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Official The Rock vs. John Cena Thread: Greatness vs. Redemption, TWICE IN A LIFETIME

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wwe.com said:
Less than a month after winning the Royal Rumble Match and announcing his intention of challenging for the WWE Title at WrestleMania 29, John Cena found out who his championship opposition will be on The Grandest Stage of Them All: The Rock.

The Great One upended CM Punk at Elimination Chamber, the last pay-per-view before The Show of Shows, to retain the cherished WWE Championship and solidify his place in WrestleMania’s main event.

In The Brahma Bull, Cena will be facing a foe who helped set in motion the tailspin of a year that was 2012.

A 10-time former WWE Champion, the Cenation leader has not held the title since October 2011, and the disappointment of his drought was exacerbated last year by his high-profile loss to The Great One at WrestleMania XXVIII. The devastating loss bookended one of Cena’s toughest calendar years, to date. A series of distractions, from dealing with former General Manager John Laurinaitis to falling into an ill-fated romance with AJ Lee, kept Cena away from the WWE Title picture for much of the year. And even once he found himself in title contention, he was unable to pry the WWE Title from Punk, making 2012 a largely unproductive year for one of the most decorated competitors in WWE history.

Fortunately for the Cenation leader, 2013 appears to be off to a markedly better start, thanks to his huge win at Royal Rumble. The larger question facing Cena is whether he will be able to keep the momentum going all the way to April 7, when he faces the Superstar who dealt him one of the biggest losses of his career.

The Rock has shown no signs of ring rust since returning to WWE and winning the WWE Title in January. In fact, The Great One overcame great obstacles — including The Shield and The Second City Saint’s underhanded tactics — en route to dethroning Punk and subsequently turning back his challenge in a rematch.

With The Rock and Cena informed by their epic encounter last year in Miami, both competitors will assuredly come to MetLife Stadium with a more sharpened focus than ever before. Cena is out to avenge last year’s WrestleMania loss to The Great One. The Rock, on the other hand, appears intent on keeping the championship he waited more than a decade to reclaim — the title that represents the sport that not only propelled him to success on the silver screen, but also captured his heart and mind at a young age.

Now, all that separates The Rock and John Cena is time. On April 7, under the brightest lights that sports-entertainment has to offer, who will leave will the top prize: The Rock or John Cena?







WWE NEWS: Rock outlines long-term return plan, why he returned to WWE in the first place, previews WM29 main event vs. Cena



WWE champion The Rock outlined the long-term plans working with John Cena in an interview with Matt Fowler of IGN.com discussing his TV shoot for "The Hero."

"You have to understand that my return back into the WWE was years in the making. And since I've been back, it's been a three year-long journey that started at WrestleMania 27 in Atlanta," Rock said. "So, John has always been my first choice (to work with)."

Rock added that when he decided to return to WWE, he surveyed the roster and wanted to work with the full-time wrestler he could do the most business with.

"Here's the thing," Rock said. "The question was that if I was going to go back in the WWE, how could I go back and make the most impact? With who can I headline WrestleMania in that company and make the most impact? And the bottom line is that it continues to be John Cena. Just in terms of, and we'll use a Hollywood term here, box office appeal. Universal appeal. Athletic pairing. So there are a lot of reasons."

Rock also acknowledged that part of his mission returning to WWE is to elevate Cena, which results in strengthening WWE by having its top full-time star in a stronger position. But, he said he looks forward to helping bring massive attention to WWE, Cena, and WrestleMania in the New York market.

"What I'm talking about is being able to go back to the WWE and give back to the business, which is in my blood and has allowed me a platform to perform which then, 12 years ago, allowed me to make he transition to Hollywood," Rock said. "So the scenario I've dreamed of is that I'm able to go back, become WWE champion, go into the what is considered the biggest marketplace in the world, which is the New York City area, at MetLife Stadium and headline WrestleMania as champion and give back to the business, the fans, the company, and their number one hero. So I couldn't have asked for a better scenario and we're going to have a blast."

What about match quality working with Cena in the WM29 main event? Rock said, "I think we're going to have a great match and my hope is that it's going to be a classic."

Link - http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_68992.shtml
Get ready...it's whoopass season, folks! :cena3

Just Bring It, bitch! :rock3


 
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Re: Official John Cena WWE Championship Match Discussion

Makes me sick that the let this piece of shit main event another WM. GTFO.
 
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I Hope cena doesn't lose for the entire year, hearing everyone bitch like a baby about it on here is hilarious, like him or Vince give a shit what internet smarks think of him when he's the face of the company and making millions. Get over it. If you don't like it, don't watch it. If I was cena id be the most arrogant prick in the world right now, know why? Because I can! And there's nothing anyone could do about it. Think he burries talent too much? Look at fucking Hogan. Cena has put over way more guys than Hogan ever did
 
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I Hope cena doesn't lose for the entire year, hearing everyone bitch like a baby about it on here is hilarious, like him or Vince give a shit what internet smarks think of him when he's the face of the company and making millions. Get over it. If you don't like it, don't watch it. If I was cena id be the most arrogant prick in the world right now, know why? Because I can! And there's nothing anyone could do about it
Causals don't like him either, other than little kids. Don't you hear the boos?
 
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Yeah people are seriously underestimating number of people who quit watching wrestling because WWE being all about Cena for past 8 years.
Remeber, WWE now survives through international market and merchandise sales, not because WWE itself is entertaining product.
If WWE didn't only push Cena and actually focused on pushing some other wrestlers as well, WWE would've been in a better condition now.
 
#19 ·
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I respect him, but I wish he would go heel. As long as there isn't another top face to replace him, Vince will be super hesitant. He loves the merchandise sales the guy makes. I would be thrilled if Orton at least went back to being a heel.

He'd be so over as a heel. Punk has to try so hard to get heat. Cena wouldn't have to do anything but simply appear.
 
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I respect him, but I wish he would go heel. As long as there isn't another top face to replace him, Vince will be super hesitant. He loves the merchandise sales the guy makes. I would be thrilled if Orton at least went back to being a heel.

He'd be so over as a heel. Punk has to try so hard to get heat. Cena wouldn't have to do anything but simply appear.
Cena aint going heel.
If Cena's merchandise sales drop significantly, then Vince will probably make him go back to Thuganomic gimmick...as a face.
 
#21 ·
Cena will eventually turn heel. If Hogan and Austin went heel cena definitely will. When? I have no clue but it'll happen. Whenever they find their next face of the company he's definitely turning.


My ideal heel turn would be during a wrestlemania match with taker ending the streak. Imagine cena turning.heel during the match and pinned taker? That will be the most heat EVER!
 
#22 ·
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I disagree with the idea that pepole left cause of Cena, sure pepole like to say that, but they also the ones who said "I voted for the other guy" (in poltics) "I buy _____ brand" (When a brand becomes uncool)


In short, most of those saying it are liying, or on the waggon and really dont give a care either way
 
#25 ·
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After more than a year of predicting that Cena would turn heel, i now don't believe it's gonna happen at WM or ever. Hell if he were to turn heel in the future i'd be pissed cause he could've turn much sooner.
 
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I also expect a heel turn. Its the the only thing that makes sense because Cena doesnt have much to do after Mania as a face. Heel turn will freshen it up. It would obviously happen because Cena cant beat Rock without cheating of some sort. A desperation kind of act. BUT when it makes sense it prolly wont be done by WWE.

99% chance we get the same old crap. Where they shake hands. I doubt the crowd would like that though.

WWE booked themselves into a problem here because I still dont agree with fans cheering if Cena wins. Similar to last year. We will have to see.
 
#28 ·
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Cena's merchandise sales are still very high.
Why would WWE turn him heel? Him turning heel means losing huge number of merchandise sales.
I agree. I am just thinking in terms of what can they do with a face Cena that they never done before. Also, the crowd for that match will be interesting if hes still the same face.
 
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Vince is going to have a hard time trying to get the smarks not to boo Cena beating Rock for the title at Mania. I can see him getting booed out of the stadium. Then again when has Vince ever cared what the crowd thinks.
 
#32 ·
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Jesus, how many times are they going to milk this, "the champ is here" shit? Does he really need another title reign? It's not benefiting the business in any way, other than the ratings might go up a little bit for a week or 2. They should be keeping Cena well away from the title because he's going to draw anyway. I just don't get it.

If they are going with Rock/Cena 2 (which is stupid), then I believe they've made a big error in having the wrong guy chasing the title. The Rock has rescued the last 2 manias because 2 landmarks in his career, drew people in. WM 27 was all about his return to WWE, and WM 28 was all about him wrestling again. The draw for WM 29 should have been him finally winning the belt again after 10 years. They stupidly gave that away at the Rumble though and I reckon there going to pay for that when the buyrate for WM 29 comes in.
 
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If Cena doesn't turn heel, which he obviously wont. He will get more aggressive. He has an excuse now, like "you have a title that you have never deserved in the first place, at Wrestlemania I will take that title, before you take it back to hollywood, because you obviously ain't staying for much longer"
 
#42 ·
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The best ending for Mania, is Punk getting into the main event, and pinning Rock or Cena, then Cena going into attack mode on Punk ending the show with a double turn. Punk gets his Mania main event, and Cena blows up when he fails at beating Rock in back to back years, thus having one of the biggest heel turns of all time.

The most probable ending is Cena pinning Rock clean and smiling to end the show. Next night, "The champ. Is. HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE!"
 
#43 ·
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Hunter Rider said:
most of us knew Rock would win the belt, most of us feel he could have lost to Punk and won a rematch, but regardless he was gonna win it, the issue is that it is all about Cena in the end, and that not only sucks, it will produce a crap match and a dull set of promos, but worst of all 2 weeks after nothing in the WWE will be any different, everyone will be exactly where they are now, squabbling for scraps while the stalest guy in the company officially sits back on the throne he never truly got off.
Well said.

- Vic
 
#44 ·
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If Cena and Rock does in fact still happen, some of the blame has to go to The Rock man. I mean this dude is bigger than wrestling now, he has Vince by the balls, he's gotta have some level of power when it comes down to his booking. He has to know that most ppl don't want to see a rematch, nor that they'd want to see him lose to Cena of all ppl.
 
#45 ·
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Cena isn't going to turn heel. I mean, yes, one of these days, you'd have to think of the 50,000 posts suggesting a Cena heel turn, one of them will turn out right eventually...but not anytime soon.
 
#46 ·
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Guys please please please stop talking about a possible Cena heel turn cuz it wont happen anytime soon. They will do another boring and generic match were he overcomes the odds
 
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