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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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#1,209 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

At least CM Punk can have his record breaking 434 days title reign before dropping the title to the Rock.

I really wants Punk to be the one who goes over at WM not Cena.

Cena doesn't need to beat The Rock,on the other hand beating The Rock will do wonders to Punk's career.
 
#1,212 ·
At least CM Punk can have his record breaking 434 days title reign before dropping the title to the Rock.

I really wants Punk to be the one who goes over at WM not Cena.

Cena doesn't need to beat The Rock,on the other hand beating The Rock will do wonders to Punk's career.


if you think punk would go over rock your on fucking crack.
 
#1,210 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

They need to fire Michael Hayes. Not that hard to think of dream matches. Austin vs Punk, Cena vs Taker, Rock vs Taker, Rock vs Punk
 
#1,214 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

How are the fans ever going to gain attachments to this generation's stars if they keep dragging back the old ones? Let the Rock sit in retirement. He left. He's making movies. Good for him. There's so much talent on the roster to go against the Champ - but we either get Cena v. Punk, round 90,394 or Famous Former Champion who will leave after they win, rendering the storyline moot.
 
#1,216 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

They screwed themselves over with the rematch because majority of the fans already got the result that they wanted to see in the first damn match. The sequel is rarely as good as the first and even if it's for the WWE Championship, the fans will already know who's winning and it won't be as magical as the first where once Rock escaped the STF and 2 AAs, the match became unpredictable. Now Cena is 100% winning and WM 29 will end the same way Rock/Hogan ended at WM 18 with Cena celebrating at first but eventually letting the Rock pose for the fans before the two pose together. Yawn.
 
#1,217 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

Ive already accepted that this match will inevitably happen, to give Cena his win back and big moment the funny thing is it'll most likely backfire and he'll get booed out of the building again, they've already proved theres nothing they can do to get him an even equal reaction to Rocky, especially with a mania crowd.
Only good thing is maybe it means they wont want 2 rematches headlining so we don't get Lesnar/HHH 2, freeing Brock up to go for the streak.
 
#1,224 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

I would have CM Punk vs The Rock at the Rumble only for CM Punk to win and retain and The Rock wins the belt on Raw the next night or at the following PPV before Wrestlemania.
Yeah, Punk going over Rock at RR would be massive even if it was a dusty finish to allow for the rematch.
 
#1,223 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

I don't see why they just can't do Rock vs Brock or even Rock vs Taker this year. Why waste Rock for another Cena match? The fans already got the result that they wanted this year and I'm willing to bet that Cena will be booed when he wins or the crowd will respond in a very apathetic way.
 
#1,225 ·
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I'd rather see Punk/Austin or Punk/Taker at Mania, but I really don't want to see Cena beat Rock.
 
#1,226 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

Michael Hayes' ideas always suck anyway.
 
#1,227 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

There's been some speculation for quite some time about Cena/Rock II, Austin/Punk & Taker/Brock but there's no way they put those all on the same card, if for no other reason than because they can sell three different shows with each match. But what order could you possibly put them in anyway?? It would be insane.
 
#1,236 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

There's been some speculation for quite some time about Cena/Rock II, Austin/Punk & Taker/Brock but there's no way they put those all on the same card, if for no other reason than because they can sell three different shows with each match. But what order could you possibly put them in anyway?? It would be insane.
I think the order would be Taker/Brock in the middle of the card like Taker was this Year With Cena/Rock going on 3rd to last or 2nd to last and have Austin/Punk go on last. Heres why
I believe if Austin and Punk wrestle at WM 29 I believe they will go on last. Heres why. Rock got his WM main event last year and him and Austin are friends on the outside i truly believe the Rock would give Austin the respect and let him go on last in his first match in 10 years. I don't see Rock being a dick and not letting Austin go on last and if Rock vs Cena 2 happens at WM 29 then Rock should dam well let Austin go on last instead of a rematch that no one wants to see in the main event again. Brock Lensar is a different story. Brock I can see being a hot head and wanting to go on last at WM 29 but Brock has said many times in the past he's all about the money. As long as Brock gets paid well i don't think he cares where he's placed on the card.

So thats why I think Austin and Punk can go on last no matter if Brock and Rock are on the card
 
#1,228 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

So they're going to go with Rock/Cena II but they might not go with Rock/Cena II?

K.
 
#1,230 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

I would be pissed if they do Rock/Cena again at next year's Wrestlemania. It will be "once in a lifetime" my ass. Talk about trying to get us to waste our money. I hope Rock and Cena will have their own opponents at the show instead. Hell, I would be happy to see Punk/Rock or even better, Punk/Austin.
 
#1,232 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

They shouldn't do Rock vs Cena for at least another 2 years IMO. I'd like to think Rock isn't going anywhere soon and both guys are still going to be here in that time when you consider names like Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker, Stone Cold, hell CM Punk might no longer be around. WWE could fall back on Rock/Cena 2 then with a fresh environment.

At the moment their are matches for both performers that won't be available in 2-3 years time when Rock/Cena 2 should still be on the table. On top Cena's winning the next one and simply put no one wants to see him beat Rock, so make him do it as a heel and by WrestleMania 31 (Please God!) that should be possible I'd hope.
 
#1,234 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

Why do it again? Cena doesn't need the rub. Besides he'll be booed out of the building or stadium if he goes over Rock for the title.
 
#1,235 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

Everything about this feud sucked the first time including the match, buildup and the promos. I definitely don't want to see this shit again.

Just have Cena/Taker. It's not that hard ffs. Just make Taker appear randomly on Raw and challenege Cena for a fight at Mania.
 
#1,237 ·
Re: Backstage News on The Rock vs. John Cena rematch

Everything about this feud sucked the first time including the match, buildup and the promos. I definitely don't want to see this shit again.

Just have Cena/Taker. It's not that hard ffs. Just make Taker appear randomly on Raw and challenege Cena for a fight at Mania.
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