Who Should Face Taker At WM 30?

[Lockard 23]

You all seem to have some imaginary feud placated in your brains that Lesnar/Taker was so epic when it was just another feud...it was 11 years ago and the last thing Mean Mark needs is to have his lid crush by dat Beast

It's the fact that the streak is bigger than ever and so is Brock Lesnar in terms of brand name and star power in WWE. He'd be arguably the biggest addition to the already prestigious streak at this point. The image of Taker trying to survive the beast from UFC coming at him with moves like the Kimura (Taker screaming like a bitch when he's trapped inside the Kimura should make for great drama) and being hard-hitting and stiff as fuck and such is the awesome part. And those who say Taker couldn't take that kind of physical punishment at his age apparently missed WM27 and WM28, because the two most brutal matches in terms of physicality were the matches Taker had. There's also the fact that Taker has added some MMA maneuvers into his arsenal as well, most notably his submission finisher called Hell's Gate (a triangular choke.)

Their feud back in the day was awesome. Lesnar defeating Taker cleanly in HIAC by turning the Tombstone into an F-5 was one of the coolest reversals ever. It'd be awesome to do that spot again only with Taker kicking out this time as a call back to their match from over a decade ago.

 

[SUPER CENA]

CHRIS BENOIT. THE DEADMAN VS THE DEADMAN
BOOK IT

 

[CrazyJ Cena]

CHRIS BENOIT. THE DEADMAN VS THE DEADMAN
BOOK IT

Now that is idiotic. Benoit is actually dead.

 

[CFCrusader]

I think that Taker should just stop, he should show up at each WM but not wrestle. I thought that the epic Punk-Taker feud is the best way to end Taker's defence of the streak. In fact, WWE messed up by not making Punk (WWE champ) vs Taker (streak) the main event of WM and kicking out Cena and Rock. But oh well, Taker can either face Cena/Lesnar or just stop. The latter is the better option for me, and he can make those surprise appearances like he has done with the Shield recently.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Don't see the Lesnar/Taker love affair at all... once again Vince has duped you people into buying into something that will line his pockets...its the same as Rock/Brock...

You all seem to have some imaginary feud placated in your brains that Lesnar/Taker was so epic when it was just another feud...it was 11 years ago and the last thing Mean Mark needs is to have his lid crush by dat Beast


Ill give you John Cena or Bray Wyatt... otherwise give me a worker like Punk or Danielson that are harmless enough in the ring and deliver quality work.... its not like it matters who eats the pin considering who's on the other side

God no. Rock/Brock is something very few people want to see. Rock is a terrible worker at this point, unlike Taker who still puts on watchable matches each year at Mania. Brock/Taker is something I've wanted to see since Taker showed up at Brock's UFC fight. The storyline has continuity, since a 'Heyman guy' failed at breaking the streak last year, Heyman can say "Now let's see you beat BRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOCK, LESNARRRRRRRRRRRRR". The match itself would have the 'big fight feel' as has come a WWE buzzword as of late. The only thing that can make me care about a Taker Mania feud at this point is actually thinking he has a chance to lose. HHH never provided that, Punk certainly didn't... Brock could I think, especially as Taker ages and retirement is right around the corner.

the only other person I feel can provide the 'will Taker lose?>!>!" feeling is Cena, but I would much prefer to watch Brock/Taker than Cena /Taker as far as the in ring match goes.

 

[CFCrusader]

God no. Rock/Brock is something very few people want to see. Rock is a terrible worker at this point, unlike Taker who still puts on watchable matches each year at Mania. Brock/Taker is something I've wanted to see since Taker showed up at Brock's UFC fight. The storyline has continuity, since a 'Heyman guy' failed at breaking the streak last year, Heyman can say "Now let's see you beat BRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOCK, LESNARRRRRRRRRRRRR". The match itself would have the 'big fight feel' as has come a WWE buzzword as of late. The only thing that can make me care about a Taker Mania feud at this point is actually thinking he has a chance to lose. HHH never provided that, Punk certainly didn't... Brock could I think, especially as Taker ages and retirement is right around the corner.

the only other person I feel can provide the 'will Taker lose?>!>!" feeling is Cena, but I would much prefer to watch Brock/Taker than Cena /Taker as far as the in ring match goes.

Fully agree with you. Rock shouldn't be there, he ruined Punk's title reign (I wouldn't be so pissed if he either put on a good match and/or lost to Punk to put him over) and he's old and slow. Taker can still go for his age and so can Brock.

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Fully agree with you. Rock shouldn't be there, he ruined Punk's title reign (I wouldn't be so pissed if he either put on a good match and/or lost to Punk to put him over) and he's old and slow. Taker can still go for his age and so can Brock.

Punk's title reign was boring as fuck anyhow.

 

[CFCrusader]

Punk's title reign was boring as fuck anyhow.

At least Rock would've made it more memorable. More important than just "oh yeah he spent a year owning people until he jobbed to Rock"

What does that say about the roster and even the WWE title?

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

At least Rock would've made it more memorable. More important than just "oh yeah he spent a year owning people until he jobbed to Rock"

What does that say about the roster and even the WWE title?

It says you are looking too far into things. Rock sucks at wrestling, but I still don't mind him having the transitional title reign from Punk to Cena. It's not like anyone would ever say "Man, Rock is WWE champ? That company is in the shitter!"

 

[CFCrusader]

It says you are looking too far into things. Rock sucks at wrestling, but I still don't mind him having the transitional title reign from Punk to Cena. It's not like anyone would ever say "Man, Rock is WWE champ? That company is in the shitter!"

Then again, Rock could have just lost to Cena in the first place and avoided shitting all over Punk. What does it say about the WWE title when an old man can just walk into there and claim a title shot against your longest-reigning champion of the last 10/20 years? Yes, he's a legend. But it's not like WWE needed him. They would've been fine with Punk as champion vs Taker with the streak. That would have been the build of a life time. Also, he lost to Cena who has done nothing notable with his reign. All he's done/going to do is beat Rock, the Ryback, Henry and then lose to Bryan. Oh, and he's still stale. I would have tolerated it if Cena did that heel turn (and no, not turning your foot - raw after wrestlemania) to change things up.

 

[Shadie T]

Punk's title reign was boring as fuck anyhow.

Got a bit interesting when he turned heel then Ryback came into the picture. Rock/Punk was a good feud especially promo wise.

 

[Dat Kid1]

Wyatt. With the Kane feud going on it would make sense for these two to face off at mania. The personas would be an interesting mash up

 

[Dolph'sZiggler]

Got a bit interesting when he turned heel then Ryback came into the picture. Rock/Punk was a good feud especially promo wise.

:silva: Ryback/Punk was the worst part of an uneventful reign IMO. Rock/Punk was good promo wise, sure, but it was a couple of pathetic matches to say the least.

Everything that should have been good about Punk's run just fell flat. DB/Punk was all about AJ. The Ziggler feud turned into a sideshow for Punk/Ace, including the RR match which could have been great was just an overbooked shitfest with more focus on Ace than anything else. The 'respect' angle was cringeworthy to say the least. The matches with Jericho were disappointing compared to what you would expect from those two.

 

[Shadie T]

:silva: Ryback/Punk was the worst part of an uneventful reign IMO. Rock/Punk was good promo wise, sure, but it was a couple of pathetic matches to say the least.

Everything that should have been good about Punk's run just fell flat. DB/Punk was all about AJ. The Ziggler feud turned into a sideshow for Punk/Ace, including the RR match which could have been great was just an overbooked shitfest with more focus on Ace than anything else. The 'respect' angle was cringeworthy to say the least. The matches with Jericho were disappointing compared to what you would expect from those two.

Gladly I didnt pay much attention to WWE again till Raw 1000 and was able to skip the shitfests. The Rock/Punk matches were meh though.

 

[CFCrusader]

:silva: Ryback/Punk was the worst part of an uneventful reign IMO. Rock/Punk was good promo wise, sure, but it was a couple of pathetic matches to say the least.

Everything that should have been good about Punk's run just fell flat. DB/Punk was all about AJ. The Ziggler feud turned into a sideshow for Punk/Ace, including the RR match which could have been great was just an overbooked shitfest with more focus on Ace than anything else. The 'respect' angle was cringeworthy to say the least. The matches with Jericho were disappointing compared to what you would expect from those two.

And even the Punk/Rock promos were full of childish jokes by the Rock just like in the feud with Cena.