[The-Rock-Says]

Originally Posted by RetepAdam.

Punk's promo before The Rock came out was excellent.

After The Rock came out, neither he nor Punk had a great promo. Just run of the mill by their standards. They could have done it in their sleep.

The one thing missing from this feud right now is the sense that Punk is dangerous. He's a great wrestler and this and that, but I need to believe that if The Rock doesn't put him down for a 3-count that Punk is capable of putting The Rock in an ambulance. That is what would cement his character as one of the all-time greats. It's the only thing missing, tbh.

I'm excited to see where this all goes, though I doubt I'll watch much of it along the way. Depending on next week's show, I may go out of my way to watch their build-up promos though.

I think Rock put over at how dangerous Punk is. He put him over very well actually. He said he knows how dangerous he is and he found that out at first hand at RAW 1000th. He also said Punk has one of the best brains the business has ever seen. Also Punk is never going to give you that kind of vibe that he'd put you in an ambulance.

[Green Light]

Fucking hell they've had one segment together and people are already talking about "what's missing from the feud right now"?

And to be honest it is hard to accept Punk as being "dangerous" given how he has been booked for the last however many months, he got some good offense in on the TLC match which was a good start but it's not gonna erase everything that has happened prior to that. Not only that but he is clearly physically inferior to Rock by some margin which doesn't help, some of you might not like that old chestnut but it's true. I also kinda loled at the "boxing with God" line, I get that it wasn't meant to be taken at face value of course but it still just seems silly to me for Punk to be playing the tough guy that his character clearly is not.

[The-Rock-Says]

Originally Posted by The Cynical Miracle

Oh and it doesn't matter about who owned who. Its a wrestling promo not a boxing conference or a live debate.

Indeed. No one owned anyone anyway. Rock did he norm comedy and Punk did his norm 4th wall stuff. Both did a great job and had a good start to this 3 week feud. The promos had intensity, seriousness and comedy. It was good. I'm going to find it hard not to read the SD spoilers.

[Mr.Cricket]

Lol at blind Punk marks.

Punk didn't own anyone, neither did The Rock. Both were equally good. I already find this feud more entertaining than Cena/Rock.

[antdvda]

Perspective from being there live:


1) don't know how it came across on tv but Punks initial promo was very long and flat live. People were looking around wondering what the hell he was talking about. I think he was trying to work up the crowd but it wasn't working too well. People just wanted to hear The Rocks music hit.

2) there were no booes for the rock like some have suggested on these forums (don't understand where that came from)

3) rocks promo was not the greatest but it was still good. Even with it being mediocre, the rock still garnered real reaction out of the crowd (genuine laughter, genuine cheers). Some of the only genuine reactions of the night.

4) crowd loved the "boxing god" line as well as the "might not be god but I am the great one" part

5) crowd popped hard for the rock bottom. There were three of those btw.

4) the segment overall was good but the show sucked so bad all the way up to the title match that the crowd was literally in a daze leading up to the end. Unfortunate...


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[The-Rock-Says]

He can say them things because he's playing the delusional heel. Rock's the hero doing the right and Punk is delusional bad guy. That's why he can say them things.

[sesshomaru]

Originally Posted by LovelyElle890

But we all know that isn't true and this is why he turns some of the fans away. People roll their eyes whenever he makes these claims. Especially since, ten minutes beforehand, he needed The Shield's help to beat Ryback. Where was all that skill and ability then? He hasn't won a match clean in forever. We haven't seen him back up his words as a heel. All he has done is run away and yet he is the most complete wrestler Rock has faced? Triple H in 2000 could make this claim and no one would bat an eye at it because he looked legit and backed up his threats.

I am sorry he just doesn't look intimidating enough to stand next to the Rock and there is no getting around that truth. Maybe, if he actually worked out and had flat abs I could see it but as he is now.....

: nope.

"I can never win matches here's my title Rocky."


Not a very dramatic feud.

[Boss P]

Originally the title of a Broadway play in the 1970s. Maintained it's relevance later on by becoming a well-known line in multiple classic hip hop records. Brilliant line. The joke is on anyone who tries to shit on that line, one way or the other.

[Eulonzo]

I literally went "... Wow." when he said that, I loved that line so much, to be honest. My eyes went wide open and went near my TV screen before Rock started talking because I was semi-blown away when he said that. It was kinda've offensive, and that's one of the best parts about that line.

[Eulonzo]

The Tyson Kidd/Little Jimmy sentence was not just the truth, it was a 100% fact.