The Rock will probably lose at Mania, right?

[Beartato]

I honestly don't care about the outcome at all, because of what BURY_US mentioned. Cena doesn't "need" this win. How in the hell does he need any win? And Rock winning will just be a feel good moment for the fans. I won't automatically think all of the current roster sucks and start watching Attitude Era tapes every Monday.

I'm just going to enjoy the match and the crowd.

[FUNK_US/BRODUS]

This. People get too caught up in their armchair booking, pondering who needs to "be put over" and who gets "buried".


I guarantee you no bad will come from this match if it finishes clean. The Rock winning would be one of the greatest babyface pops this side of MITB 2011, and it wouldnt make anyone else on the roster look weak, it wouldnt affect anyone else at all for that matter.


And Cena winning, despite an overwhelmingly negative crowd reaction, certainly wouldnt hurt business any more than it did when he went over HHH, Shawn Michaels, Edge, Big Show and Batista all clean as a whistle at WrestleMania.

[norsisclouds]

I definitely think he'll lose. I don't see the point in bringing back a legend who doesn't wrestle regularly to squash guys that are going to wrestle 10 or 20 years more for you. (OK maybe not 20) It seems counterproductive.

[johnnybaseball, Mantaur Fan]

Nov 25, 2011 15:17:40 GMT -5 FUNK_US/BRODUS said:

This. People get too caught up in their armchair booking, pondering who needs to "be put over" and who gets "buried".


I guarantee you no bad will come from this match if it finishes clean. The Rock winning would be one of the greatest babyface pops this side of MITB 2011, and it wouldnt make anyone else on the roster look weak, it wouldnt affect anyone else at all for that matter.

I agree that people get caught up in armchair booking, and I don't usually like to do that, but in this case, I just think that it does make everyone look weak. If he can come in after 7 years off and do what the rest of the roster couldn't do, it looks bad for everyone else. Just my personal opinion. Going forward, I just don't see why they would want to position the Rock as being clearly superior to Cena. Unless the Rock is really coming back. Then, it's totally different. But if he isn't, then why glorify the past at the expense of the present?

I really want Cena to win, though, so maybe I'm just inventing reasons why it would be bad for the Rock to win. It probably wouldn't really be bad for the business, but dammit, I still think it would look bad!

And Cena winning, despite an overwhelmingly negative crowd reaction, certainly wouldnt hurt business any more than it did when he went over HHH, Shawn Michaels, Edge, Big Show and Batista all clean as a whistle at WrestleMania.

It definitely adds more fuel to the "Cena is superman" fire, though. Which I don't see as a particular problem, but a lot of people don't like it.

[The Punisher]

Nov 25, 2011 19:03:03 GMT -5 norsisclouds said:

I definitely think he'll lose. I don't see the point in bringing back a legend who doesn't wrestle regularly to squash guys that are going to wrestle 10 or 20 years more for you. (OK maybe not 20) It seems counterproductive.

20 years of Cena? I ain't getting up from that Monsoon... ;D