Am I the only one ...

[saintpat]

Who didn't find the time Daniel Bryan Danielson and CM Punk spent together in the ring to be anything special at all.

I get the impression a lot of people on this board think these guys are some kind of wrestling gods who are incapable of having sub-par matches with anyone -- especially DBD -- but I didn't see a lick of chemistry between the two and their timing was incredibly off to me.

[Jacob Lee]

I'm having a hard time figuring out if you're trolling or not.

[Shy Guy]

yes you are the only one. there are probably a million people who watched this pay per view, but you are the only one to have such a thought.

congratulations.

[saintpat]

Jan 30, 2011 23:46:58 GMT -5 Jacob Lee said:

I'm having a hard time figuring out if you're trolling or not.

Not. I thought Edge and Ziggler in any 2 minutes of their match were better than DBD and Punk in theirs.

Indy history aside, did what they did tonight -- against each other -- rate as superior to others?

[Cronant]

It was alright.

But you're right in that it wasn't OMG amazing. Its just one of those things.

[The Ichi]

They faced off for 90 seconds before moving on to other entrants. Hardly fair to base their chemistry.

[Fade]

Jan 30, 2011 23:48:27 GMT -5 Cronant said:

It was alright.

But you're right in that it wasn't OMG amazing. Its just one of those things.

Precisely.

Though I found it so sad that it got a bigger pop reaction than Orton/Cena. Twice.

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The reaction to this post?

[DavidArquette]

Jan 30, 2011 23:43:00 GMT -5 saintpat said:

Who didn't find the time Daniel Bryan Danielson and CM Punk spent together in the ring to be anything special at all.

I get the impression a lot of people on this board think these guys are some kind of wrestling gods who are incapable of having sub-par matches with anyone -- especially DBD -- but I didn't see a lick of chemistry between the two and their timing was incredibly off to me.

I agree. When DBD came out I was thinking, well this should be pretty cool but, like you said, it was nothing special at all.

[jadison]

They were fine. You can tell Bryan is working like half speed though, its screwing up his timing. He's really fast and skilled, so he's used to working a million miles an hour (and being awesome at it unlike most) but in WWE he's like a bull in a china shop, tip toeing around trying to work slow as hell like everyone else. I don't know if there are any wrestlers on this forum that could tell me if I'm just seeing things that aren't there, but that seems like the case to me.

Once Regal got in the ring, I thought it was pretty awesome, though I'm a big mark for all 3 and their histories together made it really fun for me to watch.

[sryans]

I think it was the fact that two wrestlers most people here started to support in the indies, facing off in the WWE was what most people were referring to. I don't think anyone is saying that the opening transcended wrestling itself or something, just that seeing Punk and Dragon in a WWE ring was pretty damn cool.

[Hulkshi Tanahashi]

I liked it when Punk, Bryan, and Regal chopped kicked the shit out of each other. I thought someone was gonna break the sound barrier after a while.

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Jan 30, 2011 23:48:08 GMT -5 saintpat said:

Jan 30, 2011 23:46:58 GMT -5 Jacob Lee said:

I'm having a hard time figuring out if you're trolling or not.

Not. I thought Edge and Ziggler in any 2 minutes of their match were better than DBD and Punk in theirs.

Indy history aside, did what they did tonight -- against each other -- rate as superior to others?

How can you compare a showdown between two guys in a 2 minute interim until a new entrant came into the match to a full fledged World Title match? I found what they did at the start to be pretty par for the course as far as Royal Rumbles go. It's not sacrilege to think there's a lack in chemistry between them but this is an odd scenario to gauge that from.

I found the sight of them in the ring together in a Royal Rumble in itself to be a bit surreal, it's always cool seeing guys that you followed in the indies to make it so far as they've come.

[saintpat]

Jan 30, 2011 23:54:50 GMT -5 @nichotine said:

Jan 30, 2011 23:48:08 GMT -5 saintpat said:

Not. I thought Edge and Ziggler in any 2 minutes of their match were better than DBD and Punk in theirs.

Indy history aside, did what they did tonight -- against each other -- rate as superior to others?

How can you compare a showdown between two guys in a 2 minute interim until a new entrant came into the match to a full fledged World Title match? I found what they did at the start to be pretty par for the course as far as Royal Rumbles go. It's not sacrilege to think there's a lack in chemistry between them but this is an odd scenario to gauge that from.

I found the sight of them in the ring together in a Royal Rumble in itself to be a bit surreal, it's always cool seeing guys that you followed in the indies to make it so far as they've come.

Any two random guys at any point in the Rumble, sure. But the first two guys? I assume they had some warning of the order, thus some time to work out 2-5 really good spots that would show what makes them the masters of the ring that the IWC considers them to be.

[HMARK Center]

Jan 30, 2011 23:48:08 GMT -5 saintpat said:

Jan 30, 2011 23:46:58 GMT -5 Jacob Lee said:

I'm having a hard time figuring out if you're trolling or not.

Not. I thought Edge and Ziggler in any 2 minutes of their match were better than DBD and Punk in theirs.

Indy history aside, did what they did tonight -- against each other -- rate as superior to others?

It was 90 seconds of spotfest Rumble fighting man, not an actual match.

And Edge/Ziggler? That match was awful.

Well, maybe not "awful", per se. Dull as dishwater, perhaps.

[The Cool Pup]

It might not have been an amazing spectacle, but that's because the Rumble is not about that. Give them 15 minutes on TV in a singles match and you'll get a classic in the making I'm sure.

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Jan 30, 2011 23:53:00 GMT -5 sryans said:

I think it was the fact that two wrestlers most people here started to support in the indies, facing off in the WWE was what most people were referring to. I don't think anyone is saying that the opening transcended wrestling itself or something, just that seeing Punk and Dragon in a WWE ring was pretty damn cool.

That was it for me...I have watched these two for near a decade now tear the place down in Chicago for ROH or in IWA MS around this area and then seeing them on a grand stage like the Royal Rumble makes me extremely happy

[jadison]

Jan 30, 2011 23:53:00 GMT -5 sryans said:

I think it was the fact that two wrestlers most people here started to support in the indies, facing off in the WWE was what most people were referring to. I don't think anyone is saying that the opening transcended wrestling itself or something, just that seeing Punk and Dragon in a WWE ring was pretty damn cool.

I agree. It was a cool moment to see those two starting off a Royal Rumble. It gave me a Benoit/Guerrero vibe.

[Dave at the Movies]

why would you expect anything huge? Those guys would do great in an actual match. They had less than five minutes to even do anything.

It's not like they are going to be like Ax and Smash and just knock the crap out of each other for a good two minutes.

they are technicians. Not brawlers. They need a full length match to actually do anything.

[ToyfareMark]

Jan 31, 2011 3:03:20 GMT -5 Dave at the Movies said:

why would you expect anything huge? Those guys would do great in an actual match. They had less than five minutes to even do anything.

It's not like they are going to be like Ax and Smash and just knock the crap out of each other for a good two minutes.

they are technicians. Not brawlers. They need a full length match to actually do anything.

What rule says they can't be both?