Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 28, 2012 5:55 pm  

citywolf wrote:

Must admit I'm going to re-watch the segment later to see if Rock did have notes on his arm.

Cena's interuption last night was perfect and filled with emotion. It wa pretty evident that Rock struggled for a few moments afterwards.

I think I read somewhere that Rock is at next weeks Raw but can't be 100% sure, whenever he does show up though he needs to start building to Mania rather than doing the same old same old.

He had something on there but it looked like just random letters and symbols to me but I could be wrong.

I would imagine it is a work, When had he ever needed them before, Also I find it rather convenient that the camera's get a good 3 second shot of them and they didn't cut away (Don't US TV have a 7 second delay on 'LIVE' TV anyway.) and then Cena mentions it.

Also clearly IMHO either the WWE has asked him too or Dwayne has decided to turn The Rock down.
If Cena had tried that previously there is no way he would have just walked out of the ring, One of them would have been left laying in the middle of it.

This isn't me being misty eyed it is just looking at previous events and being logical.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:56 pm  

AaronBull wrote:

Gotta say, both The Rock and Cena are gearing this up to be an absolute epic. The Rock brings it - he's what the crowd wants, that reaction was pure electric and spine-tingling on RAW.

Despite me having no interest in Cena, he's doing his part too, and he's playing that sort of 'love me or hate me, I am who I am' role really well. They bounce off each other magnificently.

Hand on heart? This could be the best WM ever.

Well the "love me or hate me" thing is what they've been trying to get over with the fans for ages. It just hasn't worked because Cena has always come off to me as disingenuous with his goofy ways and mugging up to the camera. However, he's dialed it down over the last 2 weeks and comes off better for it.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:03 pm  

Anakin Skywalker wrote:

Also clearly IMHO either the WWE has asked him too or Dwayne has decided to turn The Rock down.
If Cena had tried that previously there is no way he would have just walked out of the ring, One of them would have been left laying in the middle of it.

This isn't me being misty eyed it is just looking at previous events and being logical.

WWE won't want anything physical between them yet. Expect nothing more than a sneaky Rock bottom or attitude adjustment until the final Raw before mania.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:19 pm  

I'm a massive Rock fan, but I didn't enjoy that promo at all. He seemed restricted and not the Rock that alot of us love. The Rock of 1999 / 2000 wouldn't have allowed John Cena to get so personal without a physical or mental beat down. For 2 weeks now Cena has got serious and very personal and the Rock hasn't really given it back like we know he can do. I'm hoping that's to come and it was a work to even the feud up given Wrestlemania last year and Survivor Series.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:34 pm  

now i tell you what, jericho punk, there was some good shiznit, i reckon, thats going to be the show stealer, i reckon we're talking a MITB ppv performance from punk and you know jericho brings it.

Theres two matches on there thats destined to get higher billing than the wwe championship, hhh didn't need a loving HIAC match against taker, he's done that to try and get some spotlight back from rock cena. So expect the best damn wrestling match you'll ever see between punk and jericho.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Tue Feb 28, 2012 11:12 pm  

The Punk/Jericho feud could well be the best wrestling match of any WM. The back and forth they had on Raw was really effective, IMO, of making both the match and the WWE title meaningful.

Rock's promo from last night reminded me of Taker's from the week before in regards to it's delivery. ie the guy doing it is clearly out of practice delivering promos infront of a live crowd.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:50 pm  

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Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:29 pm  

citywolf wrote:

WWE won't want anything physical between them yet. Expect nothing more than a sneaky Rock bottom or attitude adjustment until the final Raw before mania.

But that is exactly what I'm talking about.
If Cena had done that on The Rock's last proper run he would have either been Rock bottomed or had countered into a AA.
Instead Cena just walks away?
People said Cena gave a good promo and although it's repetative to his previous one's I would agree.
But Cena never actually went into the middle of the ring he stood next to them and pretty much got out of there as soon as humanly possible when he was finished, That doesn't actually make him look strong IMHO just gobby.

Stand them face to face in the middle of the ring just like Taker and HHH were ,just like Jericho and Punk were and then deliver that promo and he would look huge but again IMHO he climbed in the ring said his 2 minutes of words and scarpered.
If one takes a cheeky Rock bottom or AA all the better.

Again please don't let anyone mistake me for see it through Rock tinted specs I'm not but Cena would have looked more strong if he hadn't rather quickly flew back to the back.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:30 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

I'm a massive Rock fan, but I didn't enjoy that promo at all. He seemed restricted and not the Rock that alot of us love. The Rock of 1999 / 2000 wouldn't have allowed John Cena to get so personal without a physical or mental beat down. For 2 weeks now Cena has got serious and very personal and the Rock hasn't really given it back like we know he can do. I'm hoping that's to come and it was a work to even the feud up given Wrestlemania last year and Survivor Series.

TBH IMHO it screams of a work.

Re: Men in Lycra - the Wrestling thread : Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:50 pm  

Anakin Skywalker wrote:

But that is exactly what I'm talking about.
If Cena had done that on The Rock's last proper run he would have either been Rock bottomed or had countered into a AA.
Instead Cena just walks away?
People said Cena gave a good promo and although it's repetative to his previous one's I would agree.
But Cena never actually went into the middle of the ring he stood next to them and pretty much got out of there as soon as humanly possible when he was finished, That doesn't actually make him look strong IMHO just gobby.

Stand them face to face in the middle of the ring just like Taker and HHH were ,just like Jericho and Punk were and then deliver that promo and he would look huge but again IMHO he climbed in the ring said his 2 minutes of words and scarpered.
If one takes a cheeky Rock bottom or AA all the better.

Again please don't let anyone mistake me for see it through Rock tinted specs I'm not but Cena would have looked more strong if he hadn't rather quickly flew back to the back.

I understand what your saying..... I disagree.... But I understand.

Nobody in their right mind would expect physicality between them so far from Mania. So I don't really think Cena lost face.

Next week should be interesting. To see how Rock responds and if he can salvage something from this weeks promo..... Hopefully he'll start shooting a little rather than just trying to get chants or trends.