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Post by The Rick Jericho on Sept 29, 2022 18:52:26 GMT -5
How awesome was this match? There was a lot of intrigue heading into it with Lesnar just returning earlier in the month. Cena was billed as on a down streak with his loss to Rock. We didn't know what to expect from Lesnar in his first match in 8 years. And man, he brought it huge. So much blood and violence. The only downer was that they had to make him lose in his first match back.
Honestly, I wish THIS version of Lesnar was still around. Man brought both UFC and WWE elements into his character during this match.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2022 19:05:19 GMT -5
It was so unlike anything I'd ever seen before in WWE. Cena was so sympathetic in that match, I even started rooting for him during it.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Sept 29, 2022 19:17:12 GMT -5
It was so unlike anything I'd ever seen before in WWE. Cena was so sympathetic in that match, I even started rooting for him during it.  We needed MORE of Super Lesnar man! |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 29, 2022 19:24:10 GMT -5
I didn't see it until well after the fact but loved it. I remember people being stunned they had Brock lose but honestly I remember kind of suspecting he would going in and in the long run I think it was probably the right move in giving him a clear trajectory going forward and giving Cena a bit of a boost after losing the Rock match... even if ultimately what we got out of it was an entirely told, not shown story about, "The worst year of Cena's life!" and Lesnar having a horrendous feud with Triple H that went on way too long.
In general Extreme Rules 2012 is just an excellent show. Lesnar / Cena, Sheamus / Bryan, Orton / Kane, and Punk / Jericho were all a hell of a lot of fun and all very different from each other.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2022 19:27:20 GMT -5
I didn't see it until well after the fact but loved it. I remember people being stunned they had Brock lose but honestly I remember kind of suspecting he would going in and in the long run I think it was probably the right move in giving him a clear trajectory going forward and giving Cena a bit of a boost after losing the Rock match... even if ultimately what we got out of it was an entirely told, not shown story about, "The worst year of Cena's life!" and Lesnar having a horrendous feud with Triple H that went on way too long. In general Extreme Rules 2012 is just an excellent show. Lesnar / Cena, Sheamus / Bryan, Orton / Kane, and Punk / Jericho were all a hell of a lot of fun and all very different from each other. The Bryan vs. Sheamus 2 out of 3 Falls match might be one of the most underrated matches of the last 10 years just because it was on the same card as Punk/Jericho and Brock/Cena. At just about any other show it would've been the easy MOTN. |
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Post by Facetious on Sept 29, 2022 19:33:21 GMT -5
Watching this live was an absolute treat. It had an organic big fight feel that WWE desperately needed at this time and DELIVERED.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Sept 29, 2022 19:39:02 GMT -5
I didn't see it until well after the fact but loved it. I remember people being stunned they had Brock lose but honestly I remember kind of suspecting he would going in and in the long run I think it was probably the right move in giving him a clear trajectory going forward and giving Cena a bit of a boost after losing the Rock match... even if ultimately what we got out of it was an entirely told, not shown story about, "The worst year of Cena's life!" and Lesnar having a horrendous feud with Triple H that went on way too long. In general Extreme Rules 2012 is just an excellent show. Lesnar / Cena, Sheamus / Bryan, Orton / Kane, and Punk / Jericho were all a hell of a lot of fun and all very different from each other. The Bryan vs. Sheamus 2 out of 3 Falls match might be one of the most underrated matches of the last 10 years just because it was on the same card as Punk/Jericho and Brock/Cena. At just about any other show it would've been the easy MOTN. Christian-Del Rio Summerslam 2013 vibes. Great match but isn't talked about too much because Cena/Bryan and Brock/Punk were even better. |
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Post by 1 Free Moon-Down with Burger on Sept 29, 2022 20:00:13 GMT -5
That match ruled so much ass. I loved it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2022 20:55:32 GMT -5
His best match since returning.
I remember being pissed he lost.
I still think it was a bad decision. He also lost a few times to HHH which damaged his credibility.
Then WM30 happened and he started phoning it in with the Suplex City shit.
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Sept 29, 2022 21:33:10 GMT -5
This was the Doomsday vs Superman of WWE.
The Chicago crowd, which always booed Cena, saw that this man would not quit. He would not stop. And they cheered.
This match shows why Cena is a GOAT.
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Post by bluebeach25 on Sept 29, 2022 22:17:40 GMT -5
It's still one of the most stupidest matchoutcomes in WWE History! Lesnar was so freaking huge during his Comback after 8 Years and they let him lose? Yes Cena already lost to Rock at WM 28 so they feared another loss would do more damage but i still doubt it! Cena was huge enough at that point, it didn't matter. The Match was Perfectly done, i liked it but the Ending was still stupid.
Also Lesnar's Run Pre- WM 30 should have been done better. He needed to much help from Heyman and wasn't as nearly as dangerously booked as after WM 30!
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Post by Dr. Bolty, Disaster Enby on Sept 29, 2022 22:55:22 GMT -5
I didn't see it until well after the fact but loved it. I remember people being stunned they had Brock lose but honestly I remember kind of suspecting he would going in and in the long run I think it was probably the right move in giving him a clear trajectory going forward and giving Cena a bit of a boost after losing the Rock match... even if ultimately what we got out of it was an entirely told, not shown story about, "The worst year of Cena's life!" and Lesnar having a horrendous feud with Triple H that went on way too long. In general Extreme Rules 2012 is just an excellent show. Lesnar / Cena, Sheamus / Bryan, Orton / Kane, and Punk / Jericho were all a hell of a lot of fun and all very different from each other. The Bryan vs. Sheamus 2 out of 3 Falls match might be one of the most underrated matches of the last 10 years just because it was on the same card as Punk/Jericho and Brock/Cena. At just about any other show it would've been the easy MOTN. I will never stop saying that Sheamus/Bryan is better than almost any of Danielson's ROH matches. It's just so good and it's unfairly overshadowed by 18 seconds. I really wonder what Bryan's trajectory looks like if he and Sheamus had that match at Wrestlemania. Sheamus might well have been made for life off of that. |
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 30, 2022 0:20:29 GMT -5
Probably one of the best matches in either guy's career. I was cool with the ending then, and moreso now knowing Brock would obviously get it back and thensome. Switch the results and it'd have been much less impactful or interesting, and you couldn't realistically have Cena lose each and every match against Brock, so him losing both isn't really a valid option, either.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 30, 2022 2:06:04 GMT -5
One of my all time favourite matches.
This is the one I show Curious fans
Also one of my exes definitely had a fetish over this match do it served me well
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Post by sportatorium on Sept 30, 2022 2:09:41 GMT -5
It is still some of the best booking they’ve done. Brock was positioned as 100% legit fighter who beat the crap out of Cena leading up to and through the match. Cena just kept coming back for more until he equalized it with the chain & won. Remember there was intrigue that Cena made Brock look bad afterward by addressing the audience rather than selling his injuries. Cena seemed to invite Brock to land live rounds on him just to make it all look great.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Sept 30, 2022 2:20:43 GMT -5
This was the Doomsday vs Superman of WWE. The Chicago crowd, which always booed Cena, saw that this man would not quit. He would not stop. And they cheered. This match shows why Cena is a GOAT. Damn, now that is a great comparison, and explains why this match was so good and is remembered so fondly, with neither man looking bad in defeat or victory. |
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Post by Mid-Carder on Sept 30, 2022 2:27:39 GMT -5
I still think Brock should have won. They could have played the match exactly the same except Cena just comes up short cos he's taken so much punishment. It could have played into his post-Mania 28 crisis of confidence.
I know Brock more than made up for it later, but we didn't know that then.
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Post by Ryushinku on Sept 30, 2022 2:32:48 GMT -5
This was definitely a "can we trust you?" booking choice with Brock. If he'd been back for a while, I think he'd have been the one winning.
Great match. Cena had to survive so much and Brock kept on handing it out, until he took one bomb too big.
The HHH win trading later on I think was a much bigger detriment to Brock, to the point where they sacrificed The Streak to have to warm him back up and then Cena doing the mother of all jobs at SummerSlam.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2022 7:35:27 GMT -5
This was the Doomsday vs Superman of WWE. The Chicago crowd, which always booed Cena, saw that this man would not quit. He would not stop. And they cheered. This match shows why Cena is a GOAT. That's because it looked like he went through hell. The majority of Super Cena's matches were him getting beat up for 20 minutes and then doing the 5 moves of doom and winning miraculously. In this match, the I Quit against JBL, the Last Man Standing against Umaga, the TLC against Edge, the ONS against RVD... Cena was at his absolute best. Because it didn't follow the same formula as 90% of his other matches. I get they wanted him healthy so doing the same routine every match was easy. But Cena had way more to give to the business and as weird as it sounds, Vince Mcmahon wasted his talents. Looking at him in movies, he has way more personality beyond "Goodie Two Shoes in Bright Colored Merch". Look at him in Peacemaker and tell me that character wouldn't have been one of the best heels of all time. "Delusional Superhero" Cena as a heel who thinks he's this guy everyone loves and wants to save the day but in reality, he's a piece of shit who gets involved in some dodgy dealings in order to keep up his act. That was the character and WWE dropped the ball on pulling the trigger on at least 5 occasions. Heel Cena could've ushered in a new boom period, similar to when Hogan turned heel. |
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Sept 30, 2022 12:53:52 GMT -5
Everyone talks up the 2014 encounter but that 2012 war was so epic, and I think both of those Lesnar matches show that Cena is really an underrated seller. Yeah, he’s got his moments where he goes super saiyan and shrugs off damage, but a lot of puro stars are guilty of the same kind of selling too. Plus Brock’s performances in both are spot on, like he enjoys tormenting Cena and making those kids at ringside freak out.
So when Cena found the banana peel and got the “victory”, that added to its impact. He was more John McClane than Goku here.
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