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Russ · 03-08-2011, 09:20

Punk out-promo'd HHH, never thought I'd see that happen. Awesome stuff. I'd love to see a 3-way promo between Punk, Rock and Jericho.

I almost spat my tea out of my nose when I read you want to see Cena out of WWE. To quote Miz, "Really?! Really?!".

I can never understand it when people say that. In their hurry to be part of the 'cool' "we hate Cena" group they fail to realise the obvious: he creates a reaction. A massive reaction. That is the most basic, remedial aspect of wrestling, from WWE to the local workingmen's club promotion.

You want to see the guy you don't like getting beaten. Usually it's the super-over heels (Miz etc) who you want to see losing. Admitedly Cena is a unique situation being a massively-over face to some but still, a large portion of the audience want to see him lose. Things are changing in WWE, they're allowing others to shine against Cena (Rock, Punk). You want to see Punk beat Cena at SS. Job done.

Again, I fail to see why you don't see the obviously regardind Cena's status. No one performer is bigger than WWE. If you want to blame anyone for Cena's rise then blame Vince, not the wrestler himself. They could easily bury him over time. If they started now then a clean win for Rock at WM would work.

As for HHH putting himself over...well duh! Why not? He's one of the best and they've put him in an excellent position. Instead of having no-credability situations in the past (Stone Cold being RAW GM whilst still a wrestler etc) they now have a man who the audience know is already a 'suit' in WWE management calling the shots. The advantage is HHH can work (unlike Vince) so obviously he'll return to the ring as part of the storyline. I'm assuming he'll try to 'control' Punk in the way Vince tried to make SCSA a 'company man' as his popularity took off. HHH hasn't wrestled regularly in a while so they need to make look strong.

Again the Laurenitis part was pretty obviously and clear to most people. Different demographs but Punk and Cena have almost the same levels of popularity so both guys need to go in to SS looking strong. Both men divide the audience which is why they ended the show they way they did. I'm genuinely puzzled as to why so many people fail to see that.

Although I will agree the way they did the ending was embarrassing.

03-08-2011, 09:20	#798
Russ cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Half in the corporeal, half in the etheral Posts: 37,181	Re: WWE Punk out-promo'd HHH, never thought I'd see that happen. Awesome stuff. I'd love to see a 3-way promo between Punk, Rock and Jericho. I almost spat my tea out of my nose when I read you want to see Cena out of WWE. To quote Miz, "Really?! Really?!". I can never understand it when people say that. In their hurry to be part of the 'cool' "we hate Cena" group they fail to realise the obvious: he creates a reaction. A massive reaction. That is the most basic, remedial aspect of wrestling, from WWE to the local workingmen's club promotion. You want to see the guy you don't like getting beaten. Usually it's the super-over heels (Miz etc) who you want to see losing. Admitedly Cena is a unique situation being a massively-over face to some but still, a large portion of the audience want to see him lose. Things are changing in WWE, they're allowing others to shine against Cena (Rock, Punk). You want to see Punk beat Cena at SS. Job done. Again, I fail to see why you don't see the obviously regardind Cena's status. No one performer is bigger than WWE. If you want to blame anyone for Cena's rise then blame Vince, not the wrestler himself. They could easily bury him over time. If they started now then a clean win for Rock at WM would work. As for HHH putting himself over...well duh! Why not? He's one of the best and they've put him in an excellent position. Instead of having no-credability situations in the past (Stone Cold being RAW GM whilst still a wrestler etc) they now have a man who the audience know is already a 'suit' in WWE management calling the shots. The advantage is HHH can work (unlike Vince) so obviously he'll return to the ring as part of the storyline. I'm assuming he'll try to 'control' Punk in the way Vince tried to make SCSA a 'company man' as his popularity took off. HHH hasn't wrestled regularly in a while so they need to make look strong. Again the Laurenitis part was pretty obviously and clear to most people. Different demographs but Punk and Cena have almost the same levels of popularity so both guys need to go in to SS looking strong. Both men divide the audience which is why they ended the show they way they did. I'm genuinely puzzled as to why so many people fail to see that. Although I will agree the way they did the ending was embarrassing. __________________ From Jim Cornette: “Ty, Fy, bye”