Punk vs. Austin at Wrestlemania 30.....

[Herman The Tosser]

They can work around whatever limitations Austin has, and Punk should be able to cover them pretty well.

Frankly this is a match I want to be booked, just for the promos by both men leading up to it. The match is just a formality.

[________ has left the building]

Austin is the holdout from this match ever happening. He doesn't feel comfortable enough to work a full on match and wants to the perfect program to do his in ring return. Mainly a heel CM Punk to work against.

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

Nov 16, 2013 17:01:19 GMT -5 ________ has left the building said:

Austin is the holdout from this match ever happening. He doesn't feel comfortable enough to work a full on match and wants to the perfect program to do his in ring return. Mainly a heel CM Punk to work against.

I don't think Punk needs to turn heel for an Austin match. Nostalgia always wins out with wrestling crowds, even for someone as massively over as Punk (see: Hogan/Rock), so Austin'll probably get cheered regardless.

[Herman The Tosser]

Indeed. Punk'll simply be heel by default, without even acting overtly heelish, and will go right back to normal once the match is done.

All you need to do is say this match is happening, and have the two cut promos on each other. The crowds will take sides, almost certainly getting behind Austin, making him the "babyface" of the feud.

[MichaelMartini]

It doesn't make as much sense as when he was a straight edge heel. Facing the beer swilling Austin seemed like a perfect opponent. Now, they'd just kinda be thrown together. And I don't think they'd mesh well. Austin wouldn't look good taking any of Punk's offense.

[celticjobber]

Newz reports said WWE pretty much only wanted Austin back for a Wrestlemania match aganst Triple H (where a babyface Vince McMahon would be in Stone Cold's corner). But Austin hasn't shown much interest in that.

However, if Austin flat-out said "I want to work 'Mania with Punk", I can't see WWE turning him down.

[Deleted]

If you like Punk getting his ass kicked and having beer poured all over him this is a match that you will love.

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

Nov 16, 2013 19:02:23 GMT -5 @akeem said:

If you like Punk getting his ass kicked and having beer poured all over him this is a match that you will love.

Book it! Book it!

[EyeofTyr]

Nov 16, 2013 19:02:23 GMT -5 @akeem said:

If you like Punk getting his ass kicked and having beer poured all over him this is a match that you will love.

Hey, Punk did it for Raven and that seemed to do okay things for Punk's career.

[mcstoklasa]

This is my most wanted match, I so want to see this match, but.. it ain't gonna happen.

[machoking88]

I don't understand how it couldn't, but then again, I don't see it happening either. WWE has thrown massive money around for less important legends. Austin is definitely Vince's favorite WWE character ever, possibly due to the fun he had personally working with him. Austin said he's good to go physically, would love to work with Punk specifically. All the stars are aligned, but despite the fact that it's WRESTLEMANIA FREAKING XXX, I just don't see the WWE going after this aggressively enough to make it happen in this day and age. The little bit of mark left in me hopes I'm wrong.

I'd even take Austin/Cena, just for the fun of watching Stone Cold stomp a mudhole in someone I despise, unlike CM Punk, where I'd be torn throughout the match.

[ICBM]

Before I begging weighing in on the topic I must address something in the OP. Rock v Cena being underwhelming? You are entitled to your opinion, but mine is that a match with a one year build between the two biggest stars of two different eras of wrestling, could only be underwhelming if the match sucked. I've been watching closely for twenty nine years and I have seen some of the greatest matches ever contested on canvas and I tell you truely that that match was perfectly done for its story line and while it wasn't Flair/Steamboat work rate wise, the styles and psychology of the two wrestlers was used extremely well and for those styles it was damn near a classic. They did old school spots, strength spots, comebacks, false finishes, both guys hit their fave spots and crowd fave spots and their timing was impeccable. Rock gassed out. I can't fault him. That son of bitch worked a full load Hollywood schedule(not as easy as it appears from what I can glean) then wrestled sparingly(and ate the arable that goes with it, trust me that is a huge obstacle that is overlooked). He hadn't been working in ring consistently for almost a decade. I could tell he gassed. A lot of fans in the know, could tell he was gassed. But the old mark in me could see how well it was covered up by Cena. To me that makes it even better.

[ICBM]

Austin v Punk. Man I want that one almost as bad as Taker vs Sting. It would be better I'm sure. Austin won't do it unless he knows he can carry it off as though he we 30

[ritt works hard fo da chickens]

This would have worked perfectly as said early with straight edge heel Punk. Austin is the everyman he perfected and Punk is the better then you. Then in the ring Punk is dirty and Austin is a violent brawler neither of which is asking much of Austin he can't do. A face/face match just doesn't carry the same story with the abilities and personalities of the two.

[WorkingInAColeMine]

I don't see why we can't let leave our memories in the past and not have the desire to drag everyone out for one more match

[DZ: WF Legacy]

Austin mentioned it in the BR extras of his career bio. He's well aware of the desire for that match. they just gotta pitch him a storyline and give him a good payday.

Win or lose, I want to see the post-match feature Austin offering Punk a beer, Punk refuses, so then Austin calls for his beer thrower to get a Pepsi tossed at him to give to Punk instead.

[RIHT]

Nov 16, 2013 23:45:35 GMT -5 DZ: WF Legacy said:

Austin mentioned it in the BR extras of his career bio. He's well aware of the desire for that match. they just gotta pitch him a storyline and give him a good payday.

Win or lose, I want to see the post-match feature Austin offering Punk a beer, Punk refuses, so then Austin calls for his beer thrower to get a Pepsi tossed at him to give to Punk instead.

That would be a really good Wrestlemania moment.

[Surfer Sandman]

Nov 16, 2013 19:02:23 GMT -5 @akeem said:

If you like Punk getting his ass kicked and having beer poured all over him this is a match that you will love.

Imagine the promos.

They would probably tip-toe into shoot territory but if that's what it takes to make the feud interesting, then do it.

Hell, they could incorporate both of the times that Punk met Austin when he was younger. Have Punk sound off negatively, etc.

[Surfer Sandman]

Nov 16, 2013 23:41:41 GMT -5 WorkingInAColeMine said:

I don't see why we can't let leave our memories in the past and not have the desire to drag everyone out for one more match

Unlike The Rock and Hogan, Austin has not set foot in the ring in a wrestling capacity for well over 10 years now. He's had time to heal. He's kept in shape. He still has the biting wit that he had in his prime. If he feels that his body can handle a few more matches, then by all means, do it. It took more than a supposedly career-ending back injury to stop HBK from coming back and putting on the best matches of his career. At this point, Austin has nothing except for time holding him back.

[Crappler El 0 M]

I'm just curious: Why not Austin v. Cena? If Austin came back for one match, seems like it should be to face the Austin of this era. They blew an opportunity to do Austin v. Hogan already.