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Post by wrestling4ever on Jul 9, 2012 23:24:01 GMT -5
Joy. Guess they need to pad out the three hours however they can, lest they have to have actual matches or give the undercard any time. Him yammering on for a half hour about Chips A'Hoy or something should do nicely. Hey Hey. Lets not put it all on Rock now. We will be getting DX, Lesnar, Foley, Bret, and a host of other names as well. Gear up. This night wont be about the undercard and matches and rightfully so. Its a celebration of 1000 episodes of some of the names who helped it get there. Its one night, you will be fine.
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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Jul 10, 2012 2:11:06 GMT -5
Well I for one am happy to see him. At least when Rock shows up he isn't going to get crapped on like all the other guys that I like.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2012 2:39:30 GMT -5
Joy. Guess they need to pad out the three hours however they can, lest they have to have actual matches or give the undercard any time. Him yammering on for a half hour about Chips A'Hoy or something should do nicely. Yeah because they do a such great job of that on 2 hour Raws.
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Post by Snaptastic on Jul 10, 2012 2:44:50 GMT -5
Unsurprising and welcome. I never understand the negativity, considering he could very well be the biggest star at RAW 1000. I'm going to call it the AJ syndrome where "unless I like them, they can sod off".
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Post by BigWill on Jul 10, 2012 2:48:46 GMT -5
Unsurprising and welcome. I never understand the negativity, considering he could very well be the biggest star at RAW 1000. I'm going to call it the AJ syndrome where " unless I like them, they can sod off". Well isn't that kind of standard human thinking? Why would anyone want someone around that they don't like?
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Post by Snaptastic on Jul 10, 2012 2:53:10 GMT -5
Unsurprising and welcome. I never understand the negativity, considering he could very well be the biggest star at RAW 1000. I'm going to call it the AJ syndrome where " unless I like them, they can sod off". Well isn't that kind of standard human thinking? Why would anyone want someone around that they don't like? In my book you can like someone but appreciate why they have a place within the organisation. AJ syndrome is perhaps is the wrong word, but I know what I meant.
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Post by Totorob101 on Jul 10, 2012 3:52:50 GMT -5
The Rock was a massive part of raw for years,to not have him on its 1000th episode wouldnt feel right.Good to see him back for me.
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Post by ToyfareMark on Jul 10, 2012 4:27:01 GMT -5
Almost makes me want to sell my tickets.... Almost.
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Post by memphis25 on Jul 10, 2012 4:37:00 GMT -5
There better be at least one segment or some type of interaction with the Rock and AJ.
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Post by celtics543 on Jul 10, 2012 6:05:09 GMT -5
You guys are crazy. Can you honestly tell me that you'd rather watch a match between someone like Curt Hawkins and Justin Gabriel instead of The Rock?
Maybe it's because I grew up watching Rock but, other than his birthday party, there's never been a time he was on Raw and didn't entertain me. I for one am glad he's going to be on the 1000th Raw, he should be seeing as he's the second most popular wrestler of the Raw era after Steve Austin.
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Post by Arrow on Jul 10, 2012 6:30:42 GMT -5
I'm trying to figure out how one does a celebration of 1000 episodes of Raw without having one of its most important figures on it. Rock should be there, like every other person who's made a big impact on the show.
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Post by joebob27 on Jul 10, 2012 8:11:13 GMT -5
if his goal is the WWE championship he should come in at MiTB. As a former WWE champ he can enter the ladder match for the WWE title shot Yeah, but winning the briefcase would require him to stick around longer . No it wouldn't. He could win the briefcase, show up to Raw, and leave for MONTHS. It would be refreshing compared to how they normally handle the briefcase. It's the perfect plot device to fit the "Rock wants to be WWE Champion" angle because it doesn't require him to do anything. And there's really only two chances to pull that off.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2012 8:18:47 GMT -5
Well isn't that kind of standard human thinking? Why would anyone want someone around that they don't like? In my book you can like someone but appreciate why they have a place within the organisation. AJ syndrome is perhaps is the wrong word, but I know what I meant. I'm with you. The Rock (and it doesn't matter if I love or hate him) is wrestlings premier superstar right now. Not John Cena, no longer Hulk Hogan, definitely not Steve Austin. To not have him come to Raw on something being sold as a massive PPV worthy show would be moronic. Fair enough if people aren't entertained by him (as I said it's irrelevant if I/you guys love or hate him) but he's the biggest wrestling star right now, and the majority of people want to see him. It'll be nice to see all the legends back really, and as has been said it's a special Raw to celebrate the milestone. It's not the end of the World just yet. It's not like it can be any worse than last nights Raw.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Jul 10, 2012 8:20:55 GMT -5
Yawn...
Couldn't care less about the Rock. Hopefully he appears for five minutes and goes away, I'm hoping for a lot though. Got a feeling he'll hog the majority of the show again.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Jul 10, 2012 8:39:34 GMT -5
To be honest, I'd be surprised if Rock won the title, or at least if he won it and held it longer than a month tops. I'm sure his scheduling would prevent him from being a fighting champ of any sort, and I don't see WWE letting him run around with the belt while not being on their live programming for weeks (see: Hulk Hogan, 1993).
He's already got momentum coming off his win over Cena, so I can see his "relentlessness" just being a one-off with maybe Punk, where Rock puts him over.
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Post by Legion on Jul 10, 2012 9:11:24 GMT -5
They could easily have Rock win the title and then have him vanish with it.
They have him cut the odd promo via satalite, maybe show up a bit more, while all the while doing movie advertising while wearing their belt and talking about how he's their champion.
Massive publicity for all involved.
In the mean time, on the normal show, the centre piece is the other world title, and possibly one of the mid card titles. It wouldnt make any real difference to TV and the pay off for the WWE, as a business, from people seeing the Rock with the title for a few months and then having a PPV match with it would likely be big.
If they can then pull off a decent show, some people might even stick around. In fact, the more I type, the more I think WWE would be stupid, from a business stand point, not to do it
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Post by Bravo Echo November on Jul 10, 2012 9:27:02 GMT -5
Since I'll be at Raw 1000...
YES!
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Post by Shazam on Jul 10, 2012 10:03:09 GMT -5
This just feeds my theory...
A)Punk goes heel at MITB. Wins via tom foolery w/AJ. Daniel Bryan shaves no longer needing heel beard. B)Cena wins MITB. Given the other participants, he's practically a lock. C)Rock challenges Punk at Summerslam for belt on Raw 1000. D)Rock beats Punk at Summerslam in "hard fought" match. E)Cena cashes in, pins Rock after a quick AA, Cena is champ, gets revenge on Rock, and Rock "fulfills" his statement on being champion again without actually having to work a WWE schedule.
Book it.
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Post by DavidArquette on Jul 10, 2012 10:45:59 GMT -5
As long as he doesn't open the show and proceed to cut a 20 minute promo, or close the show with a 20 minute promo. I can see it being both of those unfortunately. Just f*** off Rock.
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on Jul 10, 2012 11:00:15 GMT -5
This just feeds my theory... A)Punk goes heel at MITB. Wins via tom foolery w/AJ. Daniel Bryan shaves no longer needing heel beard. B)Cena wins MITB. Given the other participants, he's practically a lock. C)Rock challenges Punk at Summerslam for belt on Raw 1000. D)Rock beats Punk at Summerslam in "hard fought" match. E)Cena cashes in, pins Rock after a quick AA, Cena is champ, gets revenge on Rock, and Rock "fulfills" his statement on being champion again without actually having to work a WWE schedule. Book it. Only thing is I don't think a Punk heel turn would work at this point. He's still hugely over with the fans, casual and IWC alike (although, as expected there has been a bit of a backlash). Plus him turning heel against Bryan, probably the biggest heel over the past 7 months is not gonna help him get booed. If anything it'll get him more cheers. That scenario would be fun to see though.
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