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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan
No. It's a Raw finish. There's no "oomph" to it. The Shield have already attacked Rock and Cena multiple times. It's not how you end the biggest night of the year. It's how you end a random episode of Raw.
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There's no "oomph" to it? I get you don't like the idea, but just say that. There would be plenty of "oomph" behind it.
Imagine this:
The Rock and John Cena wrestle the match you expect them to. Actually, they don't -- I have a feeling that Cena, in both reality and in the sense of his kayfabe character, is going to step things up and pull out things we've never seen before. Perhaps we see Cena come off the top rope with a splash, maybe he pulls out a Spear, and maybe we even see him dip into the move set of other wrestlers. It'd send the internet into a frenzy if we saw Cena pull out stuff from Japan.
Anyway, eventually Cena manages to get like a third Attitude Adjustment on The Rock and pins him. Or maybe even it's the STF that forces The Rock to tap out. Either way, Cena is an eleven-time WWE Champion. Some fans are cheering, some fans are booing (because that's still cool and all). Cena celebrates with his new WWE Championship as The Rock gets up, wipes the sweat from his stunned faced, and then gets to his feet as he and Cena lock eyes. Cena's music stops. The fans start cheering, chanting "Rocky!" or "Cena sucks!" or "Cena!" or "One More Match!" or whatever they want. Cena extends his hand to The People's Champion. The Rock looks around to the people. Some cheer. Some boo. The Rock, with his typical Rock intensity starts to psyche himself up. "They're gonna fight!" - JBL
The Rock then puts his hand in Cena's and hugs the WWE Champion in a "Thanks for the WrestleMania moment" fashion. The fans that wanted to see them fight boo, the ones that wanted to see them shake hands cheer. The Rock goes to leave and give Cena his moment, Cena then stops The Rock and tells him to pose on the top rope for his fans. The Rock proceeds to think about it and then does so. Cena poses as well and they compare cheers. Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler & JBL talk about how great this WrestleMania has been when BAM! Ambrose, Reigns & Rollins -- having defeated Randy Orton, Sheamus & Big Show earlier in the evening -- are suddenly in the ring, beating the crap out of Cena and Rock.
The fans would be in a frenzy. The fans that hated the "bro moment" are happy that there are some bad-asses there kicking up a storm; the fans that loved it are absolutely shocked their heroes' moment has been ruined. The Shield lays out both Cena and Rock with the Triple Powerbomb. Dean Ambrose then picks up the WWE Championship and admires himself in it. The three men pose, having stolen the WrestleMania moment (it's about them making a name for themselves), when a selection of the babyface roster (Big Show, Daniel Bryan, Kane, Kofi Kingston, R-Truth, Zack Ryder, The Uso's, even Curt Hawkins, etc.) run down to the ring, directed by Brad Maddox and accompanied by Booker T.
The face roster stands in the ring as Ambrose, Reigns & Rollins jump through the crowd -- Ambrose still holding the WWE Championship. WrestleMania closes with the babyfaces standing in the ring tending to the two fallen mega-stars, getting their own moment, as the villains run off with the rightful possession of John Cena.
How does that not direct people to watch RAW the following night? None of the content of Rock vs. Cena changes -- you get the exact same match -- but you also have a story for both of them, and a reason for the fans to fork down money to see two of the biggest babyfaces in WWE history team up to take on The Shield at Extreme Rules in an all-out war. And there the numbers advantage can lead to The Shield getting the victory over Cena & Rock, beating them because Cena & Rock want to prove that they don't need anyone else -- The Shield have become "their problem."