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Originally Posted by The Fraze
This thread is moronic. Not only because of the lack of proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar in the initial post, but because the post makes assumptions that are just wrong.
The Rock is arguably the most entertaining man professional wrestling has ever seen. On top of that, he can still work. His wrestling ability still surpasses many on the main roster. In my opinion, his "style" in the last two matches with Punk are a result of bad booking, not a lack of ability or chemistry between the two performers.
Body-wise, The Rock looks better than most, wait, all of the other wrestlers on the roster. He's 41, and still omits electricity when he's in the ring like a mega-star, something many performers of today can only dream of.
The talk about other wrestlers' spots being "taken" is annoying. We all know there are a limited amount of spots for exposure and TV. But you know, some poor jabroni who isn't even near the stature of The Rock didn't have their spot taken, they never had the spot to begin with. Nobody is being held down.
The Rock is furthering the product and pushes whoever he works with to the next level. CM Punk is one of the only reasons to watch pro wrestling, and his feud with The Rock has been great. The real shame is that Punk could possibly be snubbed from the WWE Title match at WM29 not because of The Rock, but because of John Cena. Now Cena is the guy people should be complaining about. Dude's a stand up guy, does a ton for the company and for his fans, but he can't work. His matches are terrible and the only thing that dictates whether the match is solid or not is the guy he works with. CM Punk will be snubbed for us to see "Twice In A Lifetime," not because of The Rock on his own.
Stop complaining, The Rock was and still is The Great One. He's earned the name and nobody thinks he's going to "stick around." He's here for as long as he can be, then he'll go do his thing and come back when he can again. Anybody mention The Undertaker? Dude wrestles once a year, maybe has one other appearance on Raw and nobody says a thing. That schedule would be something to resent.
Know your damn role.
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Just no.
The Rock returning to the WWE is nothing but a shot in the arm. Yes, it's good for business in terms of short term buyrates and one-off revenue streams. But while it's good for the WWE in those terms, it does nothing for the WWE in terms of building future superstars.
Everyone recognizes the problem that's been so apparent for the past 3-4 years especially: the mid-card in the WWE has not equated to any major stars and the WWE relies too heavily on old-timers to fill out their major show of the year. And that's all fine for the time being, but it's not a long term solution. Triple H and Undertaker show up and put on a match of a lifetime and then disappear for the rest of the year. Jericho shows up 2 months out and gets a WWE Championship at Mania. The Rock shows up sporadically to cut promos, beats Cena in the main event of Mania, and then disappears again for the rest of the calendar year before coming back to win the WWE Championship. Now he's going to main event WrestleMania again.
Meanwhile, superstars who deserve attention, recognition and pushes into the main event get their legs cut out from under them because all of the focus is on Rock, Lesnar and Triple H, and possibly Undertaker. Everyone else looks amateur compared to The Rock, and when he leaves again after Mania, they're still going to look amateur.
The argument could be made that it would've been better for the WWE as a whole for guys like The Rock and Brock Lesnar to just stay away and for guys like Undertaker and Triple H to just retire, as it would give the current crop of WWE superstars no choice but to evolve, grow and become the new tier of main eventers for years to come.