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Post by jnavo217 on Jan 29, 2013 23:03:59 GMT -5
Punk has more fans than cena, he outsold cena in merchandise, he's the future of professional wrestling and he's the biggest heel in all of sports right now and people STILL CHANT HIS NAME...learn what a transitional champion is before you make absurdly assanine comments about something, he may have held it to lose to the super hero in the rock at the rumble, but he was far from a transitional champion. You don't just give somebody a belt for 434 days to hold it to lose to the rock. If McMahon thought he sucked as a champion, he could've had him lose it 3 or 4 times in between, win it back at TLC and then drop it the rock at the rumble...nobody is better than CM Punk, the fact that people try to argue against his greatness is what is truly laughable
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Post by TheBadGuyChico on Jan 30, 2013 12:56:03 GMT -5
We've all know since July 23rd when it was announced that The Rock was getting a WWE Title shot at the Royal Rumble and then when he attacked The Rock at the close of the show that CM Punk's Title run was going to end at the Royal Rumble. It definitely takes some of the shine off his Title reign when, except for the people who didn't want to accept it just like the people who refused to believe Cena would win the Royal Rumble when it was blatantly obvious, that for 189 of the 434 days we knew exactly what was going to eventually be the end of it....it does sort of give the "he was just keeping it warm for The Rock" feeling, now that it's over and we look back. I agree. Because the definition of transitional typically means a relatively quick span in wrestling, I'd stray away from that word and instead basically refer to Punk as a placeholder for the latter portion of his reign, because truly, that's all he was. He was busting his ass and carrying the company until the big boys came back into the picture. I'd have to agree with you here. I shouldn't have used the word transitional in all honesty, you're right. Place holder is a much more relevant term here. To me though i feel like it's obvious when someone is ''having a run'' and the belt is one them to due to money they draw etc. and when someone has the belt to lose it another wrestler. Punk's run was a creative catalyst for the Rock's title reign. He was never the man, who the can argue that after he took a backseat his whole reign until Cena became involved? He never main evented a damn ppv without Cena besides TLC 2011. He was never the guy, he is the ultimate place holder. But i'm done arguing about it. Watch him fall right back down to the midcard this year.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2013 12:57:44 GMT -5
I agree. Because the definition of transitional typically means a relatively quick span in wrestling, I'd stray away from that word and instead basically refer to Punk as a placeholder for the latter portion of his reign, because truly, that's all he was. He was busting his ass and carrying the company until the big boys came back into the picture. I'd have to agree with you here. I shouldn't have used the word transitional in all honesty, you're right. Place holder is a much more relevant term here. To me though i feel like it's obvious when someone is ''having a run'' and the belt is one them to due to money they draw etc. and when someone has the belt to lose it another wrestler. Punk's run was a creative catalyst for the Rock's title reign. He was never the man, who the can argue that after he took a backseat his whole reign until Cena became involved? He never main evented a damn ppv without Cena besides TLC 2011. He was never the guy, he is the ultimate place holder. But i'm done arguing about it. Watch him fall right back down to the midcard this year.fffwhat? COME ON NOW MAN! Dude held the title for over a year, has had matches against the likes The Rock, Cena, Jericho etc. Interactions with Foley, Hart, McMahon, Flair etc. He will never be in the mid-card again.
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Post by onleeone643 on Jan 30, 2013 13:15:46 GMT -5
The match started slow and picked up steam towards the end. One thing that does annoy me is ending it with the people's elbow. He should have hit the Rock bottom first.
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