CM Punk; WWE Has Me Hooked Again (2012 Official Pro Wrestling Thread)

[brettac1]

Henry showed tonight why they better fire the push back up now. The yelling at Big Show stuff was awesome.

 

I assume they are doing Henry/Rhodes vs Show/Shaq at Mania, with Cody eating a pin from Shaq. That is going to suck.

[PrinceEatMeat]

I find this stuff between JL and Teddy Long to be pretty funny. I hope it continues. Makes for an interesting storyline at least.

[Raw Biz]

I find this stuff between JL and Teddy Long to be pretty funny. I hope it continues. Makes for an interesting storyline at least.

 

Until they face each other at WM. And sadly, that's not in blue.

[brettac1]

I think they'll do a 6-man tag with three heels vs three faces to decide control at Mania.

[patrickgpe]

I find this stuff between JL and Teddy Long to be pretty funny. I hope it continues. Makes for an interesting storyline at least.

 

Until they face each other at WM. And sadly, that's not in blue.

i was thinking the same thing, will be as bad as the cole- lawler fight last year, with the winner getting control of both shows.

[PrinceEatMeat]

I don't think they'll wrestle in a one-on-one match. If anything they might be involved in a tag match, but I think it might be more like them picking guys to represent them, which wouldn't be as bad. In other news, WWE announced that Shaq won't compete at Wrestlemania. Apparently the reports that Shaq said he would were false. He never said he would wrestle, just attend the show. So I guess it's Rhodes vs Show for the IC Title then.

[patrickgpe]

I don't think they'll wrestle in a one-on-one match. If anything they might be involved in a tag match, but I think it might be more like them picking guys to represent them, which wouldn't be as bad.

you may be right, they may be leaning that direction with having otunga vs jackson the last 2 nights. it would be more watchable, i just hope those 2 aren't the 2.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Not sure why they'd give Jackson or Otunga a WrestleMania match. Otunga will get the payday because he'll be there with JL, but I'm guessing they'll pick bigger names to represent them. Especially since Otunga squashed Jackson twice already. Not sure how that'd make an intriguing matchup.

[brettac1]

There is no way that Ezekiel Jackson or Otunga should get a Mania payday.

 

As far as Rhodes vs Show, I hope not.

[PrinceEatMeat]

Yeah, Rhodes vs. Show would most likely suck. I'd rather see Rhodes wrestle someone he can actually have a good match with. Would've liked to see the match with Goldust go through, but that never happened.

[PrinceEatMeat]

http://www.wrestling-edge.com/wwe-news-rumors/john-laurinaitistheodore-long-feud-headed-otunga-bullying.html

 

Well, this sucks. Likely no more MITB. Instead they'll have all of the guys in one big, stupid tag match. Boring. I'd rather have MITB and just have this JL/Long thing be a one-on-one match with one guy representing them. Instead it'll likely be Christian, ADR, and Henry vs. 3 faces.

[radman12484]

Why can't you have both a 4 on 4 Team Laurintias vs. Team Long match and the Mitb match? This could be a way to get more wrestlers a Wrestlemania payday. Team Laurinatis can be Christian, Mark Henry, Drew McIntrye, David Otunga vs. Team Long Randy Orton, Great Khali, Ezekiel Jackson, Santino Marella....it's not that great, but it gives everyone something to do.

 

As for Money In The Bank: Alberto Del Rio, The Miz, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio (should be back), Justin Gabriel

 

Just how I would put it together. That's just me though.

[PrinceEatMeat]

It could still happen. It's just speculated that this will push MITB off the card. Not sure if it actually will or not. I hope not, but I fear that it will.

[brettac1]

Yeah, why put the guy who has worked harder than anyone on the roster of the past year on the Mania card? Ziggler better get a HUGE push once this Jericho crap ends.

[brettac1]

Slow news week. I assume it picks up when Rock gets some stuff to trend tonight. I will love his return until his first #b2a mention, because I just think that's lame.

[PrinceEatMeat]

I think The Rock is gonna cut an amazing promo tonight. I can't wait for it.

[brettac1]

I hope he keeps the new catchphrases to a minimum. That's where he loses me. Obviously, "If you smell" and "Finally!" are fine, but the boots to asses and lady parts and whatever other ones were he was trying to get over before Survivor Series kind of suck.

[PrinceEatMeat]

I wouldn't have a problem with it if he didn't say them over and over again within the same promo.

[radman12484]

Beginning of RAW was good and the end of RAW was good. Everything in the middle was just completely pointless. If the WWE didn't want to show up the Rock with actual wrestling matches, then maybe they should had the Rock talk for over an hour instead. I don't say this too often when it comes to the guy, but I am backing Cena at Wrestlemania.

[PrinceEatMeat]

I'd agree. The beginning and end were both good. The rest of the show was pretty lame. Next week will probably be outstanding though, with Rock, HBK, Taker, and HHH all scheduled to appear.

[brettac1]

I though the Rock segment was pretty weak, aside from the Cena portion of it. I never thought I would say that, but I'm backing Cena at Mania, too.

[patrickgpe]

the last couple rock promo's have seem to been nothing more of saying random things and seeing if it can trend on twitter. kung pow chicken? really.

 

Cena (whether fabricated or not) has a legit beef with the rock, i don't see the rock having one with cena.

 

i enjoyed the opening too, but i actually was switching between the brewers / marlins replay on FSN because RAW was boring to me, until the rock came out.

[jerichoholicninja]

The ending with Rock and Cena was pretty crap. Maybe it was because I was more interested in the Daytona 500 but I thought it was terrible. I've liked most of what Rock has done with Cena but this was bad.

 

Also I'm not really digging Rock's constant pandering to the crowd. In his heyday he could bring down the house by just being there, now he has to tell the crowd how much he loves them and throw out some stupid catch phrase for them to chant.

[radman12484]

I find the Rock watered down. I'm sick of him saying "you forget Cena, I was here for a very long time, long before you, I built this" stuff like that. Great Rock you were here during an era when wrestling was very popular. When you had other Main Event guys to feud with. Cena on the other hand is carrying the WWE without many guys to have good feuds with. Guys like Miz, Umaga, R Truth, etc. Guys who Cena has wrestled over the last 10 years would not even be close to main event status back in the Attitude era. Give Cena guys like Mick Foley, Undertaker, Stone Cold, etc to feud with and we can really see where Cena would be at. He is very good on the mic and he's just awful in the ring. Granted he doesn't do much "wrestling" when he has matches, but at least he doesn't injury guys and keeps up a decent match at worst.

[Crew2323]

I'm the biggest fan of the Rock you'll find. His return to WWE is what got me watching again. With that said, his promo's leave a lot to be desired. He seems quite nostalgic, soaking in the crowd reaction, but it leads to a lot of dead time. On a side note, It'd be interesting to see how much dead time there was compared to talk time last night.

 

I'd much rather see him do his thing rather than pause for the crowd and their chants. Be the entertainer that got you to where you are. Use all your famed lines. I don't care about your goosebumps. I want to see the Rock that I came to love.