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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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#6,337 ·
Is it possible for Punk to get an endorsement deal out of COOKIEPUSS? After all Cena got the FRUITY PEBBLE deal.
 
#6,341 ·
I want to guess that they will do a finish involving Brad Maddox helping The Rock win.

We get a huge cluster with everybody running in at last we get bodies everywhere, laid out, including 2 refs. Maddox runs out and fast counts Punk.

Next night it is overturned and Maddox is fired (from raw atleast), and they setup the elimination chamber rematch.
 
#6,360 ·
Just watched the Rock/Punk promo and I gotta say, what a great job from both guys. I'm not the biggest Punk mark but he really did a great job even if most of it was smarky, insider, 4th wall stuff. The Rock was absolutely amazing as usual. Best thing I've seen on RAW in a long, long, time.
 
#6,364 ·
Will the Rock wrestle prior to the rumble, why not?

Is it a contract related issue or appearances? or his own preference?

I would of assumed it would be a great idea to build up their feud by having the Rock appear full time, wrestling in normal matches. The cliche of putting them together in a tag match. You know the usual ways they build up tension between two people for a big title match.

Wouldn't it also show the young fans who may not be familiar with him his talent or ability and help sell the match as well, I know this can be flipped around with the logic of not seeing him prior to the title match would sell the event.
 
#6,366 · (Edited)
WWE Championship Match
*Mid Rumble match: Shield attacks Rock
*Rock fights them off.
*Stacks Shield and Punk on top of each other.
*People's Elbow off the turnbuckle.
*Rock wins WWE Championship
:Rock


Royal Rumble time
*20 seconds before entrant #30 comes out
*Last 2 people in the ring eliminate each other
*Timer goes off...
*Rock is entrant no.30
*Rock wins Rumble
855,000 buys
:rock4
Next night on Raw
*Rock comes out to Hollywood Rock theme, sunglasses, and a white suit
*Buries entire roster in a promo
*Rock, AJ, Eve, Naomi and Natalya live sex celebration
*Peple's elbow to Cole
*Leaves with Naomi.
6.7 Rating :rock4
 
#6,369 ·
WWE Championship Match
*Mid Rumble match: Shield attacks Rock
*Rock fights them off.
*Stacks Shield and Punk on top of each other.
*People's Elbow off the top rope.
*Rock wins WWE Championship
:Rock


Royal Rumble time
*20 seconds before entrant #30 comes out
*Last 2 people in the ring eliminate each other
*Timer goes off...
*Rock is entrant no.30
*Rock wins Rumble
855,000 buys
:rock4
Next night on Raw
*Rock comes out to Hollywood Rock theme, sunglasses, and a white suit
*Buries entire roster in a promo
*Rock, AJ, Eve, Naomi and Natalya live sex celebration
*Peple's elbow to Cole
*Leaves with Naomi.
6.7 Rating :rock4
that's my fantasy booking.... except with me the rock would leave with eve
 
#6,372 ·
If that was the case then no wrestler would wrestle in the build up to an PPV and house shows wouldn't exist.

CM Punk is wrestling, and Punk is also needed for the match. He could get *re*injured during a match.

Rock isn't wrestling because they don't have to have him wrestle. He didn't wrestle prior to his match with Cena bar the tag match at Survivor Series 5 months earlier.

Punk-Rock mic segments are probably going to build the match better than having the two compete anyway, especially of last week's RAW is the benchmark.
 
#6,368 ·
Man, it's tough to pick this match, which is a great thing. You don't get many like this. Rock competing at ER makes it seem likely that he'll win though. I doubt they'll put the belt on Rock at ER, because if they are going to put the belt on him at all it makes way more sense to do it in a huge 1 on 1 match than in a 6 man.

Now, they could have Punk win, and hold the belt until Mania, but to do so he'd have to beat Rock twice, once at RR and once at ER. I don't see that happening. One loss Rock could handle. Two losses would Brock Lesnar him and kill his mystique.

So it looks like Rock is winning, is basically what I'm trying to say.

Now, that being said, there is a way to avoid both of those problems. Have Punk beat Rock at RR, Rock enters the Rumble match, and wins it. Rock then doesn't have to compete at Extreme Rules, and Punk retains. This would set up Punk/Rock II (with Rock going over), Cena/Taker, and HHH/Lesnar as the top three matches. That's not a bad way to go, but it's highly unlikely.
 
#6,373 ·
Re: Will the Rock wrestle prior to the rumble, why not?

Personally I wouldn't want The Rock to wrestle before the night. It makes the Rumble match all the more special. Just stick to cutting promos on each other and constantly building up the feud.
Pretty much this. If he starts facing the likes of Damien Sandow and Antonio Cesaro on RAW, he's just another guy. If you have to pay to watch him wrestle on PPV, he's a big fucking deal. So, keep him a big fucking deal. He should wrestle on PPV only.
 
#6,371 ·
Re: Will the Rock wrestle prior to the rumble, why not?

He gets injured >>>>> He isn't able to wrestle at Royal Rumble (possibly biggest match of 2013 >>>>>>>> WWE lose a shit load of money.

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