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Post by MacReady on Oct 30, 2012 19:30:33 GMT -5
Since I anticipate Austin returning and winning, the Rumble will go on last. I anticipate you being REALLY REALLY wrong.
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Post by awesomeallamerican on Oct 31, 2012 6:58:56 GMT -5
It's not outlandish in the least. WWE has been pushing Punk and Austin hard through the WWE '13 promotion and they aren't just doing it for kicks. It's either happening this year or next, and if it happens this year, then you obviously have Punk retain and have Austin win the Rumble. I can't even imagine the pop for the glass shattering. They're not doing it because Austin's just had really serious knee surgery and wouldn't be ready for Wrestlemania let alone winning the Royal Rumble Unless you're a doctor, you have no clue what Austin's recovery timetable is. He didn't JUST have surgery. He had it three months ago and by Royal Rumble it will have been six months. All he has to do is punch a couple guys, give a couple stunners and throw them over the ropes. He doesn't have to take any bumps. Then he has almost an additional three months to be ready for WrestleMania. That's nine months of recovery time. I'm not saying it's a certainty by any means, but it's definitely not the impossibility people are making it out to be.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2012 7:28:49 GMT -5
They're not doing it because Austin's just had really serious knee surgery and wouldn't be ready for Wrestlemania let alone winning the Royal Rumble Unless you're a doctor, you have no clue what Austin's recovery timetable is. He didn't JUST have surgery. He had it three months ago and by Royal Rumble it will have been six months. All he has to do is punch a couple guys, give a couple stunners and throw them over the ropes. He doesn't have to take any bumps. Then he has almost an additional three months to be ready for WrestleMania. That's nine months of recovery time. I'm not saying it's a certainty by any means, but it's definitely not the impossibility people are making it out to be. He's hoping that he can act by January... Hoping... Let alone do something as physical as wrestle, limited or not.. Plus, he's stated several times that if he returns he deserves to be top billing, and with Rock and Lesnar already on WM, he wouldn't get that. It's impossible.
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Post by awesomeallamerican on Oct 31, 2012 7:47:04 GMT -5
Unless you're a doctor, you have no clue what Austin's recovery timetable is. He didn't JUST have surgery. He had it three months ago and by Royal Rumble it will have been six months. All he has to do is punch a couple guys, give a couple stunners and throw them over the ropes. He doesn't have to take any bumps. Then he has almost an additional three months to be ready for WrestleMania. That's nine months of recovery time. I'm not saying it's a certainty by any means, but it's definitely not the impossibility people are making it out to be. He's hoping that he can act by January... Hoping... Let alone do something as physical as wrestle, limited or not.. Plus, he's stated several times that if he returns he deserves to be top billing, and with Rock and Lesnar already on WM, he wouldn't get that. It's impossible. Punk vs. Austin for the WWE Championship wouldn't be top billing? That's an inaccurate assessment.
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Post by Escape The Rules on Oct 31, 2012 8:34:08 GMT -5
I remember they did it in 2006 & it was horrible. It ended with a lackluster Henry/Angle bout which was only really there to set up Undertaker's return.
Although I'm sure the match will be great, I'd rather have the RR match go on last.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2012 10:30:40 GMT -5
He's hoping that he can act by January... Hoping... Let alone do something as physical as wrestle, limited or not.. Plus, he's stated several times that if he returns he deserves to be top billing, and with Rock and Lesnar already on WM, he wouldn't get that. It's impossible. Punk vs. Austin for the WWE Championship wouldn't be top billing? That's an inaccurate assessment. Punk vs. Austin would play second fiddle to Cena vs. Rock II, but it's not me saying it, it's Austin himself and JR saying it.
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Post by Scotty on Nov 1, 2012 10:44:49 GMT -5
Since I anticipate Austin returning and winning, the Rumble will go on last. Get ready to be disappointed.
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Post by awesomeallamerican on Nov 1, 2012 11:36:28 GMT -5
Punk vs. Austin for the WWE Championship wouldn't be top billing? That's an inaccurate assessment. Punk vs. Austin would play second fiddle to Cena vs. Rock II, but it's not me saying it, it's Austin himself and JR saying it. Having Cena vs. Rock again after the "once in a lifetime" spiel would be ridiculous. I certainly don't see it happening.
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Post by LtD73 on Nov 1, 2012 13:55:06 GMT -5
Punk vs. Austin would play second fiddle to Cena vs. Rock II, but it's not me saying it, it's Austin himself and JR saying it. Having Cena vs. Rock again after the "once in a lifetime" spiel would be ridiculous. I certainly don't see it happening. Shame because it's happening.
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Post by Johnny Wrestling on Nov 1, 2012 13:58:19 GMT -5
Punk vs. Austin would play second fiddle to Cena vs. Rock II, but it's not me saying it, it's Austin himself and JR saying it. Having Cena vs. Rock again after the "once in a lifetime" spiel would be ridiculous. I certainly don't see it happening. You seem to forget that Punk, while WWE Champion, took a backseat to Cena vs JOHN LAURINAITIS.
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Post by awesomeallamerican on Nov 1, 2012 17:04:41 GMT -5
Having Cena vs. Rock again after the "once in a lifetime" spiel would be ridiculous. I certainly don't see it happening. You seem to forget that Punk, while WWE Champion, took a backseat to Cena vs JOHN LAURINAITIS. Uhhhh, nope I'm not forgetting that. Pretending that Punk vs. Austin would take a backseat to anything is asinine. Punk was feuding with Bryan at the time of Cena vs. Laurinaitis. He would be feuding with the most over wrestler in the history of wrestling in Austin. The comparison doesn't work.
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Post by ● kaneisdaman ● on Nov 1, 2012 18:19:29 GMT -5
I remember they did it in 2006 & it was horrible. It ended with a lackluster Henry/Angle bout which was only really there to set up Undertaker's return. Although I'm sure the match will be great, I'd rather have the RR match go on last. Yep. The match didnt go last because of how good it would be, it was only because the ring was to be intentionally wrecked by Undertaker and fixing it up for the rumble would have been lame and taken away from the impact of it. However, I can defintely see them putting the rumble on second to last this time around purely because the rock is wrestling and in a WWE title match. No way will they rank the rumble ahead of that especially given how little importance the rumble has been seen to have lately. The Rock wrestling for the title will be the selling point of the PPV, the rumble will definitely play second fiddle.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2012 18:36:30 GMT -5
You seem to forget that Punk, while WWE Champion, took a backseat to Cena vs JOHN LAURINAITIS. Uhhhh, nope I'm not forgetting that. Pretending that Punk vs. Austin would take a backseat to anything is asinine. Punk was feuding with Bryan at the time of Cena vs. Laurinaitis. He would be feuding with the most over wrestler in the history of wrestling in Austin. The comparison doesn't work. He doesn't want to share the spotlight with Rock and Lesnar. No matter what you or we think, if he thinks he will be second behind anything, he won't do it.
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Post by Jaz on Nov 1, 2012 18:50:14 GMT -5
Well they've done it before. I see Cena winning the Royal Rumble match, then when Rock beats Punk Cena gets in the ring and has a stand off with The Rock.
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Post by HHH316 on Nov 2, 2012 17:20:35 GMT -5
I could see the WWE giving Rock/Punk the main event, but if it were up to me, I'd give it to the Rumble match.
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Post by ztj_wwf on Nov 2, 2012 17:27:34 GMT -5
Punk vs. Austin would play second fiddle to Cena vs. Rock II, but it's not me saying it, it's Austin himself and JR saying it. Having Cena vs. Rock again after the "once in a lifetime" spiel would be ridiculous. I certainly don't see it happening. Buddy, just don't bank on Austin/Punk happening and Cena/Rock II not happening. You're going to end up sorely disappointed.
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Post by awesomeallamerican on Nov 2, 2012 17:54:46 GMT -5
Having Cena vs. Rock again after the "once in a lifetime" spiel would be ridiculous. I certainly don't see it happening. Buddy, just don't bank on Austin/Punk happening and Cena/Rock II not happening. You're going to end up sorely disappointed. I'm not "banking" on anything. It's merely my prediction. I just don't think the WWE is going to give the NY/NJ area a retread match in Cena vs. Rock II.
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Post by Randolph J 'Hurricane' Spencer on Nov 2, 2012 18:40:09 GMT -5
Rumble does usually go on last, but there are times when it doesn't. Never really bothers me since you're still getting the Rumble match. It's like saying the WWE Championship should always main event WrestleMania or a Money in the Bank should always main event the Money in the Bank PPV. In 1998, during the beloved attitude era, the WWF title match went on last and nobody seemed to care.
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Post by Fleet Foxes on Nov 2, 2012 18:58:32 GMT -5
The WWE title match will between Cena and Rock, while a Smackdown star is going to win the Royal Rumble to help with the WHC feud.
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Post by skribbel24 on Nov 3, 2012 10:16:45 GMT -5
The Rumble should ALWAYS be last.
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