Official 2013 Royal Rumble Discussion Thread (Classic Vince McMahon Intro Video Inside)

[Road Warrior]

GTS - Dullshooter - Vise - pin was a great sequence

lol, dullshooter

[Keith]

I've just got a feeling something big is going to happen, I don't know why.

Hope I don't end up disappointed.

[Bad News Gertner]

Stop with that. Cena vs Punkat MITB was the best match in the past 10 years.

[James Steele]

YESSSSS!!! Party like it's 1998 and put his ass through the Spanish Announce Table.

[loopydate]

This honestly reminds me a little of the RVD/Jerry Lynn matches. Each guy knows the other's signature moves and has a counter planned. Moves chain together in a logical counter-counter-counter way. Rock's a little rusty, but these two are telling a very good story so far.

[Nicky Fives]

he may not be as good as he once was, but Rock throws a mean punch.....

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Table botchhhhhhhhh

[Outsider]

That went well.

[VSG]

Fire that spanish announce table!

[James Steele]

HOLY SHIT!! Epic HHH/Angle botch that still looks cool.

[Droford]

fucking tables amirite

[Keith]

Rock just can't catch a break, can he?

[Arrogance]

Table botch, whey.

[Krimzon7]

mania plans may just be changed.

[CSL]

that could have jarred some knees

[James Steele]

Was it HHH/Angle or HHH/Rock when the table did the same thing?

Holy shit that looked painful when he hit the padding on the outside.

[VSG]

lol that was probably the Spanish announce table taking revenge for all these years.

[PullMyFinger]

Now that Cena wons I hope the Rock beats Cena again at WM and just hands the title over to the WWE when leaving for movies again. That would make my year.

[Keith]

Table was like "I don't remember Rock being this heavy. Fuck this!"

[Gone Mad]

Table botch and my stream went to hell. Oi!

[Emperor Smeat]

Ouch at the table botch.

[James Steele]

False finishes initiate in t-minus 3 minutes

[Rock Bottom]

lets see what they can muster here, punk was obv supposed to kick out of a table rb

[Krow]

Table botch and my stream went to hell. Oi!

Maybe it was connected to the monitors on the SAT.

[CSL]

Was it HHH/Angle or HHH/Rock when the table did the same thing?

Holy shit that looked painful when he hit the padding on the outside.

HHH/Angle, Summerslam 00 in the triple threat

[Road Warrior]

Rock still throws a great punch

[Nicky Fives]

Was it HHH/Angle or HHH/Rock when the table did the same thing?

Holy shit that looked painful when he hit the padding on the outside.

Triple Threat between the 3 at Summerslam 2000

[James Steele]

It'd be somewhat epically heelish if CM Punk just low blowed him to get DQ'd.

[Arrogance]

I'm still butthurt over Ziggler, I'll take anything.

[James Steele]

BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROCK LESNARRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Nicky Fives]

SHIELD!!!!

[James Steele]

THAT'S GOTTA BE! THAT'S GOTTA BE! THAT'S GOTTA BE KANE!!!!!

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Undertaker is behind The Shield!

[Skippord]

would've been cool if they came back with Punk down

[Krow]

Shutup, you stooge!

[James Steele]

YOU CAN'T PROVE IT!!!
NANANANANANANA HAHAHAHA

[Krimzon7]

love punks grin

[CSL]

lol "shutup you stooge!"

[Road Warrior]

NOT THIS WAY !!!!!

[Nicky Fives]

great storytelling..... lights were out, no proof of who did it, despite Cole's whining

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: JBL

Punk smiling was great

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Lol Punk shouting at Cole.

[Droford]

Rock's gonna make a miracle comeback to win

[Skippord]

Rock still wins, guarantee it

[James Steele]

He'll kick out and then we'll get to the epic "sprint to the finish line".

[Crimson]

PUNK RETAINSSSSSSS

[Nicky Fives]

PUNK!!!!!

[Arrogance]

Punk wins!

[Skippord]

yay I was wrong

[James Steele]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Immortal Moose]

Fuck yea! Punk!

[VSG]

THANK YOU, VINCE!

[Droford]

Here comes vince to strip him, right?

[Road Warrior]

really ?

[Keith]

LOL fans are disappointed.

[dronepool]

Yes!

[James Steele]

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[Nicky Fives]

18 minutes early? show is not over yet.....

[Bad News Gertner]

Wrestlemania will be a massive flop.

[James Steele]

Vince is coming out. They still have 15 minutes.

[Arrogance]

We've still got time left.

[Outsider]

Here we go...

[James Steele]

RUH-ROH

[VSG]

THANK YOU, VINCE!

Oh fuck, never mind!

[Nicky Fives]

Vinnie Mac!

[dronepool]

Crap.

[Skippord]

booo I was right

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Yessssssssss VINCE!!!!!!

[Arrogance]

There's Vince, good call.

[James Steele]

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[Crimson]

wOW Punk is getting stripped or whats happening here

[CSL]

I'd like to think it's gonna turn out to be Brock, down the line with video footage or something

[James Steele]

I'd kind of mark out if Brock just came out and beat the fuck out of Vince right now.

[Crimson]

restart the match please

[Droford]

restart the match!

[James Steele]

Oh shit, epic restart if CM Punk still wins.

[VSG]

FUCK YOU, VINCE!

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Rock has more power than Vince lol.

[Outsider]

.................dammit.

[Droford]

Punk should just walk out

[Immortal Moose]

Haha

[Road Warrior]

restart, now cue Lesnar

[Crimson]

Brock please come out now

[James Steele]

Booking 101 tells me that The Rock is about to win in like 3 minutes.

[Skippord]

so is Brock Lesnar just not coming back?

[Nicky Fives]

so close.....

[Keith]

LOL this is awesome.

[CSL]

roof is gonna come off if Rock wins this now

[Innovator]

Great false

[James Steele]

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[James Steele]

Please Brock...

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Yesssssssssss Rockyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[Crimson]

Noooooo wins via peoples elbow FUCK

[Droford]

and he lost to the fucking people's elbow.

fuck

[Immortal Moose]

Dammit

[Krow]

Bleh.

[James Steele]

He didn't even win with the Rock Bottom, but the fucking People's Elbow?

[Skippord]

real shitty way to end a title reign, but oh well

[VSG]

FROM A FUCKING PEOPLE'S ELBOW??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME????

[loopydate]

Wait.

What?

[Nicky Fives]

SHIT FUCK BALLS

[Road Warrior]

Fuck

[Arrogance]

Rock wins, and by God, we still have time?

[dronepool]

Crap, nice swerve through.

[Keith]

Shit, I just got GOOSEBUMPS!

[CSL]

ahhh really, the People's Elbow?

[Skippord]

what if TRIPLE H comes out and Pedigrees The Rock right now?

[Gone Mad]

NOOO!!! :(

[Road Warrior]

restart, match over in 2 minutes, lol.

[Bad News Gertner]

Yes yes ye1 go fuck yourselves fat basement dwelling virgins! Get your coricle jerk fag out of my fucking ring! Wwe is saved!

[PullMyFinger]

Wow I never thought I'd ever see the day the Rock would win the WWE title again! Awesome!!! Takes me back, greatest wrestler of all time! #Boots2Asses

[loopydate]

So, Paul Heyman hired Brad Maddox for...

[Crimson]

Rock kicks out of an elbow off the top rope. Punk gets pinned off a regular elbow drop.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>So the first Mania I ever go to is going to be main evented by a part timer. Fuck.

Ah well. Shit hot crowd at least.</font>

[Rock Bottom]

man that shit was kinda bad

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

boo

[James Steele]

So, Paul Heyman hired for Maddox for...

sex

[Bad News Gertner]

Hahahahahaha bye bye vanilla midget hahahahahaha your title reign was long pointless and terrible! Back to the undercard!

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

<font color=goldenrod>So the first Mania I ever go to is going to be main evented by a part timer. Fuck.

Ah well. Shit hot crowd at least.</font>

hogan was a part timer

[Immortal Moose]

Rock/Cena II here we come.

[VSG]

I am pissed they ended with the elbow and not the Rock Bottom but gotta give props- This was a fitting end to Punk's great reign.

[Shisen Kopf]

Where was Sting? This guy I know said that Sting was gonna be in the rumble. I don't think I'm gonna listen to that guy again.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Hahahahahaha bye bye vanilla midget hahahahahaha your title reign was long pointless and terrible! Back to the undercard!

ban gertner and shisen.

[Droford]

This is the despressing..

[Immortal Moose]

Still, a pretty awesome show.

[James Steele]

The actual matches were awesome, but the finishes give you blue balls.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol best Royal Rumble ever. Go cry in your lard buckets smarks!

[Nicky Fives]

I'm thinking Punk gets the title back when Heyman proves that Shield did not attack Rock, but Maddox and 2 "friends"

[James Steele]

Hopefully we get a new belt tomorrow.

[chrisat928]

I hate Dwayne.

[PullMyFinger]

No JBL, he's not maybe the greatest of all time, HE IS the greatest of all time. End of story, anyone saying otherwise is smoking some good crack.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

Grinning ear to ear seeing The Rock with the title again.

[Krow]

Who else would flip if this happened?

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Also? When that video loaded over the stream, I tricked myself into marking, thinking it was part of the stream. Me yelling "YES!" and then feeling like an idiot.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>On the plus side, I killed it in Tipster's.</font>

[James Steele]

:lol:

TNA Unfinished Business ad right after the Rumble went off.

[Bad News Gertner]

No more 2.7 ratings! The company is saved! Go feud with that 50 once a year rassler and get the fuck out of the title picture and never come back!

[James Steele]

Kinda wish Gertner would fuck off and die now.

[PullMyFinger]

I hate Dwayne.

LOL Why? Because he controls the crowd more than anyone? Even as a heel people still cheer for him? Because he's successful even in movies and is the only wrestler that is mainstream relevant and cool? LMAO cut me a break

[loopydate]

No JBL, he's not maybe the greatest of all time, HE IS the greatest of all time. End of story, anyone saying otherwise is smoking some good crack.

HBM and Flair might disagree with you on that.

Though, to be fair, they've both used good crack, as well.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol go avenge Punk's loss in WWE13 smarks! Hahahahahahahahaha! Rock should have pulled out his cock and pissed all over Punk!

[Road Warrior]

swerve, Cena challenges Del Rio at WM

[SammyG]

HMM, No one saw this coming! ....

[James Steele]

It will be interesting what they do for Elimination Chamber. Will CM Punk get a rematch? Will Rock be in a Chamber match? What will occupy Cena until after Elimination Chamber?

[owenbrown]

Where was Sting? This guy I know said that Sting was gonna be in the rumble. I don't think I'm gonna listen to that guy again.

Where was Bobby Jaggers? This guy I know said that Bobby Jaggers was gonna be in the rumble. I don't think I'm gonna listen to that guy again.

[Shisen Kopf]

Did Kofi ever give JBL his chair back after stealing it?!

[Shisen Kopf]

Where was Bobby Jaggers? This guy I know said that Bobby Jaggers was gonna be in the rumble. I don't think I'm gonna listen to that guy again.

Bobby Jaggers loved your blog.

[Bad News Gertner]

Cry for me smarks! I want to drink your tears!

[Keith]

The only downside to The Rock being Champion is that now we're gonna have to read and hear people complaining about a "half-time wrestler" being the WWE Champion, when "others should get the opportunity".

Listen, no one in the WWE brings in the ratings or audience The Rock brings. He's the right guy to have as Champion heading into WrestleMania.

Rock reaches an audience that John Cena, Dolph Ziggler or CM Punk only dream of getting to. Now he can go on talk shows and take the title, or at least talk about how he's now the Champion. It's only good for WWE.

[Road Warrior]

Did Kofi ever give JBL his chair back after stealing it?!

black people never give anything back

[Emperor Smeat]

Meh not looking forward to Rock-Cena II and won't be surprised if next year is Rock-Cena III to finish the trilogy.

Overall the Rumble was great. Jericho showing up was amazing and so was the start of the Rumble. Punk vs Rock was great and loved Punk grinning after the Shield attacked.

No clue why the WWE doesn't want Kane to break the eliminations record since its now 2 years in a row he didn't really do anything (didn't show up last year).

Also now means the Ziggler-Cena feud was pretty much worthless since it did nothing for Ziggler while Cena got his title match spot anyways.

[PullMyFinger]

.

[KyleEmmott]

Kinda wish Gertner would fuck off and die now.

[PullMyFinger]

The only downside to The Rock being Champion is that now we're gonna have to read and hear people complaining about a "half-time wrestler" being the WWE Champion, when "others should get the opportunity".

Listen, no one in the WWE brings in the ratings or audience The Rock brings. He's the right guy to have as Champion heading into WrestleMania.

#Truth

[Bad News Gertner]

Nom nom. Nom pig fat flavoured tears! FEED ME MORE! FEED ME MORE!

[KyleEmmott]

I'm hoping for Heyman to prove that The Sheild didn't and Punk retains

[Triple Naitch]

Lol, you guys.

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol at STD neg repping me four times. Your tears taste like champagne!

[owenbrown]

I'd rather watch a bowling tournament than WrestleMania with Part-time Dwayne and Super Cena main eventing

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I'd love it if tomorrow night on Raw, The Shield reveals a tape of themselves (since they love videotaping themselves) watching the match from backstage, witnessing the blackout and the attack on The Rock and just shrugging.</font>

[Bad News Gertner]

I'd rather watch a bowling tournament than WrestleMania with Part-time Dwayne and Super Cena main eventing

Wooooooooo Let's go Cena! Let's go Cena! Wooooooooooooooo!

[owenbrown]

Kinda wish Gertner would fuck off and die now.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Lol at STD neg repping me four times. Your tears taste like champagne!

No tears here. Just neg reps.

[CSL]

Nom nom. Nom pig fat flavoured tears! FEED ME MORE! FEED ME MORE!

lol you need to get some wrestling fans on FB or Twitter, you'd think somebody had just pissed on their kids on Christmas morning

He had a goo reign while it lasted, Rock can eat a dick.

Well that's me through with WWE for the foreseeable future

FACKING BULLSHIT
FUCK THIS COMPANY

PLEASE wwe don't fuck up AGAIN and put the title on The Rock!!!!!

BULLSHIT BULLSHIT BULLSHIT

all accompanied by plenty of likes and comments

[Shisen Kopf]

As I've always said rasslin is serious business.

[Bad News Gertner]

Haha I know, only Blitz likes wrestling on my fb and he's not really vocal about who he likes. Tonight is why I love wrestling. Soooooo fucking good!

[Shisen Kopf]

New Jersey should riot on April 7th

That's a good idea. They should beat up the gays. Good call Owenbrown!

[Bad News Gertner]

I heard Owenbrown wnats some blacks mixed up in the riot. What the hell Owen!

[Providence Peep]

What if its revealed on RAW tomorrow night that it, in fact, was NOT The Shield and CM Punk shouldn't have been stripped of the belt? What happens then? For all we know, it could've been King Kong Bundy who attacked The Rock.

[Keith]

You know, I'm still thinking of Bret Hart's talk with Del Rio and Ricardo backstage.

Was it just something WWE did just for the heck of it? Or was it some kind of a message they sent, kinda like Bret giving a face ADR "the rub" and sending him on his way to a pretty lengthy run (until WM at the very least) as Champion?

Kinda like "Hey, fans, I approve of this guy. He's the goods". IDK.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

I'd rather watch a bowling tournament than WrestleMania with Part-time Dwayne and Super Cena main eventing

I bet you a sizeable amount of bran flakes you will watch Wrestlemania and won't watch a single second of bowling before then.

[Bad News Gertner]

Owenbrown is a big fan of large balls. You might be wrong.

[MIZantine Empire]

Man what an experience.. This almost topped when I went to wrestlemania a few years ago.. Start to finish was amazing! We kicked off the experience by having our seats upgraded due to the wwe re arranging cameras to our original section.. We were right in front of the structure show choke slammed del rio off of.. Hope it came off well on tv.. The crowd was hot and loved the MASSIVE pops for goldust, the godfather, and by far biggest of the night was Jericho!

[Skippord]

I bet you a sizeable amount of bran flakes you will watch Wrestlemania and won't watch a single second of bowling before then.
I also may watch a bowling tournament, but that's because I like bowling tournaments

[Corndad]

I'll try and keep to the good parts here. Y2J and the reaction to him was amazing. Hope he's back for a little while. Team Hell No friction in Rumble. The Cody-Golddust stuff was cool too. Gives Cody heat no one else could give him.

I tried. Sigh. Think about this in context of real world stuff. Guy gets hired years ago. Leaves and goes to a different business. Comes back and gets put straight to CEO position (WWE Champion)

I think a lot of the backlash this is getting is because we all know where it all leads already. Cena-Rock with Cena going over. That in my opinion will not sale. Too predictable. I will give them time to figure something out but I have an idea that it won't and that's what we are getting at Mania. Again.

[Providence Peep]

And here we all thought Rock vs. Cena was only a once in a lifetime match.

[Shisen Kopf]

I heard Owenbrown wnats some blacks mixed up in the riot. What the hell Owen!

why does owenbrown want to start a race riot and attack gays too? I thought he was against all that. His true COLORS are coming out i guess. :eek:

[Keith]

Rock has done more for that company than all those guys in the locker room today combined.

Enough with this.

[Keith]

And here we all thought Rock vs. Cena was only a once in a lifetime match.

The world ended on December 21. This is a new life.

[Providence Peep]

I'll try and keep to the good parts here. Y2J and the reaction to him was amazing. Hope he's back for a little while. Team Hell No friction in Rumble. The Cody-Golddust stuff was cool too. Gives Cody heat no one else could give him.

I tried. Sigh. Think about this in context of real world stuff. Guy gets hired years ago. Leaves and goes to a different business. Comes back and gets put straight to CEO position (WWE Champion)

I think a lot of the backlash this is getting is because we all know where it all leads already. Cena-Rock with Cena going over. That in my opinion will not sale. Too predictable. I will give them time to figure something out but I have an idea that it won't and that's what we are getting at Mania. Again.

Time will tell, right? And for the record, if Cena and The Rock do have a match at WM, I predict Cena will win the belt by turning heel.

[Shisen Kopf]

And here we all thought Rock vs. Cena was only a once in a lifetime match.

who thought that?

[Raven Reaper]

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That's it, I officially give up on WWE. No more tweets, downloading or streaming Raw shows for me, time for me to go to IMPACT wrestling and also watch The British Boot Camp episodes for me. See ya... Bye.

[Providence Peep]

The world ended on December 21. This is a new life.

:rofl:Oh yeah, I forgot. Thanks for clarifying.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

ROCKY ROCKY ROCKY ROCKY ROCKY ROCKY ROCKY

[Shadrick]

Once again, 5 minutes after a match is over, everyone bitches and fusses about how its THE WORST MISTAKE EVER, THIS COMPANY IS GOING DOWN THE SHITTER, OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'D TAKE THE BELT FROM PUNK AND PUT IT ON A GUY WHO ISN'T GOING TO BE AROUND HE DOESN'T DESERVE IT.

lol, fuckin marks, man. Have your opinion on what you do/don't want to see, but its difficult to be entertained if you're too busy being pessimistic and analyzing every individual decision. <3 you guys.

[Providence Peep]

who thought that?

Heath Slater's mom? She also said her son had a ten percent chance of winning the Rumble. :p

[Shadrick]

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That's it, I officially give up on WWE. No more tweets, downloading or streaming Raw shows for me, time for me to go to IMPACT wrestling and also watch The British Boot Camp episodes for me. See ya... Bye.

Awesome man, peace.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

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[Shisen Kopf]

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[Raven Reaper]

If Cena beats Rock for the title at WM, yep, like I said, CHANGE THE FUCKING CHANNEL or switch off tv for good. Might as well read spoilers instead...

[Shisen Kopf]

Heath Slater's mom? She also said her son had a ten percent chance of winning the Rumble. :p
Heath Slater is terrible, his mom probably wishes she had given birth to a hand instead of that thing!

[CSL]

why would you change the channel if you paid for the PPV, that would be a bit silly wouldn't it young Raven

[Tazz Dan]

If Cena beats Rock for the title at WM, yep, like I said, CHANGE THE FUCKING CHANNEL or switch off tv for good. Might as well read spoilers instead...

Weren't you leaving?

[CSL]

British Bootcamp mention tho, suppp

[Corporate CockSnogger]

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[Triple Naitch]

Can't wait for Cena/Rock II. We may never see this shit again.

[BigCrippyZ]

I love how the idiots on here are bitching about Rock beating Punk for the title.

"Oh no! Going into the biggest show of the year, the guy a minority of us worship lost his "world" "title", on a SCRIPTED SHOW, to a part time guy who is the biggest mainstream star and draw for the show, and paved the way for our guy to win the "title" years ago. What a horrible company and product! We're not watching any more!"

Are you fucking serious? Yeah, you're right guys, the WWE are the idiots.

"Hey, we've got this guy who's proven he can bring in ratings and has quite a bit of mainstream appeal outside of our own business. Now, I know our ratings have been falling lately and we're going into our biggest show of the year in a huge media market, but let's keep things the way they've been going. We don't need any additional, outside or mainstream exposure for our product."

Fucking idiots.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

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[Keith]

Can't wait for Cena/Rock II. We may never see this shit again.

We may never see Rock in the ring again after WrestleMania. People need to just chill out and realize this. Enjoy it.

[Vastardikai]

I just don't think we needed Cena winning the Rumble and Rock winning the ME to set up the rematch. I don't think this match needs the WWE title, either.

Hell, Ryback could have won the Rumble (and if you heard the chant, you could have easily justified it), Cena could have come out and admitted to attacking Rock.

[BigCrippyZ]

That's it, I officially give up on WWE. No more tweets, downloading or streaming Raw shows for me, time for me to go to IMPACT wrestling and also watch The British Boot Camp episodes for me. See ya... Bye.

Weren't you leaving?

:lol: That's what I thought too.

[Tazz Dan]

I just don't think we needed Cena winning the Rumble and Rock winning the ME to set up the rematch. I don't think this match needs the WWE title, either.

Hell, Ryback could have won the Rumble (and if you heard the chant, you could have easily justified it), Cena could have come out and admitted to attacking Rock.

If Cena or Rock hadn't of won here, the other would have won at Elimination Chamber and we'd be getting the same responses anyway. Lose-Lose for a lot of people really.

[Corndad]

Personally Rock winning would have been great.... if Cena didn't win Rumble.

Also wanted to add being a traditionalist hated seeing Rumble match in middle of card. I realized why it was done but I hated it the year they had Angle/Henry end it one year too.

[Shadrick]

I love how the idiots on here are bitching about Rock beating Punk for the title.

"Oh no! Going into the biggest show of the year, the guy a minority of us worship lost his "world" "title", on a SCRIPTED SHOW, to a part time guy who is the biggest mainstream star and draw for the show, and paved the way for our guy to win the "title" years ago. What a horrible company and product! We're not watching any more!"

Are you fucking serious? Yeah, you're right guys, the WWE are the idiots.

"Hey, we've got this guy who's proven he can bring in ratings and has quite a bit of mainstream appeal outside of our own business. Now, I know our ratings have been falling lately and we're going into our biggest show of the year in a huge media market, but let's keep things the way they've been going. We don't need any additional, outside or mainstream exposure for our product."

Fucking idiots.

Crippy, marks don't look at it like this. Its the arm-chair booker complex. What you're saying is too business-logical for them. "THIS IS SO TERRIBLE. HOW COULD THEY TAKE THE TITLE FROM PUNK AFTER ONLY 434 DAYS TO PUT IT ON A TRANSITIONAL GUY WHO IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME AND AN A-LIST HOLLYWOOD ACTOR WITH MAINSTREAM APPEAL. IM NEVER WATCHING AGAIN. RAH RAH RAH.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>C&P'ed from the other thread but whatever.

I was pissed off about Rock/Cena initially...not because they're bad performers or anything. Far from it. But I thought Rock/Cena last year was a disappointment, I'm not a fan of the same exact match closing out consecutive WrestleManias, and it's blatantly obvious Cena will be getting his win back.

But...the crowd will be shit hot for the match and will probably be a fun environment. I'll get to see an Undertaker streak match live, possibly against CM Punk. Jericho might now be in the fold. Team Hell No will do something fun. Cody/Goldust or some variant of that might happen. Orton could be a heel by then and way more interesting as a result. HHH/Lesnar, if it happens, has a chance at being much better if they actually get a chance to wrestle and not try to make it a shoot. And most importantly, I've got the luxury of going to WM without having to spend an exorbitant amount on travel, since I can drive there.

Just gonna sit back and enjoy the build up. </font>

[Blitz]

Manage to draw Ziggler and Ryback in my Rumble pool, so of course Cena wins. Damn it.

lol at people who thought Punk was actually winning.

[Blitz]

Wish Miz and Cesaro had made it on the show.

[Lock Jaw]

Royal Rumble was total BS! :mad: :mad: :foc: :mad: :mad:










Because Christian didn't return.

[Splaya]

I dont know if anyone else recognized this, but when the Rock was getting beat up, someone snapped a picture and the light was bright and it was long enough for the Rock and whoever was taking him down to be in it. Might provide a clue if it was the shield or someone else.

[Shadrick]

I dont know if anyone else recognized this, but when the Rock was getting beat up, someone snapped a picture and the light was bright and it was long enough for the Rock and whoever was taking him down to be in it. Might provide a clue if it was the shield or someone else.

http://www.gogirlies.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/detective.jpg

[CSL]

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[Tazz Dan]

Invisible Rhyno

[James Steele]

Christopher Walken on steroids?

[Xero]

I love how the idiots on here are bitching about Rock beating Punk for the title.

"Oh no! Going into the biggest show of the year, the guy a minority of us worship lost his "world" "title", on a SCRIPTED SHOW, to a part time guy who is the biggest mainstream star and draw for the show, and paved the way for our guy to win the "title" years ago. What a horrible company and product! We're not watching any more!"

Are you fucking serious? Yeah, you're right guys, the WWE are the idiots.

"Hey, we've got this guy who's proven he can bring in ratings and has quite a bit of mainstream appeal outside of our own business. Now, I know our ratings have been falling lately and we're going into our biggest show of the year in a huge media market, but let's keep things the way they've been going. We don't need any additional, outside or mainstream exposure for our product."

Fucking idiots.

You want to talk business, what about the fact that, more than likely, the huge draw (and yes Rock is a huge draw) will be leaving after Mania. Then we have the issue of the rest of the year being overrun by matches and people who DON'T draw.

WWE should be worrying about making guys actually matter instead of relying on the past for a temporary bump. Because once the Rocks, Takers, Triple Hs, and Lesnars are no longer there, the temporary boost will be non-existent and they will fall down the shitter.

If there is no future outside of Cena, which is pretty clear what WWE's stance is after Punk's reign was overshadowed by the likes of fucking Lauinitis vs Cena, then five years down the line there's a problem.

[Bad News Gertner]

Wrestlemania doesn't make stars. It settles feuds. After Wrestlemania the reset button is hit.

[Shisen Kopf]

Rasslemania is only there to set up Backlash which is like 1000000000000000 times better. AMIRITE?

[Xero]

And ratings plummet. WWE has proven that they can draw 4 million on RAW. But outside of Mania season they struggle to keep above 3.

Maybe use that time when there are more eyes on the product to also make a guy or two. It wouldn't hurt and makes perfect business sense.

[Bad News Gertner]

There's nobody to make. Wrestlemania makes a TON of money.why wouldn't they focus on a proven commodity? Punk wasn't doing shit as champ. Rock v Cena 2 for the belt, Punk vs Taker , HHH vs Lesnar and Orton vs Sheamus are your big money matches. You HAVE to do it. Just like you said "what are you gonna do when they retire"? How about "how can we squeeze every ounce of revenue out of them before they retire""

[James Steele]

Rock/Cena was settled.

[Xero]

So basically WWE is fucked once the last of the old guard leave for good and there is absolutely no way to turn it around?

By your logic, WWE dies in 10 years.

[Lock Jaw]

Nah, eventually they will realize that they need to make new stars. Only when they are absolutely forced to at the last minute.

[Bad News Gertner]

Sheamus, Orton, Cena, Punk, Ryback are all going to be around for a long time. They are putting on the matches people want.

[Bad News Gertner]

Rock/Cena was settled.

Adding the title adds a whole new element. I love how I'm a troll and yet I'm always right. That's why I'm the pulse of the WWE.

[CSL]

Before I get outta bed my day is fucked because of WWE fuck you rock n cena. All beacuse punk will never be a kiss asss or a pair of fruity pebbles like u 1. #StillBestInTheWorld

[Shisen Kopf]

Adding the title adds a whole new element. I love how I'm a troll and yet I'm always right. That's why I'm the pulse of the WWE.

What's a troll?

[Lock Jaw]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Tonight, <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23TeamBodilyFluids">#TeamBodilyFluids</a> (@<a href="https://twitter.com/heelziggler">heelziggler</a> @<a href="https://twitter.com/wweajlee">wweajlee</a>) erupts &amp; oozes all over Phoenix. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23RoyalRumble">#RoyalRumble</a></p>&mdash; Big E Langston (@BigELangston) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigELangston/status/295669785935618049">January 27, 2013</a></blockquote>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Damn, damn, damn! If I hadn't been stuffing my face with Vienna sausages backstage! My bad, Dolph. Should have been there. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23RoyalRumble">#RoyalRumble</a></p>&mdash; Big E Langston (@BigELangston) <a href="https://twitter.com/BigELangston/status/295727862051381249">January 28, 2013</a></blockquote>

[Blitz]

Sheamus, Orton, Cena, Punk, Ryback are all going to be around for a long time. They are putting on the matches people want.
My God, did you just compliment Punk? Who hacked Gertner's shit?

[Bad News Gertner]

Lol awesome

[Lock Jaw]

http://chaddukeswrestlingshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/AhEjpnVCQAIFL4T1.jpg

IT'S OVER

(Bryan still has a belt, I guess, but a different one)

[BigCrippyZ]

http://chaddukeswrestlingshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/AhEjpnVCQAIFL4T1.jpg

IT'S OVER

(Bryan still has a belt, I guess, but a different one)

Wow, I wonder how many fat ass, mouth breathing, basement dwelling, never-touched-a-girl, "I can smell you through the wall", virgin nerds, who've beaten off to this picture, are crying tonight?

[Bad News Gertner]

Look at all those 2.6 ratings!

[BigCrippyZ]

Look at all those 2.6 ratings!

:lol:

[Droford]

Punk's going to hire nougat to sue to get rock's win overturned since it couldn't be proven shield interfered and there was no authority to restart the match. Undefeated at lawyering lol.

[Frank Drebin]

Torn about which side of the "ratings" fence I want go to. It makes sense for the WWE to put the belt on the guy who will probably walk around with it to movie premiers and talk shows and generate more buys than anyone else at this point. You've got to imagine they have crunched numbers and determined the best thing for business is the huge number of buys mania gets and that they need to max that out. #shortterm

On the other hand, how'd those cards look when Cena/Punk went down due to injuries? What did those injuries result in? Emergency pushes. That's a warning sign as to what main event level depth they currently have outside of the road to mania. #longterm

Either way, we have three weeks worth of tv and a ppv before the real build to mania to see what route they have chosen to take.

[Fignuts]

Why are people bitching about the people's elbow?

That's how he beat hogan.

[Skippord]

after like 15 Rock Bottoms

just felt kind of lame to end a monstrous title rain without any sort of Rock Bottom

[Fignuts]

Shut up. You don't know.

[Skippord]

I know everything, bro

[Skippord]

Diamond Dallas Page is my spirit animal

[Fignuts]

I dare you to make less sense.

[Fignuts]

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So maybe not just a one night appearance?

[The Fraze]

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Buncha virgins.

[James Diesel]

after like 15 Rock Bottoms

just felt kind of lame to end a monstrous title rain without any sort of Rock Bottom

There was the one out on the floor that was meant for the table, who refused to take a rock bottom

[Skippord]

I was not paying attention, was doing some DDPYoga

[DaVe]

Crowd was awesome. And seemed like Rock once again got the crowd to be completely on his side by the end of the night when earlier in the match it looked like they were favouring Punk, or at least 50/50.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

I don't really care too much about ratings (although obviously The Rock being champ is going to get more casual fans watching again), I just watch to enjoy it and be entertained and The Rock is the best entertainer in the business. I'm a big fan of Punk, he's great, probably the best all round guy they have full time, but The Rock is entertainment.

All the people crying about Punk losing his streak would've cried no matter when it ended. I'm glad it was ended by The Rock and not some other guy on the roster I don't enjoy as much.

[James Diesel]

I think my only problem with the match and it's not even a bitching about Punk thing (even though I was rooting for him) was that Rock played the match way too similar to a Cena match. Get beaten throughout the whole thing, come back at the end. I mean, if it was the best way he could wrestle, then fine, but it was just irksome to see a Cena match without Cena in it.

It's actually more irksome with Cena in it

[Skippord]

I also think The Rock has been cutting similar promos to John Cena lately and it bums me out.

Calling CM Punk cookie puss and John Cena a kung pao bitch or whatever is the same kind of thing as JBL is poopy to me.

[Shadrick]

Rock has been MUCH more serious in his promos...

[Shadrick]

But anyway, unless Punk takes on Taker, I see Rock Vs Cena Vs Punk at Mania. Theres no way Punk isn't in the main event at Mania.

[Joesgonnakillyou]

I only have one thing to say

"I NEVER LOST IT BAYBY!!!!"