I think the question is, is what is "headlining" Wrestlemania to Punk? or a fan for that matter?
I'm not sure Punk wants to even wrestle the Cenas, Ortons and Batistsas or the world for the belt, as any sort of belt match has been overshadowed by Taker matches for the last ___ years now. So what were the definition of headlining? *Ending Takers streak *match with Stone Cold *would 54 year old Sting even be attractive? *Obviously not wrestling Kane or being buried by Triple H again is an option here in Punks eyes so unless he gets bailed out by Stone Cold (not this year), I can't see any match Punk would like to be in where he is happy. |
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And I mean I guess Punk has a point, a few years ago THE MIZ HEADLINED WRESTLEMANIA FOR GOODNESS SAKE. And that is really pathetic to think about. |
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He reportedly left immediately before raw. I'd say that sounds more like "**** this bullshit I'm going home" than "man, I'm beat up, gonna take some time off".
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For what it's worth, WWE's Twitter account unfollowed CM Punk today. TMZ has picked up on reports of Punk walking out on WWE and say he has no plans on returning. Here is an excerpt of what they reported:
"WWE superstar CM Punk is QUITTING the organization, TMZ Sports has learned ... and sources tell us it's all because he's PISSED over the way the company wants to use him at "WrestleMania." Sources close to the situation tell TMZ Sports ... Punk was livid when he learned officials scripted Batista to win the Royal Rumble ... because he feels Batista isn't in great wrestling shape and shouldn't be featured in the title match at the upcoming WrestleMania (the biggest event of the year). We're told Punk feels he earned the right to be in the main event at WrestleMania -- because he's been wrestling tirelessly over the past year from house shows to overseas events. Punk was angry when he found out he'd be wrestling Triple H at WrestleMania instead of squaring off in the title match. Sources say ... Punk -- whose contract is up in July -- made the decision to leave WWE after "Monday Night Raw" -- and we're told that right now, he's very serious about his decision and has no plans to return." |
LMAO Batista just ****ing everything up.
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who knows at this point, everyone is reporting something different of how the constant of he is gone came about, and it looks his mind was made up well before what went down at the Royal Rumble/Raw, and was probably gone in July anyway.
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God, this sucks. I know he hasn't been in a great spot for the last few months (year? hasn't been the same since he jobbed to Rocky & Taker last year IMO), but his Summer of Punk run a couple years ago really got me invested again (I never stopped watching, but I didn't care very much).
I can't blame him a damn bit for being pissed off. I get why Rock got the ME the last couple years, people who aren't fans anymore might actually consider buying a PPV to watch him, either because of his stardom or nostalgia. But no one in their right goddamned mind is going to come back to wrestling to buy a PPV just because Batista came back. Especially if he's wrestling Robo-Orton 5000. I don't see how Vince & the powers that be didn't think something like this would happen. These guys have worked 300+ days a year for years to get to this spot. Bryan/Punk (among others) have shown the ability to step up when given the opportunity (which rarely happens). Batista has spent most of the last 4 years being a shitty actor in D-grade movies and shitting on wrestling and wrestling fans. And within six days, he's given the biggest spot of the year. It's unbelievable. Punk can't be the only one pissed about this. I was excited for the new Network. But sweet jebus this is annoying. I can at least take some solace in the fact that I didn't shell out a ton of money to travel to NOLA this year. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/iCt-HUn0AAU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> /rant |
The positive of all this, and I think it is a positive, is that it puts Danielson directly into a major program with HHH. Hopefully he isn't just jobbed. Again.
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what are they going to do when WM is over and all these guys leave? Batista goes off to do a movie or promote one, he can take time off for movies, he has that clause despite a full schedule 2 year contract.
Sting is 54 years old. Hogan couldn't pass a physical. Who is going to carry this roster in June, July, August, and then when the NFL comes back and shits all over them in the fall? Guys like Punk and DB and Dolph ,etc bust their ass for those 9 months out of the year, to keep Vince's product afloat during the downtime. It will be interesting to see after WM if people tune out really quickly. It will also be interesting how many Punk chants happen at the RAW after WM, that is usually the most poppin RAW during the year because all the older elitist marks buy all the tickets the day after they go to WM. |
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In a perfect world he drops the beard at some point and becomes american dragon again. Now, what I expect they'll do is make Sheamus the man (because he's big, and that's still all they care about), and continue to job Danielson until he retires. |
Triple H is squashing whoever he faces at WM unless its Taker or some 50 year old
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I don't get why Bryan and Punk teaming up against HHH and Michaels wasn't the original plan.
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Now there's speculation that Punk's leave is concussion related.
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I want punk healthy he's too good of a guy to get sick i want him to have a good life.
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I was just flipping through the channels and saw that Goldust is on Raw tonight. Yeah, no thanks.
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Watching Bryan v Orton now. Who is the "Authority"?
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Oh, and Mr. Ass. He freaked me out too.
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Wow. I never knew Terri Runnels was Miss Alexandria York. Crazy.
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Cool to see Bryan win. |
Is that the same ... oh, I guess it is the same Kane. Weird.
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Damn.. Nevermind I saw some pics of her post golddust and she went downhill fast, she's gross. |
FYI: WWE Network starts on Monday morning and the first week will be a free trial.
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Hacksaw.
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RIP Mabel, Viscera.
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"Hard to believe he died of heart failure"
-Said nobody |
Elimination Chamber starts in 20 minutes.
Spoiler!
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Jake the snake has Cancer. Sad news
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Wyatts/Shield match is really ****ing good
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That was spectacular.
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Shield vs Wyatts made me so happy in the way that only a great wrestling match can.
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nice of them to follow up with probably the worst match of the year
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I don't think the crowd liked that outcome at all.
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Vince is just too stubborn to admit that his Batista/Orton plan for Mania is a bad one, and he's going to dig in his heels for no good reason even though the crowd is going to shit all over that main event.
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Beyond the **** you finish, the chamber match was actually surprisingly good. Wyatt/Shield was fantastic. Big E/Swagger was decent and the rest sucked.
There's my review. E: I'd suggest watching DelRio/Bootista just to watch the crowd shit on them. |
Bryan will end up in the Wrestlemania main event somehow.
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I don't care how stubborn Vince is....He has to know that Orton/Batista is not good for business.
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Wasn't a horrible PPV by any means, certainly better than the Rumble, if only for the 6-man tag. I'm not a huge tag team guy (unless it's mid-2000s TLC matches), but that was intense. Second PPV in a row Bray Wyatt's been involved in the MOTN. Would love to see him go over Cena in NO, but I know better than that. Didn't think the Chamber match itself was bad, except for Roborton 3000 winning. Cesaro seems to be really over, which is good, he needs to break away from that hack Swagger. I'm a huge Bryan fan. But a (small) part of me wants to see Orton vs. Bootista, just to see how much the crowd totally shits on it. My bet is Vince goes with Plan A, we get Blandy vs. Bootista as the main event (which, on paper, has to be one of the worst ever) and Bryan gets Kane/HHH. I hope I'm wrong and they find a way to get him in the main event. Maybe Hogan finds some way to politic DB in tomorrow night? It'd be a way to get smarks to actually cheer for Hogan, if only for a little bit... In related news, Mick Foley doesn't seem too happy... <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>They say a picture's worth 1,000 words. Here's my 5,000 word essay on <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23WWEChamber&src=hash">#WWEChamber</a> <a href="http://t.co/FnmTt5wtEw">pic.twitter.com/FnmTt5wtEw</a></p>— Mick Foley (@realmickfoley) <a href="https://twitter.com/realmickfoley/statuses/437801745289609216">February 24, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
WELL YOU SEE BROTHER, ALL THESE HULKAMANIACS WANNA SEE BATISTA AND RANDY ORH-TUN FACE OFF IN DA SQUARED CIRCLE
BY THE WAY, BROTHER, DID I EVER TELL YOU I TURNED DOWN A SPOT IN METALLICA? BROTHER. |
Levesque made sure all of his buddies won tonight didn't he?
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I don't think anyone expected them to start hotshotting titles around right before Wrestlemania, but man that EC finish was a big wet fart. Dead crowd is the worst result.
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Rajah.com is claiming there will be a title change on RAW tomorrow night, you'd have to assume Bryan wins the strap.
They won't be able to sell Batista/Orton as the main event at WM30. If Vince didn't already know that, he does now after the crowds reactions tonight. |
No pun intended, but Bryan finally winning the belt on a random Raw wouldn't be best for business IMO. Ideally, you'd have the face chasing the heel going into Mania. Obviously, we're past the point of ideal situations seeing as how they've booked themselves into a huge corner, but it's just a thought. I think more people would be likely to buy WM/Network if it was Bryan with a chance to win the belt there instead of just defending it.
That said, I'll take what I can get. It's sad that a guy who's so freaking over with EVERYONE has had to work so hard and still hasn't been given a real shot. I understand the concept of a slow burn & trying to draw out his popularity as long as you can, but they're really risking losing his heat if they keep this up. Randy vs. Dave might be the final straw for some people. And whoever the idiot is who didn't want Summerslam going off the air with Bryan as the champ should be fired. Same with whomever thought that people would rush to buy Wrestlemania to see Dave Batista in the main event. Those were your chances to make Bryan a star. Give him the clean win over Cena at SS and let him keep the damn belt for more than 5 minutes (literally). Or let him win the Rumble and main event your biggest show of the year. At some point, they're going to have to rely on someone other than Cena & part-timers to sell tickets, PPV buys & t-shirts, right? |
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I agree with you that it wouldn't make a lot of sense for a title change on a random RAW but I think they are building this up as the biggest RAW they've had in quite some time. Hogan is coming back, the Nature Boy will be there and there is also rumors that the Undertaker will be there as well. Also, sometime between now and WM30 the Ulimate Warrior will be making an appearance. If Bryan doesn't win the belt before WM30 then he will more than likely win a match to get him into the main event with Boreton and Boretista. |
Can't wait to see Undertaker ride in on a motorcycle tomorrow. *biggest eyeroll in world history*
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I totally agree that a title change is unnecessary tomorrow. What needs to happen is jettisoning Batista off of the card somehow. Bryan going over at Mania needs to be the endgame, so I will tolerate him being inserted into the main event for a triple threat.
At the worst, Bryan going over on HHH will feel somewhat satisfying. Bryan v Kane however is a waste of time. |
I remember reading that if HHH and Bryan wrestle HHH is going over.
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HHH going over? Well, I never.....
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WWE Network time.....
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Managed to get an account made, but it's currently impossible to get a subscription started.
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Yes this is awesome...what a time suck this is gonna be.
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