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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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WWE.COM: Rock Ready To 'Rumble' With Cena, Punk, Or Ryback

http://www.wwe.com/shows/survivorseries/2012/rock-is-ready-to-rumble-26069554
Rock ready to 'Rumble' with Cena, Punk or Ryback



Hours before Survivor Series, The Rock tweeted he is ready for his title match at Royal Rumble against any of the three Superstars in tonight's WWE Championship Triple Threat Match: CM Punk, John Cena or Ryback.

@TheRock: Tonight's @WWE SURVIVOR SERIES: @CMPunk @Ryback22 @JohnCena Who wins? #ItDoesntMatter #NextWWEChampion pic.twitter.com/JXKkltbA

Which Superstar do you think will go one-on-one with The Great One for the WWE Title at the Royal Rumble? Tout it out using #RockRoyalRumble now, plus see what the rest of the WWE Universe thinks.

Watch Survivor Series tonight on pay-per-view, starting at 8 ET/5 PT. (HOW TO WATCH)
also they had Josh Matthews made a tout about fans touting on who will face The Rock from the winner from tonight.
 
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I get that they're hyping the match with Rock but all this is doing, for me personally, is heighten the fact that everything is completely meaningless until the Rumble and it's all but inevitable that Rock is going to take the belt anyways. It truly is a double edged sword.
 
#2,532 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

It doesn't matter this it doesn't matter that... does anything matter anymore?
 
#2,534 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

inb4 he starts calling him Mr. Johnson.
 
#2,536 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

Oh, Phil is sweating there, GI Joe? You mean this GI Joe:

I am stoked for the rocks superbowl commercial. Legit envious. I'll admit it. He's roadblock! God Damnit.
I'm sure that if he will be nice and politely ask The Rock, he will give him some glimpse of the film before March when it comes out.





IT. DOESNT. MATTER. :rock4

inb4 he starts calling him Mr. Johnson.
That would be fine, or he can just call him Boss :balo
 
#2,544 ·
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^It's already going that route, unfortunately.

Who still thinks Rock is walking out of Rumble with the gold? I'm starting to think he isn't.
Of course he isn't. A green pig is going to fly down from the rafters and distract Rock so Punk can get the win. Seems like the only way Punk can win a match is through some ridiculous interference lol. DAT GREEN PIG.
 
#2,551 · (Edited)
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

I need to find that old script someone made for a Rock/Punk interaction. Shit was epic. Only problem is Beth has been released but you can replace her with AJ Lee.
Talking about this:


Punk: "So yeah, broke up with her, and that's that. Like I said, she's a douche bag"
Rock *thinks to himself* Sounds like this Glamazon mama needs to meet The Rocks 'Holy Moses'. Yeaaahhh bab... is he still talking?!"



Beth: "Wow, I can't believe it. I've always been a huge fan Rock."
Rock: "Please, call me Dwayne. Now, Miss Pheonix, I dunno about ashes, but let's see about getting some rising done! Eeeeeeasy big fella. Easy.

This next morning:



Punk: "What the hell, Duuuuwayane?! What the hell were you thinking?! Sleeping with my ex like that?! And on that bed no less!"
Rock: "Woah. First thing. Know your role. Second thing. Shut yo' mouth. Now let the Rock make one thing perfectly clear to you. Perfectly clear. The Rock, did not, sleep with your ex last night on that bed. No no no no no, No."
Punk: "No?"
Rock: "No. Of course not. I fucked her. I fucked her last night. And not just on that bed. We did it on the couch. In the kitchen. In the shower. Down the hall beside the Pepsi machine. Oh you mad now?!
Punk: "I..."
Rock: "Yeah thought as much. Beth told me about your pipebomb. Said it was a short fuse though."
Punk: "..."
Rock: "But don't worry. You are the best in the world. This much is true she said. You are. Best in the world. For all of 2 minutes. Now get your greasy slicked back hair, short order cook at Waffle house lookin sum'bitch out of the Rock's suite. Oh, one more thing. Next time when the Rock tells you to bring his coffee, make sure it's low fat. Bitch"
:lmao Money.

Or this:
"BM Punk's claim to be the best, the Rock has found quite brutal. Clearly Phillip is a man who has no strudel!

"I'm the Best in the World!" Phil would sing. As he trembled with fear stepping into the People's Ring!

And faster, faster than scrooge saw the ghost of Christmas past. The Rock hit the People's Ring and whooped vanilla midget's ass!

It seemed quite certain the title would switch, as The Rock made CM his OWN Punk ass bitch!"
:rock4

 
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