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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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#3,476 ·
Re: Is it even a remote possibility that CM Punk defeats The Rock clean at Royal Rumb

Does Punk have a chance of defeating the Rock at the Rumble? Yes.
Does he have a chance of beating Rock clean? Absolutely not.

The only way Punk is winning this match is either cheating himself or via screwjob/interference finish.
 
#3,478 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

Shield is gonna get murdered by Ryback and Cena at the Rumble. Heyman might interfere but he won't matter. Only chance Punk has is if Lesnar interferes. He can hit 2 GTSs in the middle of the ring and the Rock is gonna kick clean the fuck out of that. He's a heel. A cowardly heel that runs from a rookie like Ryback and you're talking about clean victories? LOL.
 
#3,479 · (Edited)
Rock Set To Wrestle At Elimination Chamber?

http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/wwe...WE_Officials_Considering_a_Babyface_Turn.html

- As noted, The Rock is being advertised for WWE's Elimination Chamber pay-per-view in February. Word going around WWE is that he will indeed be wrestling on that show, most likely in one of the Chamber matches. This would be The Rock's first-ever Chamber match.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter
kudos to him if he agreed to do an actual Chamber match.

IF true my guess is: Rock vs Punk vs Kane vs Bryan vs Cena vs Lesnar/Ryback if they do 6 man match.

if its just one on one inside the Chamber than it will be Rock vs Punk II
 
#3,483 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

we just need to know if its one on one or 6 man match (if he does wrestle).

WWE championship match, # 1 contender match for WWE Title, & a WHC match sounds good.
 
#3,485 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

The Rock inside the Chamber? If true, makes me feel like Rock/Cena II is less likely somehow.

But how would they book it? Rock beats Punk at the Rumble, defends it successfully in the Chamber but then who does he face at Mania?

Maybe he loses at the Rumble, tries again in the Chamber and loses but then wins at Mania?

I'm stumped.
 
#3,486 · (Edited)
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

^ If Rock is doing all this stuff with WWE while he is fliming movies, promoting movies coming out, & filming his show "The Hero"

He is getting the belt at Royal Rumble no question. The money, advertising, & fame is too much to pass up for Vince. Besides Punk's reign has reached its peak and with ratings suffering, its time for a change.
 
#3,487 · (Edited)
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

Rock wrestling in the Chamber would be awesome. In case they are doing Cena/Rock 2 at Mania, they can have Cena win the Royal Rumble and therefore not compete in the Chamber match, maybe not at the PPV at all.

This would be a nice twist to the story, as now Rock would wrestle and Cena wouldn't.

I don't think it will happen though. I believe Rock will win the title at the Rumble and defend it at EC against Punk. And Cena wins the Chamber.

Either way, again it is just awesome that we will have Rock appear on three consecutive PPVs and the Raw shows inbetween of course. Would be the first time since 2003.
 
#3,488 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

Rock wrestling at the chamber is awesome!

Would love a one-on-one with Randy Orton for the title. Or as good would be the elimination chamber itself. He comes in last and kicks ass Goldberg 2003 style. Not just that, but he also exits victorious.

My ideal Chamber line-up would be: Rock vs Cena vs Orton vs Punk vs Bryan vs Kane. Cena can get an early elimination to avoid giving away any Cena/Rock interaction before Mania.
 
#3,494 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

Punk/Rock shouldn't even happen. Once is enough. That hack is not even worthy of standing on the same ground as The Rock, let alone wrestle him. Not once but TWICE. Fuck that. Plus one month is enough. And if we're gonna get technical about Rock/Cena and call it one year build just because of the time they announced it, then Rock/Punk feud will last about 6 months.

If any repeat matches should happen, it should be Rock/Cena.
 
#3,498 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

Punk/Rock shouldn't even happen. Once is enough. That hack is not even worthy of standing on the same ground as The Rock, let alone wrestle him. Not once but TWICE. Fuck that. Plus one month is enough. And if we're gonna get technical about Rock/Cena and call it one year build just because of the time they announced it, then Rock/Punk feud will last about 6 months.

If any repeat matches should happen, it should be Rock/Cena.
Calls CM Punk(one of the top 3 technical wrestlers in wrestling today) a hack wants/thinks Rock vs Cena II should happen :troll
 
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Re: The Rock added to Elimination Chamber 2013 page

If he plans to wrestle then that should be interesting. He could just be doing a run-in or an angle.
They aint putting Rock on a B show to do a staredown or run in. There is no money there. Him wrestling, there is money.

Rock get's paid big on PPV. So to make any sort of money, they would need him wrestling. This isn't WM.
 
#3,507 ·
Re: Official The Rock WWE Championship Discussion

He's going to lose at the Rumble to Punk then. I can't believe it.

Besides the Royal Rumble haven't the chamber matches the last couple of years been to determine another number 1 contender for Wrestlemania?

Why else would Rock be in the match? To defend the title? A month before Wrestlemania? Against 5 other people he has nothing to do with? That doesn't make any sense.

What does make sense is he loses to Punk but then wins a number 1 contender match and gets a rematch against Punk at Wrestlemania, with the RR winner (probably Cena in this scenario) being the 3rd participant and it being a triple threat match for the title.

In that case then the Rock is not going to win the title at all. Likely Cena will at Wreslemania.

I really can't believe it. I hope I'm wrong on it, but if he's wrestling in the chamber I honestly see no way it is as champion.
 
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