock concluded, "My goal was to get to a place where I relied only on what I could bring to the table in terms of being entertaining and having a one-of-a-kind - and electrifying - connection with all of the WWE Universe."

[ FYI: Rock's interview is part of a cover-feature on Rock in the latest WWE Magazine. ]

Link - http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_68014.shtml














 
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#5,991 · (Edited)
QUOTE=Starbuck;12475969]:lmao

Nobody said it was real. It's about buying into the characters and the show. All this walking the line of kayfabe stuff certainly doesn't help Punk in that regard though since he doesn't look like he could beat anybody up but disregarding all that and staying with the characters, what reason does anybody have to believe CM Punk the character, when he says he's going to kick somebody's ass, least of all one who looks like The Rock? We have none. Just 15 minutes prior he needed help to win a match again. He isn't booked to back up what he says so when he does actually say things like that, it's funny. Arms too short to box with God? Son, your arms are too short to box at all. It would be much easier to buy if he wasn't booked like a pussy and didn't look like a small child next to the people he's talking to. But he does, so it's funny and completely backfires on him. That whole last part about kicking Rock's ass had me rolling. He can't play the intimidating so called 'dangerous' man he's trying to portray and act like the last 6 months haven't happened. It doesn't work that way. If they wanted that type of character they should have booked for it the second he hit that GTS back in July.

Enough of that though, please, continue with your irrelevant science fiction analogies. WWE needs more light sabers and mind control powers tbh.
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Cowardly Ric Flair in the 80's Vs the likes of Vader, Sting, Hogan.

Flair is a lot of things but physically intimidating isn't one. Did you lol when he said he was going to beat them too?

Its just wrestling bro (or sis). Just Punk playing his delusional character. You Don't have to love it, I don't have to nitpick it either and ruin it for myself as you can with any WWE storyline in the last 20 years.

Agree to disagree.
 
#6,118 · (Edited)
Punk did promise change, said he was an agent of change. I was such a Punk fan in 2011, I thought he was really going to change the product

Instead ratings have been in the toilet, he's still overshadowed by Cena despite being the Champion and being better in ring and on mic, a tired gimmick, reliance on shoot promos to get attention. Punk can't even cut a memorable promo without breaking the 4th wall.

Rock was absolutely right when he said the people rejected Punk. I can't even take the guy seriously anymore, and I can't suspend my disbelief when Punk keeps telling the Rock he could kick his ass even though the Rock realistically could snap him like a twig.

He's lucky Rock didn't call him out on his hypocrisy, Punk has called people ****'s and told people to kill themselves, attacked a fan, but said AW went overboard for making a rape joke.

I miss Straight Edge Messiah Punk...this is just getting sad now..
 
#6,128 ·
Both sides of the "Mark Wars" here should be ashamed of themselves for the stupid shit I'm reading as regarding to the promo on Monday. Seriously, log off.

I will say this. CM Punk vs. The Rock has to be the WWE Championship match at Wrestlemania 29 and it has to be the main event. No John Cena. No Brock Lesnar. No Triple H. No Undertaker. Nobody involved but these two. This is already better than Rock/Cena in the promo department and we have THREE. WEEKS. LEFT. Holy fuckery.

Nobody wants Rock/Cena II and who the fuck wants it after....THAT on Monday?
 
#6,190 ·
Rock winning the title at Eliminiation Chamber is disappointing IMO. A big title change should happen in one of the big 4 PPVs and Royal Rumble is fine. I like Rock316AE's idea of Rock winning the title at the Rumble and losing it a month later due to an interference from Lesnar.
 
#6,320 ·
epic punk pic
 
#6,360 ·
Just watched the Rock/Punk promo and I gotta say, what a great job from both guys. I'm not the biggest Punk mark but he really did a great job even if most of it was smarky, insider, 4th wall stuff. The Rock was absolutely amazing as usual. Best thing I've seen on RAW in a long, long, time.
 
#6,385 ·
Re: Will the Rock wrestle prior to the rumble, why not?

if he wrestles before the rumble, there's only one person that's big enough to face rock and not get buried deeply.

sandow.
 
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#6,396 · (Edited)
Rock's promo from last Monday and from SmackDown were amazing.

I've rewatched them probably about 100 times this week.

"The Rock wants you to get a tattoo of The Rock's size 15 shoe, so you'll have a lifetime reminder of how badly The Rock is gonna kick your candyass at Royal Rumble!"

candy = M&M tattoo
ass = shoe tattoo

LOL probably the only time the term 'candyass' was used by Rock literally. Nice touch.

So epic, so intense.

Punk was amazing as well.
 
#6,464 ·
LOL@This parody Twitter. Some good investment there, feels like :balo2 now getting Twitter parody accounts.



Rock is doing another Superbowl commercial? Nice. Last year they did the GI Joe promo in the Superbowl for nothing, with the delay of the movie. It was for the better, though. The timing of the original release date was too busy with too many blockbusters at the same time.
 
#6,448 · (Edited)
Honestly, I have been a huge Rocky fan since I was 5 years old, I would love him to get the gold and stir things up in the WWE again but with his movie career dedications I cant see the program allowing a WWE champion to walk in and out when they please.

Saying that I made sure to be at the Raw 2013 where the Rock made his return and gave CM Punk 3 rock bottoms and a peoples elbow. Here is a live video i recorded guys hope you enjoy!
I cant post URLS yet so just add the rest in yourselfs :)

youtube.com/watch?v=nkK54zX5794
 
#6,451 ·
LOL wow people on this site have real short attention spans. I actually watched the promo for a second time and that was a straight up Jericho/Rock type promo. Both of those 2 hit each other hard on the mic. Rock is the people's champ and was straight up defending the people. Punk promised a lot of people change and never changed shit and became a self centered jerk. And Punk hit the Rock with how serious he is about keeping his title, and letting Rock know how dangerous he is, and I found Rock's jokes pretty funny tbh. The first time I watched it, I didn't catch that mirror joke all too well because of the noise in my house and some distractions, but it was delivered nicely.

These 2 REALLY hit it out of the park with that promo and if people can only remember some silly PG chant that successfully became a chant as usual, from that promo, then yep, y'all ain't paying attention.

Rock is back to entertain the people and win that title.
 
#6,452 ·
Haters will always hate...........BTW do any attitude era fans have any idea,was the Rock hated this way when he wrestled in his prime and full time?Did any of the fans moan here on the internet that his shtick was stale and lameass?Did anybody say that he keeps on doing the same things again and again?I don't know I was a kid back then.
 
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