How good was that face to face?

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I don't even know what this is supposed to fucking mean. Next time you want to post an opinion, actually post your damn opinion rather than unfunny gifs because it seems like you're trying far too hard to look smart.

Dont do it....usually a member vs DZ thread only ends in a shitload of posts being deleted :upset:
 

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I don't even know what this is supposed to fucking mean. Next time you want to post an opinion, actually post your damn opinion rather than unfunny gifs because it seems like you're trying far too hard to look smart.


It means its subjective. Saying Daniel Bryan Danielson is a better wrestler than, say, Mark Henry, really is subjective. We can debate here all day, honestly...but debating fanboys makes me sick to my stomach,

I'm not saying Henry is a better wrestler than Bryan...I'm only saying I'm not debating you (or any other fanboy) about it.


Nothing personal, bro...so try and limit the butt-hertia
 
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I liked it a lot, I thought both guys were good.

Though if you're not a smark don't you think Bryan came off as kinda douchey? (I think Rain mentioned something like this before). I mean I'd be asking "why's this little guy being such a dick to Cena lol? Cena's a pretty nice guy and he's been wreslting for a while now" Just something I noticed, but I'm probably looking too much into it.
Also, it was funny seeing Cena mention the children and all that bullshit especially after Bryan was saying "only wrestling matters nothing else!" Cena basically replied with "I am here for the same reason as you !..... the fans... the kids..." Idk it was funny to me.
Loved the ending, notice how the "real wrestler" ended up getting slapped, yet the "entertainer" didn't because he didn't deserve it. Pretty cool symbolism there.
 
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I don't even know what this is supposed to fucking mean. Next time you want to post an opinion, actually post your damn opinion rather than unfunny gifs because it seems like you're trying far too hard to look smart.



Cena has faced many great wrestlers from the likes of Chris Benoit, Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle, Eddie Guerrero, ect.
Stop being such a DB mark and belittling all those talent like Daniel Bryan is god.

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This is his reaction to your opinion. Figure out WHY he would post it.
 

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I liked it a lot, I thought both guys were good.

Though if you're not a smark don't you think Bryan came off as kinda douchey? (I think Rain mentioned something like this before). I mean I'd be asking "why's this little guy being such a dick to Cena lol? Cena's a pretty nice guy and he's been wreslting for a while now" Just something I noticed, but I'm probably looking too much into it.
Also, it was funny seeing Cena mention the children and all that bullshit especially after Bryan was saying "only wrestling matters nothing else!" Cena basically replied with "I am only here for the same reason as you too!..... the fans... the kids..." Idk it was funny to me.
Loved the ending, notice how the "real wrestler" ended up getting slapped, yet the "entertainer" didn't because he didn't deserve it. Pretty cool symbolism there.


Yeah, i kinda see your deal... its kind of equivalent to the whole Bruno Sammartino refusing the HOF because VInce hurt his feelings (or whatever the f*** excuse he had)

Danielson is jealous....Cena can do less and make $ and Danielson just can't stand it...U jelly bro?

it's funny how he calls Cena an entertainer, yet Bryan hops to the ring screaming 'Yes' so the puppets can cheer along with him...lol b****
 

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9/10. The promos were amazing, HHH and Orton ruined it.
 

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It went on for a little too long for me.

The delivery was good from both guys but Cena was reusing a lot of stuff from his feud with the Rock and some of Bryan's was too similar to last week.

That being said, when Cena slapped Bryan, the smirk on Bryan's face put the entire segment back on top for me. It was the fact he'd just made it so clear that he wouldn't do it to Cena because he didn't deserve it, got one himself and just grinned instead of retaliating.

That bit was perfect.
 

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Agreed with most of what's been said on here. I loved watching it. Bryan really stepped up his game with this one. Both delivered their promos wonderfully, even if Cena's speech was absolutely re-used and rehearsed quite the amount of times. Pissed me off when Cena mentioned that Make a Wish shit... erm... hello Cena?

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Just sayin'.

I took Bryan's words about "being a parody" as Cena becoming more of an act rather than an athlete, not completely demeaning what Cena's achieved so far. It makes sense. Cena barely wrestles outside of a PPV.

All I can say is, I can't wait for this match! :yay:
 

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I loved it except for Cena having to focus (once again) on his charity work and him granting wishes to the Make-A-Wish children. Its like despite the fact that his opponents never criticize him on those grounds at all, he has to bring it up and focus on it just to try desperately to convince his opponents and the audience (specifically the people who boo him) how great of a human being he is. This has what to do with Bryan's claim that Cena is an entertainer and not a wrestler? And apparently Cena never saw this (the video of what LD posted above, and it's too bad Bryan didn't enlighten him to it):



Speaking of Bryan's claim of being a wrestler and Cena an entertainer, it's a bit silly IMO. Kayfabe wise, Cena must be a hell of a wrestler for him to be top dog and have all the accolades that he has. Bryan is an 'entertainer' too, that's why he has a marketable beard and that's why fans throw their hands up in the air and chant YES when he comes to the ring. If they love watching him in the ring, that makes him an entertainer, right? It's almost like a theatre actor telling a movie actor "I'm an actor, you're an entertainer." I would have liked it better if he had just said (like Punk and even Cena in the past) that despite it being a dirty word around here, he isn't afraid to say he is a professional wrestler! Trying to say he is and Cena isn't seems a bit odd (especially given Cena said the same thing last year...), but meh.

Otherwise, what a great and near flawless segment. I didn't even mind HHH coming to the ring and Orton standing atop the ramp holding the briefcase up. It was WWE's way of showing all the different factors that will be in play for the match on Sunday - Cena and Bryan squaring off to see who really wants to be champion more, HHH being there between them to make sure a fair match is called down the middle and then Orton standing from afar looking on, letting all three parties know they should be prepared for him (Cena and Bryan in case he decides to cash in, and HHH because he'd have to officiate another match.)
 
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It would've been a lot better if the crowd wasn't so annoying, aside from that it was he best segment I saw in a good while. John Cena put loads of emotion in his mic work, but I just have one question; Why do people think that Cena is going to turn heel after this?
 

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Yeah I don't get that either...

I'm not sure if some people watched the whole thing with attention because I saw some comments saying Cena was crying....:harvey:
 

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Anyone believing Cena is turning heel is clinging to false hope at this point. Not because it will never happen period, but because it likely wouldn't happen this time of the year. It would probably be at Wrestlemania, because you can be 100% certain there will be more eyes watching the WWE product that night than any other night. The second best place after that is the night after on Raw because at least that's the fall out from Wrestlemania and that's typically the most watched Raw of the year and the crowd would be sure to go nuts over a Cena heel turn there. Unless there was a super hot angle ala the Hostile Takeover in WCW in 1996 (and this Cena/Bryan angle ain't it), I can't conceive it being at any other time of the year other than then.
 

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It would've been a lot better if the crowd wasn't so annoying, aside from that it was he best segment I saw in a good while. John Cena put loads of emotion in his mic work, but I just have one question; Why do people think that Cena is going to turn heel after this?

A lot of the stuff Cena said seemed really hypocritical to us, but the casuals surely ate it up. Think it's intended to be that way.
We get our hot "real life meets kayfabe" angle with Bryan while Cena's lines both draw the casuals in and get him more IWC heat, since even though he isn't a heel he is to us. It's brilliant.
And since people are stupid, they think it means a real Cena heel turn.

From what I've read older fans are having "Who's the corporate champion" flashbacks. After all the teases of Foley (played by Orton) as the guy Vince wants to be champion, it turns out to be Rock (played by Cena). Didn't Russo write that though? WWE won't do something like that in this era, surely.

Anyway, Awesome segment. Arguably the promo of the year thus far.
 
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It was a great segment. I loved the material and delivery from both guys, and I think that's just what this storyline needed to have a perfect build. After so many sub-plots were put there, having this on the go-home show to have DB and Cena pissed at each other is great. HHH and Orton weren't a bad thing at all, they took up like 1 minute from the segment, lol.