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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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#1,146 ·
Re: Why does Rock get a title shot? Jw

Because people will watch it and buy it.


This isn't a difficult concept to grasp, and if you are trying to analyse professional wrestling logically then you really need to either watch another sport or get out more.
 
#1,147 ·
Re: Why does Rock get a title shot? Jw

Well he did defeat John Cena. Also, why does John Cena get a shot in hell in a cell. FYI for your rambling parts, Dolph Ziggler already won the big gold belt. Also, Christains 2nd reign was pretty legit
 
#1,148 ·
Re: Why does Rock get a title shot? Jw

well i think beating John Cena kind of makes you worth challenging for the WWE Title. Anyway, it will obviously be part of the build up to the Title match, with Punk or Cena going ''And what the hell makes you think you can just come back whenever you want and get a titleshot?"
 
#1,151 ·
Re: Why does Rock get a title shot? Jw

A better question is why does Cena get 3 title shots back to back after losing clean and coming up short all the time? Well that's easy to answer to..it's called the McMahons NOT WANTING to push anyone else over their "Stand up to Cancer" poster boy.
 
#1,153 ·
Re: Why does Rock get a title shot? Jw

Because he's The Rock
Because he beat Cena at Wrestlemania 28.
Because it will make a shit load of money

Anyone who fails to see why having The Rock face the WWE champion at the RR is a good thing are completely deluded.
 
#1,158 ·
Re: Why does Rock get a title shot? Jw

Has the WWE Champion CM Punk ever beat Cena clean? Rocky has
Punk is a +300 days champ, who is left for he to face?
Rocky is one of the biggest stars ever and is more over than the current champion
Even the marks who think ressling is real know that WWE wants to make money and that The Rock makes money
He is the Rock
He is the great One
You don't think he deserves a title shot?
well... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWn0OCs0h-E

At first I also thought that he didn't deserve it, but look at the facts
 
#1,169 ·
Re: Why does Rock get a title shot? Jw

He beat John Cena in the "main event "dream match" of Wrestlemania. How many other people beat John Cena clean ever? Not many and Rock did it at Wrestlemania. CM Punk did it, but he's the champion, he can't challenge himself.

WWE is mostly illogical but this is the one thing they have done that they do not need an explanation for because it's common sense.
 
#1,170 ·
Re: Why does Rock get a title shot? Jw

He beat John Cena in the "main event "dream match" of Wrestlemania. How many other people beat John Cena clean ever? Not many and Rock did it at Wrestlemania. CM Punk did it, but he's the champion, he can't challenge himself.

WWE is mostly illogical but this is the one thing they have done that they do not need an explanation for because it's common sense.
Punk has never beat Cena clean.
 
#1,171 ·
How about this at the Rumble

Punk loses his match against Rock for the WWE Championship. Punk then enters the Rumble and wins it. Everyone thinks he's going for The Rock at Wrestlemania but instead he chooses Sheamus. Cena wins the Elimination Chamber to determine the number one contender for the WWE championship so Rock doesn't have to wrestle at a B-PPV. Rock vs Cena and CM Punk vs Sheamus. Two big matches.

Thoughts?
 
#1,172 ·
Re: How about this at the Rumble

Like said a million times in other threads, the Rumble will NOT take place after The Rock's title match. If Punk faces The Rock, then he will not win the Rumble because it has already passed him by when the title match is on. And don't ask me how I know. It's a no-brainer that The Rock in a title match will main event a show even if it's the Royal Rumble.

As for who will win the Rumble... I think it should be Cena if Rock defends the title at Elimination Chamber and Orton if the winner goes for the WHC so he can face Sheamus.
 
#1,174 ·
Re: How about this at the Rumble

Like said a million times in other threads, the Rumble will NOT take place after The Rock's title match. If Punk faces The Rock, then he will not win the Rumble because it has already passed him by when the title match is on. And don't ask me how I know. It's a no-brainer that The Rock in a title match will main event a show even if it's the Royal Rumble.

As for who will win the Rumble... I think it should be Cena if Rock defends the title at Elimination Chamber and Orton if the winner goes for the WHC so he can face Sheamus.
The Rumble will be the main event. You think Rock is too big to be main evented over yet you have wrestle on a PPV like Elimination Chamber. Rock is only wrestling on the big four.
 
#1,175 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

The Rumble has been second fiddle to other matches that were of far less caliber then the Rocks triumphant return to the WWE title hunt so yeah, my money is on Rock vs. Punk being the main event with a confrontation between the Rock and RR winner concluding the PPV.

I do think he will wrestle a match at EC, not the actual chamber but some kind of match because I've learned that any time people doubt the Rock he laughs in the face of their expectations and gives them something even better. Remember when we though he'd just show up via satellite at Raw 1000 and his promo would be nothing more then "Yeah, still totally want that WWE title."
 
#1,176 · (Edited)
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

Don't think Rock will wrestle at EC and there's no way Rock/Punk isn't going last on the card. The Rumble hasn't always closed the show (06 for example) and when you consider the magnitude of the Rock's return to the Rumble wrestling for the WWE title which is a huge story, it's definitely gonna close the show.

As for the RR winner, I think whoever it may be will challenge for the WHC although it's highly illogical kayfabe wise. Rock won't wrestle at EC and they'll use the RAW chamber to determine the #1 contender for the WWE title.

I still hope Green Light's prediction comes true though. Brock interfering and helping Punk retain setting up Rock/Lesnar is much better and refreshing than a Rock/Cena rematch.
 
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