The Rock teases a Survivor Series confrontation with John Cena
by Keith Harris on Jul 13, 2011 10:07 PM EDT
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Ten days ago, in a situation that may not have been entirely spontaneous, John Cena responded to a handful of heckling fans who were chanting for The Rock at the end of a house show in Perth, Australia, by dissing Rock for not appearing on the overseas tour after saying that he would never leave WWE ever again and for being an actor not a professional wrestler. Unsurprisingly The Rock has replied in kind with another one of his fabulous, well thought out, taped promos where he told Cena that male fans booed him because he was a phony. What was surprising was that at the end of this video Rock claimed that Cena had pissed him off so much that he was going to kick his ass before WrestleMania in the city where it all started for him. The Rock made his promising WWF debut at the 1996 Survivor Series in New York's Madison Square Garden as Rocky Maivia before fans quickly turned on his big undefeated push as an always smiling, goody two shoes, blue chip athlete and third generation babyface wrestler. Ironically, this year's Survivor Series PPV is also set for MSG, which means that The Rock's next appearance will likely be on this show. It will be interesting to see how they'll push this confrontation as being different to the one at WrestleMania 27, because the current build is very similar, perhaps a bit too similar. After the jump you can watch YouTube videos of the "shoot" promos by Cena and Rock, respectively.
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Am I the only one who could care less about this
I would much rather see what CM Punk is going to do next
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Yep, The Rock is awesome and all, but when you factor in that he’ll not be REALLY coming back, and that he’s up against the rather bland John Cena…I dunno, it just doesn’t do a whole lot for me. It’s better than most things, but doesn’t feel anywhere close to the level of what Punk and Cena have going on now.
I really hope this angle with Punk pays off, it’s a welcome change from the same old same old.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Jul 13, 2011 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I still like the pwnage by The Rock.
Cena is getting buried by CM Punk and The Rock. Its almost unfair.
Obviously, the feud between Cena and The Rock will be second on the list of interesting things within the WWE given CM Punk’s surge. I wonder how well the WWE will do at year’s end in numbers. The WWE hasn’t been this exciting for a long period of time in a while. Hopefully, I haven’t jinxed anything.
Eh, I'm not buying it.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jul 13, 2011 11:33 PM EDT reply actions
I wouldn't call any of Rocky's promos "fabulous" or "well thought out."
He’s been pretty much awful on the mic since his return. I’m shocked that Cena is burying him so badly.
The funny thing is that if Cena came out with something as roundly stupid as “Barney’s anus” or “you look like a bowl of Fruity Pebbles,” he’d get (rightly) knocked for it. Somehow The Rock gets a pass.
its all about the delivery
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I find The Rock's delivery to be cheesy
It’s the exact same delivery that convinced the teenage and twenty-something males to turn on The Rock back in 2002.
Your mileage may vary, of course. I do think Cena is winning this battle of words, though both guys have been very underwhelming.
Much like children in high school, hinting to something as “gay” is such a stupid way to bury someone. Not even just because it’s offensive, but it’s painfully unoriginal and, well…lame. The Rock is one of the best talkers, I expect more of him than shitty gay jokes.
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by Kaleb Kelchner on Jul 14, 2011 12:18 AM EDT reply actions
I think he’s talking about Survivor Series as well but I think somebody mentioned in the fanshot that at WM13 was the first time he came out as The Rock. So maybe Cena’s getting his ass kicked by Punk, Rock comes out & makes the save so the title can still be on the line at WM28 & after Cena gets the win Rock Layeths the Smacketh Down on Cena’s candy ass.
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WM 13 doesn’t really fit what he was talking about, as that wasn’t the first time he came out as The Rock, which came later, and it was close to the peak of the fan backlash to him. He didn’t take on The Rock moniker until an edition of Raw in Ottawa, Canada during the aftermath of the Montreal screwjob in November 1997.
by Keith Harris on Jul 14, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I wasn’t sure I was just repeating something that I read. I was 7 in 97 so I wouldn’t really remember
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