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Post by HBL on Feb 22, 2013 11:57:00 GMT -5
Oh f*** no.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Feb 22, 2013 12:05:58 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind seeing Lesnar/Rock, but wouldn't want it to be the main event. Especially if Cena/Taker is on the card (that has main event written all over it). If they can pull off Punk/Austin though, that should be the main event.
This could all be speculation, though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2013 12:09:44 GMT -5
I already dread WM 30 and it's a year away. I'm hoping they change it by the time it rolls around. Personally, I'd be thrilled if Rock left forever after this year. You took the words right out of my mouth.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2013 12:17:42 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind seeing Lesnar/Rock, but wouldn't want it to be the main event.
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Post by BiloxiParish on Feb 22, 2013 12:38:46 GMT -5
Cena Vs. Taker for the title would be a-okay with me. Taker beats Cena and retires with the belt. Why would they retire the WWE Belt
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Post by SEAN CARLESS on Feb 22, 2013 12:52:09 GMT -5
For what it's worth, the three matches I see being bandied about for 30 are.... Rock vs Brock Cena vs Taker Punk vs Austin (although I think that one is the least likely according to what Austin's close friends stated) First WrestleMania without a single person under 35 main eventing? Why, I can't seem to part from my money fast enough! Historically speaking, 35 is a wrestler's prime in most cases.
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Post by Hanz Moleman on Feb 22, 2013 13:04:44 GMT -5
I don't want Austin/Punk to happen for the sheer fact this board will be a train wreck.
I can't see Austin coming in and not winning the wrestlemania bout. And then people will be screaming from the mountains that Rock and Austin refused to put Punk over(*).
*Excuse me while I make sweeping generalizations
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Post by mizerable on Feb 22, 2013 13:23:41 GMT -5
Cena Vs. Taker for the title would be a-okay with me. Taker beats Cena and retires with the belt. Why would they retire the WWE Belt I think he meant that Taker just retires while champion and vacates the title, which is incredibly stupid. Anytime the belt is vacated, it loses prestige in my eyes and it proves to be unvalued if someone "wins the belt, then retires", what would the point of that be? To say "thank you?". f*** that...this is wrestling, your "thank you" doesn't need to be that you retired on top...that's the most self loathing thing any wrestler could do. Hell, I'd rather have Cena break the streak in mega heel form (ain't gonna happen) and go on an extended heel run until the end of his career (if the dirt sheets are true about his injuries and he only sticks around for 3 or 4 more years).
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Post by BiloxiParish on Feb 22, 2013 13:57:45 GMT -5
Why would they retire the WWE Belt I think he meant that Taker just retires while champion and vacates the title, which is incredibly stupid. Anytime the belt is vacated, it loses prestige in my eyes and it proves to be unvalued if someone "wins the belt, then retires", what would the point of that be? To say "thank you?". f*** that...this is wrestling, your "thank you" doesn't need to be that you retired on top...that's the most self loathing thing any wrestler could do. Hell, I'd rather have Cena break the streak in mega heel form (ain't gonna happen) and go on an extended heel run until the end of his career (if the dirt sheets are true about his injuries and he only sticks around for 3 or 4 more years). I totally agree with you on the Cena as heel breaking the streak. It's the only way it can be done
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Post by Wolf Hurricane on Feb 22, 2013 14:07:44 GMT -5
This. Would you rather they face and go over someone who isn't as established as them? For those that think they aren't building new stars, tell me, how are the Shield, CM Punk, Ryback and Daniel Bryan fairing these days? You can say something over and over again, it doesn't mean it's the truth. Daniel Bryan, the guy who was getting insane reactions less than a year ago and now is basically Kane's little brother who loses all the time? That one? Or what about Punk, the breakout star of 2011 that saw himself as a second-tier character by 2012 and a heel by 2013? Or RyBack, who went from (regardless of how) an exceptionally over face to a certified choke artist who may or may not be turning heel soon because they don't know what else to do with him? Really bad examples there, AH.
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Post by babyfootball on Feb 22, 2013 15:03:52 GMT -5
Yawn. Rock stinks now (sorry, just how I feel, I don't care for 2013 Rock one bit) and the only compelling match Brock has had since his return was vs. Cena, if only because that match was an inevitability anyway.
It would be different if Rock looked like a killer in the ring the way that Brock does, but I just don't see the real drama between the two. Rock can sell like a champ for Brock's offense, I'm sure, but I don't think it much matters because it's a friggen' nostalgia match. If Brock was around more often (he's more of a part-timer than the Rock these days) it might be a bit different; I feel that if he decided to commit himself more regularly to wrestling that he'd easily ascend to the top of the heap of regulars in no time.
But as it stands, it'd be a match in its own bubble outside of the rest of the goings-on in WWE. Those sorts of matches generally don't interest me so much. That's also why I haven't been a huge fan of the HHH/Taker matches.
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Post by gnr123 on Feb 22, 2013 15:52:50 GMT -5
I understand the fact that Rock and Lesnar bring in more eyes to the product. And money. But when you have to alter your plans based on them coming back, that's when it becomes too much.
During the fall, Ryback got over like all hell. He had a undefeated streak to his name, and was on a beeline for the WWE Championship. The HITC PPV got a big increase in buyrates because of the mystic around the match and the thought that someone new could win the WWE Championship. But, nope. They had to job Ryback at HITC. Than Survivor Series. Than TLC And than at the Royal Rumble. Than he took the pin at Elimination Chamber. So, instead of building a big star, they through him to the waste-side for the guy who's been the reason for two lackluster (at best) matches in the last two PPV's: The Rock.
Sure, I understand money and ticket sales. But when you have to alter your plans, or change a superstars future for a person who's above that said superstar already, than it's too much IMO. If there was no Rock, I'm pretty sure Ryback would either be in a feud for the WW Championship, or would be WWE Champion right now. But they screwed it up, and now he's lost his last 5 PPV matches.
As for the topic at hand, I think Rock/Lesnar will be a match at WrestleMania 30. There is no way they'll have both Rock and Lesnar floating around without them facing in a match. But I think the main event will be Taker/Cena. At least I hope it is.
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Post by KofiMania on Feb 22, 2013 16:53:17 GMT -5
This wouldn't be THE main event, meaning it wouldn't go on last. Taker-Cena would. So I have no problem with that. Maybe they can hold off on Ryback winning the belt until WM 30 too.
Streak: Undertaker vs. John Cena Grudge: Brock Lesnar vs. The Rock WWE Title: CM Punk (c) vs. Ryback World Title: Sheamus (c) vs. Antonio Cesaro
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2013 17:00:07 GMT -5
The main event will be Rock vs. Cena III: Rock-Cena with a Vengeance. Cena in Samoa wearing a sandwich board sign that says "I Hate Samoans" is a license to print money.
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Post by lemonyellowson on Feb 22, 2013 17:23:35 GMT -5
that should be this years main event
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Post by kieran on Feb 22, 2013 17:59:23 GMT -5
I love having Brock and Rock around at the moment, not a huge fan of Rock being Champ but I think them only having a few matches a year is pretty interesting, different direction.
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Post by hitch on Feb 23, 2013 6:58:20 GMT -5
Given what they charge per ticket it just seems mental they're happy to block off 1/4 of the stadium for the sole purpose of building a stage that's about nine times bigger than it needs to be
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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Feb 23, 2013 7:27:03 GMT -5
I'd rather have Cena/Taker or (praying to the gods above) Austin/Punk.
Not that I have a problem with Rock/Lesnar happening, it's just the idea of The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar as the main event of the 30th WrestleMania doesn't exactly light my world on fire.
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Post by kidglov3s on Feb 23, 2013 9:04:56 GMT -5
Given what they charge per ticket it just seems mental they're happy to block off 1/4 of the stadium for the sole purpose of building a stage that's about nine times bigger than it needs to be Once in a lifetime!
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Post by Mac on Feb 23, 2013 10:31:39 GMT -5
I already have zero interest in this years Mania, certainly there's time to build it up and change my mind, but I can't see me caring about a Rock/Cena main event no matter how its booked. And my fear that they have an nderwhelming roster right now they'll build the entire card around Rock/Cena as the selling point. With possibly HHH v Brock. When I think of all the other ways to spend $70 this mediocre product of rehashed matches from 2012 doesn't sell the product for me.
They have a mediocre undercard right now that's spinning their wheels, they've all fought one another seven thousand times in a hundred different stipulations. These special attractions seem to be all they can do to spark interest, unless there's a change in philosophy or if we get this generations Stone Cold there's no reason to assume XXX will be an different
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