Has the CM Punk storyline made you want to watch MITB?

[Xero]

Has the Punk angle prompted you from not really caring about the PPV to actually wanting to watch it or even order it?

Personally, for me, it has. Yeah I usually watch the PPVs, but I feel this is big enough to actually order, and I will be ordering it. I can't remember the last time I really wanted to order a PPV based specifically on a storyline/match. I usually buy only Mania, Rumble and SummerSlam, but they've really done something special with this Punk angle.

So what about you? Has it got you interested in the PPV? In wrestling in general? Poll to come.

[CM Punk DONT GO]

yeah i want to get it but i can't. Its too expensive and im not allowed to watch it.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

It's made me want to catch a stream of it rather than read the results online the next day.

[BigCrippyZ]

The only PPV's I order or even want to order are WM and sometimes the Rumble. I'm really considering ordering MITB though, which is a true rarity for me.

[Razzamajazz]

it made me care about the match itself, not so much the entire ppv

[Corporate CockSnogger]

It doesn't hurt that Christian vs Orton is likely to be good again and the MitB matches are usually pretty fun.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I usually work on Sunday nights and I go a few doors over to the Buffalo Wild Wings to catch when I can when I'm done. This time, I actually gave up my Sunday night shift so I can watch the whole thing at a friend's house.

[Shaved Monkey]

I don't order PPVs usually, not even WM. This one match though has piqued my interest enough to make me want to watch it immediately and not wait until the next day to DL it.

Murphy's Law says I'm going to hate myself for this, but I'll spend the cash anyway.

[ClockShot]

I'm really 50/50.

1/2 of me wants to see Punk walk out with the title and Cena get "fired" again.

1/2 of me thinks Punk already got a new deal and Cena wins.

However, I'm really tired of the Orton/Christian storyline. Give Christian the belt and let him run with it and see how it goes, or knock him down a peg and stick him mid-card status and find a new direction for him.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Don't forget that there's also two Money in the Bank ladder matches which usually have a few fun spots.

Not to mention Mark Henry v. The Big Show. That one should be worth the price of admission alone. :shifty:

[dronepool]

I voted no ppv is worth that much, but the closer answer is I would never want to pay for a WWE PPV because no matter how good the card can be, I can't justify paying for a wrestling PPV and I can just stream it or most likely just read the results.

I don't know what I'll be doing Sunday, but I can think of things I'd rather be doing than watching this PPV, so that says it all for me. Watching the PPV on stream would basically be my 'plan c' if other possible plans don't pop up or fall through.

[XCaliber]

Was going to watch it anyway but the whole CM Punk factor makes me wanna see it that much more than most non-major PPVs as of late.

[Lock Jaw]

I'd have wanted to watch it in any case, because of the Money in the Bank matches that I want to see.

Punk is just the icing on the cake that has made this "I want to see this gimmick PPV for the gimmick matches" into "THIS IS A HUGE PPV EVENT THAT I HAVE TO SEE"

[Anybody Thrilla]

I voted no ppv is worth that much, but the closer answer is I would never want to pay for a WWE PPV because no matter how good the card can be, I can't justify paying for a wrestling PPV and I can just stream it or most likely just read the results.

I don't know what I'll be doing Sunday, but I can think of things I'd rather be doing than watching this PPV, so that says it all for me. Watching the PPV on stream would basically be my 'plan c' if other possible plans don't pop up or fall through.

Why do you even post in the wrestling forum? You clearly have very little interest in the product. Even if you do, nobody here is going to make fun of you for it. Why don't you stick to casual or somewhere thereabouts?

[Londoner]

Why do you even post in the wrestling forum? You clearly have very little interest in the product. Even if you do, nobody here is going to make fun of you for it. Why don't you stick to casual or somewhere thereabouts?

Agreed.

Anyhow, if i had the money for this i'd probably buy it. Will definitely try to find a stream.

[XL]

I'd have wanted to watch it in any case, because of the Money in the Bank matches that I want to see.

Punk is just the icing on the cake that has made this "I want to see this gimmick PPV for the gimmick matches" into "THIS IS A HUGE PPV EVENT THAT I HAVE TO SEE"
This. Only, I have to work Sunday night so I won't be watching live. :'(

[Anybody Thrilla]

Question for all of my non-American brethren out there...are there public places that show the PPV around you? I can think of probably five or six places within a comfortable driving distance that show all of the WWE PPVs. Most of them are Buffalo Wild Wings and Hooter's, but it could be much worse.

[CSL]

lol dronepool still on the 'don't have time for wrestling nowadays bros but I'll still post in the wrestling forum to remind you bros!' kick

[dronepool]

I'm posting here before leaving to work, there's a difference between telling someone "nah I'm not going to go out because I want to watch a PPV" and killing some time before work. It isn't like I hang around here all day doing that, if I do it's more of a now and then pop in than trolling the board all day.

It's not even about time, I just honestly lost a lot of interest in watching/keeping up because I don't really see it as anything too significant.

The CM Punk thing is cool but I don't really care about the other stuff going on and I don't think I ever paid for a WWE PPV either way, never thought it was worth it.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Right, so why do you come to a forum devoted to the discussion of the thing that you don't have any interest in? You act as if this is the only board on the internet pertaining to anything at all.

[Anybody Thrilla]

If I wanted to kill time before work, I wouldn't go to The People's Basket Weaving Website, for instance. Basket weaving is not interesting to me at all.

[The Jayman]

I would post there

[dronepool]

Right, so why do you come to a forum devoted to the discussion of the thing that you don't have any interest in? You act as if this is the only board on the internet pertaining to anything at all.

Because this forum has other sub forums that might have some interesting posts and it's very active here.

I post on a few other boards, but besides like an hour before work and sleep I really haven't been keeping up with any boards that much, besides clicking new posts and trying to see anything of interest.

[Londoner]

lol dronepool still on the 'don't have time for wrestling nowadays bros but I'll still post in the wrestling forum to remind you bros!' kick

Its just so predictable/laughable now.

[Shaved Monkey]

Question for all of my non-American brethren out there...are there public places that show the PPV around you? I can think of probably five or six places within a comfortable driving distance that show all of the WWE PPVs. Most of them are Buffalo Wild Wings and Hooter's, but it could be much worse.

Not here. It's either watch it at home or at the theater and the theater is like $25-$30 a ticket, I think, so I may as well just stay home and order it.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/814258/

Too many ads

[Anybody Thrilla]

So why even come to the wrestling forum is what I'm asking? There are plenty of people who post in casual, for instance, who have zero interest in wrestling and zero posts in the wrestling forum.

Obviously you can do whatever you want. I just think it'd be beneficial to all parties involved if you just fucked out of the wrestling forum unless you have something to contribute besides the fact that wrestling isn't a priority of yours. We get it. We don't care. Just saying.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Because this forum has other sub forums that might have some interesting posts and it's very active here.

I post on a few other boards, but besides like an hour before work and sleep I really haven't been keeping up with any boards that much, besides clicking new posts and trying to see anything of interest.

Why not just stick to casual then? Why bother coming into the wrestling forum just to say "nah guys, I've got better things to do than watch wrestling"

[Anybody Thrilla]

Not here. It's either watch it at home or at the theater and the theater is like $25-$30 a ticket, I think, so I may as well just stay home and order it.

That stinks. I kinda like the atmosphere at some of those places. You're surrounded by a bunch of wrestling fans and they usually get pretty rowdy. Most of them are inbred hicks with mullets and "S*CK IT" shirts from 1997, but people-watching can be fun too.

I think the most fun I ever had in a public venue was in Vegas for the 2008 Royal Rumble (that's when Cena came back, right?). At a casino called Sam's Town, they have a huge movie screen with theater seating. They had one dollar beers and one dollar hot dogs. There were raffle tickets and such, and the place was packed. So much fun. When Cena returned, everybody went APESHIT.

I much prefer that kind of thing to watching it alone.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Why not just stick to casual then? Why bother coming into the wrestling forum just to say "nah guys, I've got better things to do than watch wrestling"

Right

[Londoner]

Why not just stick to casual then? Why bother coming into the wrestling forum just to say "nah guys, I've got better things to do than watch wrestling"

BUT THAT WOULD MAKE TOO MUCH SENSE

[Anybody Thrilla]

Xero, I didn't mean to derail your thread, but it just felt like something to be addressed.

[Mr. JL]

As much as I have never really enjoyed CM Punk or John Cena for that matter, I am actually interested in seeing this match. In no way am I going to pay $50 for it, but I'll probably download or look up the results online for sure. The storyline and angle has me interested for once, and I want to see what will happen next and the conclusion. :y:

[Shaved Monkey]

That stinks. I kinda like the atmosphere at some of those places. You're surrounded by a bunch of wrestling fans and they usually get pretty rowdy. Most of them are inbred hicks with mullets and "S*CK IT" shirts from 1997, but people-watching can be fun too.

I think the most fun I ever had in a public venue was in Vegas for the 2008 Royal Rumble (that's when Cena came back, right?). At a casino called Sam's Town, they have a huge movie screen with theater seating. They had one dollar beers and one dollar hot dogs. There were raffle tickets and such, and the place was packed. So much fun. When Cena returned, everybody went APESHIT.

I much prefer that kind of thing to watching it alone.

Totally agree, and it's for that reason that I've been tempted to go to the theater to watch it. Dunno what the atmosphere would be like there though. I assume people would be loud.

The other problem with going to theaters and that kind of stuff (and this may come off as kinda sad) is that there is no smoking inside and I have to admit, that's a bit of a deal breaker right there. Especially since I like to fire one up before I partake in PPV and that always makes me fiend for nicotine.

[Anybody Thrilla]

You can smoke during the Divas match.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Or perhaps you can invest in one of those electronic cigarettes so you'll never have that problem anywhere again!

[XL]

Question for all of my non-American brethren out there...are there public places that show the PPV around you? I can think of probably five or six places within a comfortable driving distance that show all of the WWE PPVs. Most of them are Buffalo Wild Wings and Hooter's, but it could be much worse.
Nothing like that over here. Prolly something to do with the 1am start time. :-\

[Anybody Thrilla]

Haha, oh yeah, wasn't even thinking about that. Sorry lads.

[Tornado]

Question for all of my non-American brethren out there...are there public places that show the PPV around you? I can think of probably five or six places within a comfortable driving distance that show all of the WWE PPVs. Most of them are Buffalo Wild Wings and Hooter's, but it could be much worse.

PPVS start at 1am UK time, so don't know of anywhere that shows it live.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Yeah man, we just covered that.

[Lock Jaw]

Yeah, PPVs start at 1AM in the UK. So probably nowhere to catch it live. Or so I hear.






There are probably places around me that do, but I don't know of them, plus have no friends who are still interested in wrestling, and would not want to go alone.

[Anybody Thrilla]

I'll go with you. Come on.

[XL]

When I don't have work I tend to watch with a group of friends, 3 - 5 of us usually. It's much more enjoyable that way.

Whilst at Uni, I watched a couple Manias in large groups. Much fun was had.

I'd love to watch in a really big group though, that'd be interesting.

[CSL]

in response to ABT, I know a place that show lots of PPV's locally, they just charge like £5 in and the bar is open 'til 6am, "beer and a burger" is like £3 I think etc. Lots of pretty unbearable people though. There's a bunch of places across the country that do the same type of thing, not sure how regularly though.

[XL]

I've asked this before, but...

Where do you live, CSL?

[Ermaximus]

PPVS start at 1am UK time, so don't know of anywhere that shows it live.

That would explain why anytime I have a stream from the UK, porn always comes on after the PPV.

[CSL]

I've asked this before, but...

Where do you live, CSL?

Badstreet, Atlanta, GA

[CSL]

or 'Wolverhampton' as some people call it

[Ermaximus]

Yeah, PPVs start at 1AM in the UK. So probably nowhere to catch it live. Or so I hear.






There are probably places around me that do, but I don't know of them, plus have no friends who are still interested in wrestling, and would not want to go alone.

I'll go with you. Come on.

Got room for 1 more? It'd be a hell of a trip, but watching a PPV is always more fun with fellow fans.

I would go to St. Augustine and watch it with a few buddies, but the guy whose house we watch it at has a little girl that is always running around like crazy while we try to watch the PPV. Good kid, it's just hard to hear/see what's going on.

[XL]

Badstreet, Atlanta, GA

or 'Wolverhampton' as some people call it
Wolverhampton does have some pretty bad streets tbf.

I live near Walsall, so pretty close.

Where is this place you speak of that shows the PPVs/has cheap beer/burgers?

[Anybody Thrilla]

Nah man. Car's full.

[CSL]

Wolverhampton does have some pretty bad streets tbf.

I live near Walsall, so pretty close.

Where is this place you speak of that shows the PPVs/has cheap beer/burgers?

Royal London in town, couldn't tell you what's coming up etc the Facebook page appears to have vanished and that's where the events/invites used to come from

[XL]

Cool. That's a pretty decent place.

[Emperor Smeat]

I normally watch the PPVs but the CM Punk storyline is one of those rare cases where I am completely intrested and want to buy a ppv just because of 1 match or feud.

Unless the WWE completely drops the ball or "kills" the flow of the main event, it should be interesting to see what happens since there are a lot of possibilities with most revolving around CM Punk winning.

If CM Punk wins, he would leave with the belt but could still taunt the WWE with live feeds of him bringing the belt everywhere he goes each week. Cena would be fired for the second time in a year although the WWE could still treat that as a joke like vs Nexus. Also the MitB winner could possibly cash in and become a huge "savior" of the belt for Vince. The MitB wouldn't even have to be a face but would get favors from Vince for helping rescuing the belt.

If Cena wins, then nothing really changes except Vince is happy although the MitB winner could still cash in.

[Chavo Classic]

I have booked the next day off work so I can also stay up until 4am GMT to watch the PPV. To be honest, as there are two ladder matches in the same PPV, I was going to anyway before all this CM Punk shenanigans started. Now I'm even more excited for the whole thing.

I'll probably be watching on a stream as well, as it's been shown on a subscription sports channel and not a box-office channel. If it were the latter and I could pay a one-off fee to watch it on the telly, I would. Unfortunately though, I'm resigned to frantically trying to find a good enough stream on the night.

[#1-norm-fan]

I think this is the third straight PPV where I have LOVED the lead up to Cena's title match. And I wasn't disappointed with the payoff of the first two.

I loved the fact that they could do a one month feud with R-Truth, make it interesting, have an awesome finish to the match, and not do the lazy "rematch the next month" thing. This style is very old-timey. I like it.

[LK]

It's free for me anyway so it was going to be getting recorded already. However I really do want to see where they go with this as well as what they do with Orton and Christian.

[tjmidnight420]

Between Orton/Xtian and Punk/Cena, I'm actually getting into wrestling again. I'll probably be right here with most of you guys watching a stream (no promises though).

If I wanted to kill time before work, I wouldn't go to The People's Basket Weaving Website, for instance. Basket weaving is not interesting to me at all.

That is so going in my sig even though it's never seen.

[Jordan]

If you say no to this PPV your a dumbass and probably not a wrestling fan. This is the best angle in forever, eat my but otherwise.

[Taker it Easy]

This PPV seems good. We got the whole CM Punk thing and Daniel Bryan in SD match, geez. Ride of the Valkyries literally just started playing on my record player. THIS IS SOMETHING.

Lets just hope Cena does not try to ruin the show again, like Wrestlemania and the Royal Rumble :naughty:.

[Droford]

Ive convinced myself the following will happen:

Punk wins. RAW MITB winner doesn't cash in on Punk and he isn't on RAW the next night. Lots of speculation as to whats going to happen..Cena isn't fired by some technicality but is thrown in a program with Del Rio or something..
HHH shows back up the following RAW and calls out Punk to man up and face him in a match at Summerslam, career vs career...blah blam..boom.

Christian beats Orton only to get cashed in on by the SD MITB winner Sheamus and have an even shorter title reign than his first because Vince hates the internet.

[Rock Bottom]

Was going to watch it anyway but the whole CM Punk factor makes me wanna see it that much more than most non-major PPVs as of late.

[St. Jimmy]

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[#BROKEN Hasney]

Sports Bar up here used to show them, not sure if they still do since they're now called Shooters or some shit. Was amazing when I could get a Monday off and have 10p chicken wings and overpriced beer all night. Those were the days.

ANYWHOO, it's fucking Money in The Bank, it didn't need the Punk thing to sell me on it, it's just added the layer of awesome.

[Disco Apocalypse]

I had stopped watching PPVs live since Wrestlemania.

Not that Wrestlemania was incredibly terrible, I just got myself soo hyped up, and then walked away somewhat dissapointed. Now I read the results, and watch matches that sounds like my cup of tea.

But Punk / MiTB is going to be very difficult to fuck up.

Option A - Cena wins and Punk legit leaves, I'll be impressed by how well he was sent on his way.

Option B - Punk wins and leaves with the belt. Epic few months ahead of us.

Option C - Punk wins, MiTB winner cashes in on him and wins, Punk leaves. Cool, I can dig another Swagger run :shifty:

Option D - Del RIIIIIIIOOO!

Option E-Z - Various other permutations of this storyline...


And that's why this storyline is fantastic, lots of options on which way it will go, and almost all of them are good things. Good work WWE. :y:

[Tazz Dan]

PPV's here generally start around 10am on a Monday, and our PPV provider charges pubs through the ass to show them, so not many places have them. Like someone else said, I'd rather pay my $30 and watch it at home.

[Tazz Dan]

And to answer your question Xero, I'm taking the day off work to watch this when I had 0% thoughts in ordering it 4 weeks ago. Punk has made me do this.

[Disco Apocalypse]

You can smoke during the Divas match.

If you chug it, Orton's old entrance used to be long enough...

[Mr. Nerfect]

Yeah, the last I was this interested in a PPV was WrestleMania -- but that didn't quite live up to my expectations. It wasn't horrible, but it just...didn't. I was super-pissed about Daniel Bryan not competing, to be honest, and that is my right as a fan.

Money in the Bank has me pretty pumped. And not JUST because of Cena vs. Punk. The way this storyline between Orton and Christian has been going, Christian will have to be made to look like a total fool to not win the World Heavyweight Title here. He could literally get Johnny Curtis to attack him and he's the World Champion. Literally -- a DQ win means he's the champion, and if the ref doesn't call the DQ it's unfair officiating, and Christian is the champion. That being said: worst case scenario is that they have a good match, Chrisitan IS made to look like a fool, he loses cleanly and then goes back down to the mid-card. At least we still get an amazing World Heavyweight Title match.

The Money in the Bank Ladder Matches should also be awesome. The good thing about them having their own PPV is that there can be two of them, they can get plenty of time with fewer guys, and, to be honest, I sincerely believe there would be a rivalry between both sides to put on the best match possible. For a lot of guys, this is a chance to prove they belong. Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel, for example, are guys I really like, but aren't legit main event guys (despite being involved with main eventers for pretty much the last year). I expect both to really bring an A-game and make some fans at MITB.

You've also only got six matches booked. One will probably be added, and it wouldn't surprise me if that was a solid match, too.

Now, with the main event: I've been so captivated by CM Punk that I want to order it just for him. Even if he's leaving, I want MITB to have an outstanding buyrate, so Punk can legit claim to being a draw. For a long while, I thought that Punk had signed a new contract, and that he was going to be facing Triple H at SummerSlam -- but now I'm thinking he might actually be leaving. That makes me sad, because the aftermath won't be nearly as captivating for me as this moment. In fact, it'll probably seem colder with the absence of Punk.

So basically: I would be hesitant to order, if the rest of the card looked shitty, because not only could the worst case scenario happen (Cena wins easily, Punk looks like a fool), but the rest could make me scratch my head and vow off PPVs for a while (and I don't normally buy them for the record, but if they were solid and kept being solid -- I would). But given that I am going to see two amazing Ladder Matches (unless something goes amazingly wrong) and a great World Title match between one of my favourite workers, where only idiotic booking could put a damper on me being rewarded with their second World Title -- I think I'll order.

Now, get back to me after Money in the Bank, and see if I'm ranting about how excited I am about the future of the WWE, or whether I say "the wrestling was technically good, but..."

[Mr. Nerfect]

Also, even Big Show vs. Mark Henry could be a guilty pleasure. Henry has been a pretty amazing character lately, and Big Show is good for a man his size. They need to let the intensity fly, but more so than ever before, the WWE is equipped with backstage minds that can plot out a watchable and exciting contest between these two. And there's your smoke-break.

[Raven Reaper]

No. Why? well we ALL know how matches with Cena ends... He ALWAYS wins... I'm calling it now... Otherwise, WWE should prove me wrong and I refuse to give 2 shits right now about WWE. In the words of Punk, "I'M TIRED OF THIS AND YOU JOHN CENA!!"

[Rammsteinmad]

When I was in the UK I would watch every PPV with a group of mates, usually ranging between four or five people, which keeps the cost fairly low for each of us, but as I had college the next day, it meants I would sleep in the evening before the PPV, then after the PPV I'd head back home and get an hour or two sleep before heading to school.

Anyways, now that I'm in Deutschland I just watch them the next day on Dailymotion of any stream sites.

Of course, this Punk storyline has me incredibly interested in this PPV. Punks angle aside though, Cena and Punk have been having some great matches, and I'm expecting nothing less from Christian and Orton. Plus the two ladder matches means this should be an entertaining event.

[muffalufagus]

I'm getting it for this reason alone. I can't fucking wait either.

[GoneFishing]

I voted no ppv is worth that much, but the closer answer is I would never want to pay for a WWE PPV because no matter how good the card can be, I can't justify paying for a wrestling PPV and I can just stream it or most likely just read the results.

I don't know what I'll be doing Sunday, but I can think of things I'd rather be doing than watching this PPV, so that says it all for me. Watching the PPV on stream would basically be my 'plan c' if other possible plans don't pop up or fall through.

Would you like to retract that statement now or later?

[Savio]

Missed the PPV def tuning in tonight though

[BollywoodSingh]

The CM Punk angle made me put effort into looking for a stream for the main event (didn't watch the rest of the show), which is more than I can say for most PPVs now. I only ever order Royal Rumble and Wrestlemania.