JML

Jan 29 2014, 01:08:46 PM

Tie-up

Jan 29 2014, 01:04:51 PM

It's not like Punk will be gone forever.

I'm not so sure about that

He seems like a guy who would be content retiring right now

The_Dude

Jan 29 2014, 02:19:28 PM

Ironic timing, I suppose, but I finally got a chance to rewatch Cena-Punk from Raw last year. I've never considered myself the arbiter of star ratings, but can anybody give me a compelling reason that this shouldn't be a 5 star match?

Watching it again, my esteem for the match has only risen. I really think that match is and I mean this without hyperbole the best match in Raw history, as I think I can put it above the Owen-Bulldog European Title finals.

The_Dude

Jan 29 2014, 02:19:28 PM

Ironic timing, I suppose, but I finally got a chance to rewatch Cena-Punk from Raw last year. I've never considered myself the arbiter of star ratings, but can anybody give me a compelling reason that this shouldn't be a 5 star match?

Watching it again, my esteem for the match has only risen. I really think that match is and I mean this without hyperbole the best match in Raw history, as I think I can put it above the Owen-Bulldog European Title finals.

pokajabba

Jan 29 2014, 09:56:02 AM

After the resounding negative reaction that WWE received at Sunday’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view, there have been significant changes to WWE’s upcoming storyline plans.

As of this week, there is talk of Daniel Bryan winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.

Bryan winning the title at Elimination Chamber would accomplish several things. First, it would likely pop a big rating the RAW rating the following night, with the WWE Network launching as soon as RAW goes off the air. WWE is already planning on bringing in several major names (including Hulk Hogan) the RAW the night after Elimination Chamber. Secondly, it would change the previously planned Batista vs. Randy Orton WrestleMania main event, which WWE now feels is at risk of getting a very negative reaction from the rowdy WrestleMania crowd.

If Daniel Bryan does win the WWE World Heavyweight title at Elimination Chamber, the scenario that’s being discussed is for Randy Orton to invoke his rematch clause at WrestleMania, making the main event a triple threat match between Bryan, Batista and Orton.

Source: http://www.sescoops.com/report-wwe-changing-plans-elimination-chamber-wrestlemania-xxx/

If this is indeed true, then at least somebody in the back has pulled their head out of Batista's a$$ and taken notice of the current situation. Though, in my opinion, Daniel Bryan should be main eventing Wrestlemania in a rematch against John Cena (As a way to finally pass the torch over to him without dispute or controversy). But that's just how I personally feel.

Pure

Jan 29 2014, 06:08:58 PM

BREAKING: Hunico will now be playing the role of CM Punk.

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Ever since Punk came back after his match with the Undertaker, something felt off. You can tell he wasn't only getting burnt out, but the situations he was being put in weren't quite as impactful as they should've been. Even on auto-pilot, he was putting on better matches than pretty much everyone else on the card except for Bryan and the tag-teams. When needed, he'd spruce up for Lesnar and any other match with a glimpse of significance. But, I think despite having such success in the ring during 2013, his character was suffering from all the mishandling of things around him. He should be much further perceptually than he is now (if that makes sense). I'm still a fan of course, but there are things that were visible, telling a story that this was going to happen one day. Batista's introduction and subsequent shafting of both Punk and Bryan was just the thing to push him over. I don't want to condone his lack of professionalism by leaving just like that, but at the same time, you can't help but feel like this is a direct middle finger to the bigwigs for all the missteps that we've seen in recent months. Unfortunately, the fans are the ones who suffer in this (both in his departure and the reasons for it); the same people who are already on the brink of total disinterest. I've personally contemplated whether I want to continue watching or not, because when I started to watch wrestling again in 2008, it almost felt like I missed enough of the clutter to the point where I could start anew. So I did, and while it certainly wasn't perfect, I'd like to think I've had the benefit of seeing some pretty great work every so often. Chris Jericho, Edge, Christian, Mark Henry, Brock Lesnar, Undertaker, Daniel Bryan, CM Punk, Wade Barrett, Antonio Cesaro, The Shield, The Wyatt Family, Cody and Goldust, heck even John Cena have all done something at one point or another to keep me interested in the product I loved so much as a child. It's like I can watch a guy like Wade Barrett and see all the ways WWE screwed him over, but in my head, I see all success that went by as though they happened. I see the guy that's alreadybeen WWE World Heavyweight Champion, I see the guy that is worth tuning in to see every Monday night to deliver BAD NEWS or kick someone's teeth in (whatever comes first). I've always said that there are probably just as many guys today on the roster than I genuinely like as there were when I was eight. It sounds crazy, but what can you do? You give the benefit of the doubt. Problem is, the marginal benefit is starting to look thin. If this were any other television program, I would've already stopped watching. Surely, I would stop watching and come back to it, but whether that lasts a few months or a few years is just a matter of saying "Hey, remember what it was like? Don't be stupid." Or maybe I catch word that Sami Zayn and Antonio Cesaro are in the main event, and Paige is there now, and maybe Dean Ambrose has become the new Jake Roberts. It's a future I wish to see as it happens, but the way things are going, I don't know if I can stay in for the long haul. Actually, no that's too melancholic. I can stay for the long haul, but in those same number of months, or years, what are we going to be subjected to? What will we get in place of CM Punk? Will they be better or worse - most assuredly worse. Things like Punk leaving are an inevitability, but much like KARA's situation, if that group ever ceased to exist, DSP would bescrewed. Why? Because, Rainbow hasn't been promoted well enough to lead the charge. Nicole & Jiyoung = CM Punk in this comparison, and the new members that might be added can be anything from the next Hyolyn; Stone Cold Steve Austin to Clara; Hornswaggle, the only thing you can be sure of is that it'll be different and there will be a backlash regardless if the former is true or not.

Pure

Jan 29 2014, 06:08:58 PM

BREAKING: Hunico will now be playing the role of CM Punk.