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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2013 14:51:59 GMT -5
Which match would you see rather at Wrestlemania 30 - Cena vs The Rock - Once in a Lifetime: Third Time's the Charm.
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- Cena vs Hulk Hogan - No Holds Barred, No Bumps Allowed. Neither is not an option. Pick your poison.
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Post by Crimson on Dec 12, 2013 14:54:30 GMT -5
Cena vs Undertaker
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Post by Kayfabe FAN don't want none on Dec 12, 2013 14:54:55 GMT -5
^ My choice
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Post by audiencewatching on Dec 12, 2013 15:00:01 GMT -5
Hogan. You'd lead into Mania maybe with teases of Cenas elbow being in terrible condition so hes not even 50% and then make him weaker by playing an angle of him being nervous and out of his depth.
Rock VS Cena again, no way, no thanks.
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Post by Germansuplex on Dec 12, 2013 15:17:31 GMT -5
I'd rather poke my eyes out with a rusty spoon than watch Cena vs. Rock again.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Dec 12, 2013 15:21:09 GMT -5
I really don't understand why people still think Hogan should be booked in another real match ever again. The guy can't even drop the leg anymore. That's no insult to the Hulkster, I'm just being realistic.
I quite like the idea I've seen a lot of people kick around on here, which is a 30 Years of WrestleMania battle royale at WrestleMania 30. Minimal bumping for the guys, and Hogan could still look great just using clotheslines and the big boot.
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Post by chazraps on Dec 12, 2013 15:22:13 GMT -5
Dude. Jack. Brother.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 12, 2013 15:24:43 GMT -5
Cena vs Hogan, because it would be a farce.
A man who refuses to sell, against a man who can't move.
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Post by Chip on Dec 12, 2013 15:24:47 GMT -5
Hogan, easy. Rocks return and the following appearances was the closest I've ever gotten to taking a break from the show.
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Post by Boo! on Dec 12, 2013 15:26:03 GMT -5
Hogan. Once in a life time build it as Hogan's retirement match
Have Cena come out and say he's beaten everybody in WWE but he 'has to know' if he can overcome the ultimate challenge. For years he's heard talk of this guy. This guy who he followed as a kid, who he even teamed with once. He'd hear stories about how this guy lacked speed, lacked agility, lacked technical wrestling attributes. But the guy who nobody could beat. The man who slayed Giants who took our business to heights never before seen or since. The man who has spend 30 years defying the odds, defeating superstar after superstar that his ability in the ring or physical ability gave him no right to. He has to know whether or not at Wrestlemania 30, on the biggest stage of them all, whether he has it in him to defeat Hulk Hogan
...then have a series of video montages chronicling Hogan's career with the "The legend, the icon. Hulk Hogan has been the flagbearer of our industry for over 30 years. Nobody in the business is more instantly recognisable than Hogan. At the age of 60 Hulk Hogan steps back into the ring one last time. Three decades on from his victory in Madison Square Gardens, Hulk Hogan faces the final and perhaps greatest challenge of his career. The man who will forever be known as the face of professional wrestling will bow out at the grandest stage of them all, in front of 70,000 fans in New Orleans at Wrestlemania 30. Standing in his way is the man who represents the present and future of WWE. The childhood Hulkamaniac will step through into the squared circle in what will undoubtedly be an emotionally charged evening to face his boyhood hero. In what will be the final match of the greatest of all time, WWE fans are to witness perhaps the last truly great dream match up. People have asked for the last 10 years what would happen of John Cena stepped in the ring with Hulk Hogan. This Sunday at Wrestlemania Hulkamania that question will be answered as the greatest phenomena in the history of the business, Hulkamnaia, runs wild for one last time"
Then some classic epic WWE music video pieces. Like "Desire" where some awful rock band plays some soppy semi-relevant song
"Ooooooh how can you goooooo and do it agaaaaaaain. Your faaaace looks at me and its a siiiiin babaaaay yaaaaaaahhh!"
....I'd buy it.
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Post by StuntGranny® on Dec 12, 2013 15:26:06 GMT -5
I know he has his faults, but I'll always be a huge Hogan fan. The man is the reason I started watching wrestling. Having said that, I don't want to see him wrestle again. With the back surgeries, I'd rather not watch him cripple himself/kill himself for the sake of a wrestling match. I also don't want him to job to Cena for the sole reason of not wanting Vince trotting out an old legend each year just so Cena can beat them. He's over enough and doesn't need it.
Gun to my head, I'd go with Hogan and Cena. Why? I'd rather have an actual gun to my head and to deal with/see Rock vs. Cena III.
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Post by 543Y2J on Dec 12, 2013 15:28:15 GMT -5
vs Kane ..... He counts because he is in the gif right?
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 12, 2013 15:30:04 GMT -5
Hogan. Once in a life time build it as Hogan's retirement match Have Cena come out and say he's beaten everybody in WWE but he 'has to know' if he can overcome the ultimate challenge. For years he's heard talk of this guy. This guy who he followed as a kid, who he even teamed with once. He'd hear stories about how this guy lacked speed, lacked agility, lacked technical wrestling attributes. But the guy who nobody could beat. The man who slayed Giants who took our business to heights never before seen or since. The man who has spend 30 years defying the odds, defeating superstar after superstar that his ability in the ring or physical ability gave him no right to. He has to know whether or not at Wrestlemania 30, on the biggest stage of them all, whether he has it in him to defeat Hulk Hogan ...then have a series of video montages chronicling Hogan's career with the "The legend, the icon. Hulk Hogan has been the flagbearer of our industry for over 30 years. Nobody in the business is more instantly recognisable than Hogan. At the age of 60 Hulk Hogan steps back into the ring one last time. Three decades on from his victory in Madison Square Gardens, Hulk Hogan faces the final and perhaps greatest challenge of his career. The man who will forever be known as the face of professional wrestling will bow out at the grandest stage of them all, in front of 70,000 fans in New Orleans at Wrestlemania 30. Standing in his way is the man who represents the present and future of WWE. The childhood Hulkamaniac will step through into the squared circle in what will undoubtedly be an emotionally charged evening to face his boyhood hero. In what will be the final match of the greatest of all time, WWE fans are to witness perhaps the last truly great dream match up. People have asked for the last 10 years what would happen of John Cena stepped in the ring with Hulk Hogan. This Sunday at Wrestlemania Hulkamania that question will be answered as the greatest phenomena in the history of the business, Hulkamnaia, runs wild for one last time" Then some classic epic WWE music video pieces. Like "Desire" where some awful rock band plays some soppy semi-relevant song "Ooooooh how can you goooooo and do it agaaaaaaain. Your faaaace looks at me and its a siiiiin babaaaay yaaaaaaahhh!" ....I'd buy it. That would be good, if Hogan could walk.
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Post by Red Impact on Dec 12, 2013 15:31:36 GMT -5
Between the two, The Rock. I don't want to see Cena face a guy with a bad back and no knees hobble around. The Rock wouldn't be idea, but it'd be better than that
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 12, 2013 15:34:04 GMT -5
If Hogan is going to wrestle, they need to acknowledge that he's a broken down, deflated, washed up old coot, like "The Wrestler", with the only difference being that Hogan is probably in better shape than Mickey Rourke.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Dec 12, 2013 15:34:49 GMT -5
Neither.
Having the same main event at WM for the third year in a row would be just lazy while Hogan is so broken down it looks like he one bad move away from being crippled.
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Post by Chuck Conry on Dec 12, 2013 15:38:37 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan may be in bad shape, but he is still Hulk Hogan and that puts him way above some petty gimmick battle royal. Even if it is part of a big tag match, Hogan deserves something better than a throw away battle royal for his swan song. That would be like having Babe Ruth play a retirement game and only allowing him to play the last out at 3rd base. Hogan may strike out, but he deserves one last change at bat for his final match.
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Post by Boo! on Dec 12, 2013 15:40:53 GMT -5
I really think people who don't understand why Hogan vs Cena would appeal are really missing something quite fundamental about the industry and how it works and why it works. It's missing why Andre, who in his 40s, after a series of back surgeries, unable to just go from rest hold to rest hold without blowing up could get over 33 million fans tuning in to see him wrestle.
What's the "logic" there?
Oh Andre almost literally cannot move, who wants to see that the match would suck!
...with this mindset it never would have been booked. I think it's the same with Hogan today. With respect to those who wouldn't book it I think there is something that you fundamentally don't 'get' about why the industry throws up occasions and matches and circumstances like this every few years. It's the mindset that scratches it's head and asks why anyone would pay to see Andre the Giant in the late 1980s because he was nothing more than a 500lb lump who struggled to stand up right. If that's what you think then there really is something you don't 'get' about the industry, I fear.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 12, 2013 15:45:06 GMT -5
The main difference IMO is that 1987 Andre was better than 2013 Hogan, and 1987 Hogan better than 2013 Cena
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Post by Chuck Conry on Dec 12, 2013 15:49:48 GMT -5
Hogan and Cena understand psychology in the ring. They can go at a low speed with stalling and still have the crowd eat it up. Add that with perhaps a ref bump and Cena and Hogan having to fight off run-in after run-in of people from both men's past and you have a fun match.
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