Emmet Russell
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Post by Emmet Russell on May 25, 2014 4:48:21 GMT -5
They did something in this match that I wish I would see more often: blood/personal matches starting not with a lock up, but a fist fight. It was so refreshing to see two hated rivals not try to have a basic wrestling lock up to start a match.
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Post by Old Jack Burton on May 25, 2014 5:00:26 GMT -5
It was a grueling, ugly match that perfectly suited the build-up and character for Punk at the time. And Rock's promo beforehand was his best channeling of Hogan ever.
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Post by kinginthenorth on May 25, 2014 5:35:22 GMT -5
All I remember about this buildup was Rock cutting 30 minute promos that not only had nothing to do with the match, but nothing to do with pro wrestling. It was like Rock was getting free reign to try his standup material.
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Post by KobashiChop on May 25, 2014 5:35:59 GMT -5
Hated it, haven't seen it since. Rock was gassed beyond belief after about 10 seconds. The finish was dreadful and in retrospect losing to Rock did nothing except give Cena his win back over the Rock. Punks reign ended in a dire fashion. I did like that he had Rock pinned clean (ref bump allowing) in the rematch.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2014 12:12:16 GMT -5
Something that always bugged me was that it was a guy named Punk vs a guy named Rock, but they didn't promote the show as Royal Rumble: Punk Rock or something like that.
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Post by -Lithium- on May 27, 2014 6:41:10 GMT -5
The stuff with the Shield was so dumb. Punk's the heel. He shouldn't have the legitimate point that no one actually KNEW it was The Shield.
The best part of the match was Punk interacting with Cole. Him asking the announcers if they saw anything by pointing to his eyes, and him yelling "WHO!?" when Cole yelled that The Shield attacked Rock. That's why Punk is so great. He really goes the extra mile. Most wrestlers would just grab Rock and throw him into the ring...
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Post by CATCH_US IS the Conversation on May 27, 2014 6:55:34 GMT -5
I agree, I thought that was a lousy way to end Punk's reign. The logical main-event for WrestleMania 29 was Cena vs. Punk for the title, with Cena coming out on top. That's how WWE worked before part-time wrestlers began trumping logical booking. I honestly wanted a triple threat match between the three of them, and thought that'd be the logical way to go. Admittedly, I was fine for the most part with Punk vs Undertaker, and I wouldn't be surprised if, if given the choice now, Punk would still choose to have faced Undertaker in likely one of his final matches, but it was a bit of a mess, booking wise. I think Cena getting his win back over Rock makes sense, but it didn't have to be done the way they did it. They kinda had to. If they didn't do the "Once in a Lifetime" thing, it would've worked to have Cena straight up challenge Rock to a rematch. But since they did, they needed the title as a means of working around the "Once in a Lifetime" thing by making it look like Cena and Rock's paths crossed by chance/fate.
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on May 27, 2014 7:11:06 GMT -5
The match wasn't great but it was far from bad. Comfortably the best of The Rock's five matches since his return. The build was f***ing awesome though. It'd been a while since I'd been that pumped for a WWE match. The last time had probably been Money in the Bank 2011 with Cena vs. Punk. The build wasn't as good but it wasn't far off. Really top notch stuff from the two in the build-up, and although I was pulling for Punk to win I knew it was highly unlikely so the result didn't piss me off.
TL;DR. Fantastic build, decent match so I can't complain.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2014 7:40:06 GMT -5
I still say they should have had Lesnar cost Rock the match, and then done Cena/Punk and Rock/Brock at WM. Such a wasted opportunity just so Cena and Hunter could get their wins back.
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Post by AdamAFL was sooooo wrong on May 27, 2014 9:50:54 GMT -5
I still say they should have had Lesnar cost Rock the match, and then done Cena/Punk and Rock/Brock at WM. Such a wasted opportunity just so Cena and Hunter could get their wins back. That would have made so much sense too. With The Shield not being allowed to interfere it would only be natural for Heyman to ask Brock for help. It would have built to a huge match most of the audience hadn't seen before (Brock vs. Rock, it had been like 11 years at that point) and given us Punk vs. Cena in the main event of 'Mania for the title (which, given the magnitude of their long time feud, is something we should have seen). Damnit, why didn't they do this?!
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Post by xCompackx on May 27, 2014 10:38:05 GMT -5
I honestly wanted a triple threat match between the three of them, and thought that'd be the logical way to go. Admittedly, I was fine for the most part with Punk vs Undertaker, and I wouldn't be surprised if, if given the choice now, Punk would still choose to have faced Undertaker in likely one of his final matches, but it was a bit of a mess, booking wise. I think Cena getting his win back over Rock makes sense, but it didn't have to be done the way they did it. They kinda had to. If they didn't do the "Once in a Lifetime" thing, it would've worked to have Cena straight up challenge Rock to a rematch. But since they did, they needed the title as a means of working around the "Once in a Lifetime" thing by making it look like Cena and Rock's paths crossed by chance/fate. I still don't get the whole "Once in a Lifetime" thing. If the whole plan was to have Rock beat Cena at 28 and then lose at 29, why use a tagline that intentionally puts them into a corner creatively? Cena could've challenged Rock to a rematch and we all would've bought it without needing the title. Having Rock champion for the match just screwed Punk, everyone Punk faced leading up to Royal Rumble (especially Ryback), and Rock himself for no real reason.
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