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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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#4,374 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

Watching some Rock segments on dailymotion. Some rare shit you guys might not have seen:

Backstage promo (badass shirt): http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/xo6u_KazDaGr81_the-rock-collection-by-kazdagr81/3#video=x1imqg

Rock/Show on Big Breakfast promoting 99 Rebellion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1hmok_the-rock-big-show-on-big-breakfast_sport#.UOCcKW881Ro

Rock/Show on UK Kids TV promoting Rebellion: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1f55c_the-rock-big-show-on-uk-kids-tv_sport#.UOCczm881Ro

:Rock traffic report: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1f4hz_the-rock-traffic-report-on-mtv-uk-t_sport#.UOCdLW881Ro
 
#4,377 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/the-rock-returns-to-raw-on-jan-7

The Rock returns to Raw on Jan. 7
BY JAMES WORTMANPage 1 of 1December 30, 2012

The WWE Universe will smell what The Rock is cooking when “The Most Electrifying Man in All of Entertainment” returns to Raw on Jan. 7, live in Tampa, Fla.

The Great One will no doubt have a few eyebrow-raising surprises in store for the momentous first Raw of 2013. Revelry won’t be the only thing on The Rock’s mind that night, however, as he prepares to compete for the WWE Title at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event on Jan. 27.

The WWE Champion — not to mention the millions and millions of The Rock’s fans — won’t want to miss the iconic Superstar’s exciting return to Tampa for the first time in a decade. Experience the first Raw of 2013 by tuning in at 8/7 CT on USA Network, or be part of the action live and in person!
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#4,381 ·
If CM Punk loses the WWE title at Royal Rumble does he get a rematch?

Im in the small minority that thinks CM Punk will retain at Royal Rumble.
I do think The Rock should win the title for a short reign and I do believe that CM Punks title reign is coming to an end and he needs to drop the title and move on to another challenge (most likely HHH or The Undertaker at Wrestlemania).

1. The Rock winning seems too predictable.

2. CM Punk has held the title for 400 days +. In my opinion it makes little sense that CM Punk has kept the title for over a year against and has overcome so many opponents and challenges but then loses the title to a part timer on the first opportunity.

But lets say CM Punk does lose the title to The Rock at Royal Rumble then does that mean CM Punk will have a rematch at the following RAW. Is The Rock schedule to appear at the following RAW?

I hope it doesn't have any interruption and is a straight forward match that goes down as a 5 star classic match. But I have suspicions that either Ryback, The Undertaker or The Shield may play a part.
 
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#4,409 ·
Re: If CM Punk loses the WWE title at Royal Rumble does he get a rematch?

Im in the small minority that thinks CM Punk will retain at Royal Rumble.
I do think The Rock should win the title for a short reign and I do believe that CM Punks title reign is coming to an end and he needs to drop the title and move on to another challenge (most likely HHH or The Undertaker at Wrestlemania).

1. The Rock winning seems too predictable.

2. CM Punk has held the title for 400 days +. In my opinion it makes little sense that CM Punk has kept the title for over a year against and has overcome so many opponents and challenges but then loses the title to a part timer on the first opportunity.

But lets say CM Punk does lose the title to The Rock at Royal Rumble then does that mean CM Punk will have a rematch at the following RAW. Is The Rock schedule to appear at the following RAW?

I hope it doesn't have any interruption and is a straight forward match that goes down as a 5 star classic match. But I have suspicions that either Ryback, The Undertaker or The Shield may play a part.
1: CM Punk winning every WWE title match for a year straight was too predictable. I hope the year-long string of boring predictability ends at the Rumble with Punk's loss. I will happily accept one more predictable PPV outcome so I don't have to sit through another 12.


2: Not only should he not have had it for 400+ days, but it's fairly obvious you wouldn't happy no matter who he lost it to or when it'll happen.

You should be extremely happy he was allowed to retain for as long as he has. He absolutely should not still have the title. Nobody else has had the title for that long since WWE started airing on tv every week back in the early 90's. He's already retained for far longer than you should have expected he would.
 
#4,382 ·
Re: If CM Punk loses the WWE title at Royal Rumble does he get a rematch?

Well heres how its going to go down...

Rock and Punk face off in the middle of the ring. They lock up the gong rings and the lights go out. Everyone starts chanting Taker. Next thing you know Cena is in the ring and AA's Rock and Punk. Taker's music hits and he starts walking to the ring. Gong rings again and Sting decends from the rafters and hits Cena with a bat. Taker is still walking down to the ring while Sting has Punk in a scorpion deathlock. Lesnar's music hits and he runs down to the ring and knocks over Taker, breaking his hip in the process. Lesnar then begins to kill everyone in the ring and pins their lifeless corpes.

mfw

 
#4,390 ·
Re: If CM Punk loses the WWE title at Royal Rumble does he get a rematch?

Well heres how its going to go down...

Rock and Punk face off in the middle of the ring. They lock up the gong rings and the lights go out. Everyone starts chanting Taker. Next thing you know Cena is in the ring and AA's Rock and Punk. Taker's music hits and he starts walking to the ring. Gong rings again and Sting decends from the rafters and hits Cena with a bat. Taker is still walking down to the ring while Sting has Punk in a scorpion deathlock. Lesnar's music hits and he runs down to the ring and knocks over Taker, breaking his hip in the process. Lesnar then begins to kill everyone in the ring and pins their lifeless corpes.

mfw

well that escalated quickly...
 
#4,386 ·
Re: If CM Punk loses the WWE title at Royal Rumble does he get a rematch?

I'm still hoping that he'll hold off his rematch clause until Wrestlemania, giving us Rock vs. Cena vs. Punk (because we all know that the only alternative is Cena/Rock 2).
i might be jaded but i feel we could see Brock vs Rock for the title Brock coming in 29th/30th as a SHOCK and winning RR then (My guess Brock) dropping it at next PPV
 
#4,389 ·
Re: If CM Punk loses the WWE title at Royal Rumble does he get a rematch?

Rock losses to Punk, but wins Rumble. He can't be around to defend the title on the way to wrestlemania.
And why not? The only PPV after the Rumble on the RTWM is Elimination Chamber, a PPV that he's scheduled to be at. I also believe he's going to be around for most of March, so they'll survive February.

But if Punk loses, I'm sure he'll get a rematch at Elimination Chamber.
 
#4,391 ·
Re: If CM Punk loses the WWE title at Royal Rumble does he get a rematch?

Lesnar interferes and costs Rock at the Rumble. The Rock is in the Elimination Chamber match for the title though as he still wants a piece of the gold, him and Punk are the last two left. In shades of HBK/Taker, Brock breaks through the Chamber and F5s The Rock allowing Punk to pin him setting up Brock/Rock for Wrestlemania.
 
#4,395 ·
Re: If CM Punk loses the WWE title at Royal Rumble does he get a rematch?

Lesnar interferes and costs Rock at the Rumble. The Rock is in the Elimination Chamber match for the title though as he still wants a piece of the gold, him and Punk are the last two left. In shades of HBK/Taker, Brock breaks through the Chamber and F5s The Rock allowing Punk to pin him setting up Brock/Rock for Wrestlemania.
lol

Who does CM Punk face at WM so?
 
#4,392 ·
Re: If CM Punk loses the WWE title at Royal Rumble does he get a rematch?

I'm in the majority that knows Punk will lose the title at the RR, but the minority that wants him to keep it, or lose it to somebody else.

There's really nothing too exciting about The Rock coming back, making some modern day stars look bad, and then being a D-List actor.
 
#4,393 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

Any chance we could have a pole, where we can vote on who we think is the most logical winner? Part of me thinks that the WWE will not end Punks reign a wrestlers who shows up once in a while, his reign is just too long and important. The other part of me thinks, there is no way WWE would make Rock claim that he is going to have one more title run, and not give it to him. He's obviously got to win it at some point.
 
#4,394 ·
Royal Rumble: Punk retains, Rock wins RR

Elim Chamber: Cena Wins title.

Wrestlemania: Rock wins title, ziggler cashes in. Wins.

Taker vs Lesnar

Book it.


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#4,403 ·
Re: If CM Punk loses the WWE title at Royal Rumble does he get a rematch?

All former champions should get a rematch/a shot to regain the title via the rematch clause after losing the belt
 
#4,404 ·
Re: Elimination chamber plan if Rock wins at RR?

I could definitely see a match with the winner getting the opportunity to face the Rock at Wrestlemania since I doubt the Rock would be in the chamber. It works even better if the winner of the Rumble is challenging World Heavyweight Champion.

Winner Gets a Shot at the WWE Title at Wrestlemania:
John Cena vs. the Miz vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Kane vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Mark Henry

The reason I picked these six guys is they all would have a reason to want to face the Rock at Wrestlemania (aside from the obvious). Cena...revenge for last year. Miz could say Rock stole the spotlight from him at Wrestlemania 27. Bryan and Rock had their confrontation at Raw 1000. Kane and Rock have enough history to bring up. Kingston could say he wants to take the torch from the Rock (Roman Reigns could also be substituted here but I doubt the WWE splinters the Shield guys yet). Mark Henry could say the Rock held him down long ago and he finally emerged through his own hard work.

I would build this towards a Cena vs. Rock vs. Punk triple threat match for Wrestlemania. Punk could claim disrespect for not getting a shot at a rematch or even get involved in the match if he's not wrestling in the chamber. Punk could also replace Henry or Kingston and get into a draw situation with Cena to set up the Wrestlemania triple threat with the Rock.
 
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