Is it a foregone conclusion that Rock is carrying the belt from the Rumble until WM?

[Dolph'sZiggler]

It seems pretty obvious

1.) he is the biiggest draw and it's not even remotely close (all WWE cares about is the quick buck)
2.) his promo about wanting to be champ, having the Rumble title match announced so far in advance, ect. Obvious foreshadowing
3.) sets up Cena/Rock II but with a title on the line so they can promote that it's bigger and more important
4.) WWE needs the golden boy to make up for losing to Rock at this years Mania
5.) Rock Cena II coupled with Taker vs Lesnar would smash WWE buy rate records IMO

That's all I've for now. But you can book this obvious shit

 

[Farooq]

Could be. It could be CM Punk vs The Rock at the Royal Rumble, and CM Punk losing his championship there, as well as John Cena winning the Royal Rumble. CM Punk doesn't want Rock to fight Cena, so he gets a rematch at the next Pay-Per-View, which The Rock wins. Then they can battle it out at Wrestlemania, which obvious John Cena will win.

 

[I'll See Ya Kia]

If Rocky wants, Rocky gets. I suppose this is a question Vince will pose to Rocky himself.

 

[Snowman1]

RE:

5.) Rock Cena II coupled with Taker vs Lesnar would smash WWE buy rate records IMO

Uggggghhhhhh that sounds awful. Welcome to TNA in 2010. (Yeah, nobody else feels that way, but there's my opinion.)

They've set up something obvious months in advance... some combination of Rock vs Punk and Rock vs Cena at RR and 'Mania. TNA set up something obvious as well (Storm vs Roode at Bound for Glory), but they took the overly obvious plans and completely blew them up to create a shocking moment and a new main eventer, and now we have no freaking clue what's going to happen. WWE has to copy TNA... again.

It would be great to see Daniel Bryan or someone win the belt as we enjoy seeing if he can throw a wrench in the gears.

 

[Lockard 23]

Yes, that seems to be the obvious conclusion. Rock-Punk is definitely happening at the Rumble, and the only way I see Rock losing is if him promoting GI Joe around the time Wrestlemania happens means that he won't be able to make the PPV at all. Otherwise, you can pretty much consider Rock-Cena II set in stone. I also wouldn't guarantee that it will smash box office records. This year's Wrestlemania wasn't the biggest WM of all time like it was originally thought to be, and now that we've already seen Rock-Cena once and the nostalgia of seeing Rock wrestle at least one more match has wore off (especially since we'll get to see him wrestle again at the Rumble as well), I wouldn't bet that the rematch will be as big of a deal as the first was.

 

[Asskicker]

lololol fucking error

I agree. It's as obvious as what shit smells like.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Re

Yes, that seems to be the obvious conclusion. Rock-Punk is definitely happening at the Rumble, and the only way I see Rock losing is if him promoting GI Joe around the time Wrestlemania happens means that he won't be able to make the PPV at all. Otherwise, you can pretty much consider Rock-Cena II set in stone. I also wouldn't guarantee that it will smash box office records. This year's Wrestlemania wasn't the biggest WM of all time like it was originally thought to be, and now that we've already seen Rock-Cena once and the nostalgia of seeing Rock wrestle at least one more match has wore off (especially since we'll get to see him wrestle again at the Rumble as well), I wouldn't bet that the rematch will be as big of a deal as the first was.

You are thinkin like too much of a smark. Marks, who buy way more PPVs than smarks see it as Rock being champ which adds to it and they will eat up the rematch Cena revenge BS.

Plus Brock vs Taker is a match that even without Rock or Cena on the card would draw 1 million buys

 

[Crayo]

Yes, it's 99.9% happening, there's no doubt about it. I personally can't wait.

 

[Leo C]

It'll happen, yes. Do I like it? No. Will it build any new stars? No. Will it give Vince the quick cash he likes? Yeah, so it's happening.

 

[Matt]

Rock will lose to cena at RR for the title and then make rematch at WM saying they are 1-1 so whoever wins next will win the feud! rock will then win at WM and carry belt until summerslam

 

[Crayo]

Rock will lose to cena at RR for the title and then make rematch at WM saying they are 1-1 so whoever wins next will win the feud! rock will then win at WM and carry belt until summerslam

The only reason I don't see this happening is because Cena/Rock is a draw match, it'd be wasted on the RR because the RR draws itself (the rumble match). There is no special match to draw in buys, they come anyway.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Re

Yes, it's 99.9% happening, there's no doubt about it. I personally can't wait.

I can't lie seeing Rock as champ one last time will make me mark from the overwhelming nostalgia

 

[Crayo]

RE: Re

I can't lie seeing Rock as champ one last time will make me mark from the overwhelming nostalgia

Not only that, Rock/Punk verbal exchanges imo will be gold.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

RE: Re

Not only that, Rock/Punk verbal exchanges imo will be gold.

Yea that feud would be nice but I would rather not get Cena/Rock II after it, but we obviously would. Maybe Punk stays involved and we get a three way feud/match

 

[Crayo]

That'd be cool (the triple threat), Punk going over both on WM is pure fantasy booking though lol.