ScottMulhern

I love these. Would it be cheeky to ask for the blanks to cut my own? I've got a WWE game going but have some wrestlers not in the pack, I find it really jarring having pictures in multiple styles. I'd be more than happy to post them here.

Me too. Deep down I knew Cena and The Rock would win, it does make perfect sense in both storyline and a business point of view, I just wanted them to push someone else. A win for either Punk or Ziggler would have made them a huge star. I have never said this before (unlike some) but I seriously considered giving up on WWE after Royal Rumble. It's not written for me anymore and maybe, after 25 years of watching, I've finally grown out of it. I've got little interest in WM at the moment, The Rock vs John Cena didn't hook me last year (a lot to do with the booking) and even less so this year because I know who's going to win. Similarly, I don't want to see HHH vs Brock Lesnar again (in fact, I'm not even sure I watched it the first time around, I've got no recollection of it whatsoever). I think this years Wrestlemania exposes WWE's problems; they need to create new stars and not keep backing out at the point where they could "push them over the top". The Rock vs Cena and Brock Lesnar vs HHH (assuming of course these are the two marquee matches, although substitute HHH for Undertaker and my point still stands) are matches featuring three semi-active or retired wrestlers in three of the four spots. Cena is another matter, completely stale and simply unlikeable at this point (I've seen it written elsewhere that he's actually WWE's biggest heel, a suggestion that I find extremely interesting and right on the money). I've never been a Cena fan but I've always seen his value, he's an outstanding WWE style wrestler who has been in some classic matches over the years but they keep building people up to lose to him; Dolph Ziggler, The Nexus, Kane (when he returned), The Miz, R-Truth, Rey Mysterio, Umaga, Bobby Lashley, dare I say Brock Lesnar? Nobody ever comes out of a Cena feud better off then they went in barring CM Punk and Edge. I've got a horrible feeling that Cena's going to beat The Shield single-handedly at Elimination Chamber and completely derail all the good booking that has gone before (and they'll end up in some throwaway match against Santino Marella and some random tag team like the Usos at Wrestlemania) and then go on to beating The Rock at Wrestlemania setting up a third match for Wrestlemania 30. In July 2011 CM Punk beat John Cena (although not clean) for the WWE Title in a hugely anticipated match that had been booked to absolute perfection. This pushed Punk to surpass Randy Orton as the second biggest name in the company and indirectly lead to him holding the WWE Title for the longest time in over 25 years. During that time he, in what the commentators would term, turned on the fans becoming the biggest heel in the company, the biggest star the company had created in years and beating all comers including an unstoppable monster face by nefarious means. Sounds like a perfect way to create a new star at the biggest show of the year to me. Instead they have him lose to an already establish star (one who has been retired for ten years after becoming a movie star) and making the title he restored the prestige to (after years of hot-potato booking) a prop for a match in which the biggest star of his generation (Cena) will win it back to bring a close to his two year long redemption storyline. Imagine if Ryback won the title from Punk at Wrestlemania. What would that do for his career? Similarly, what if they'd pushed Ziggler in that direction? Imagine this; Santino Marella, after his close call at last year's Elimination Chamber and the Royal Rumble the year previous, has been built up significantly and his character tweaked enough to get the shot and win. It sounds crazy I know but Kurt Angle was goofy when he started. It's about good writing, long term thinking and character development. Instead everything feels like it's written on a month-by-month basis around Cena's character and it just seems such a waste. I'll still watch Wrestlemania, because I always do, and for the most part I'll enjoy it and the irony of my complaint about watching semi-active wrestlers in the main event won't be lost on me when I'm (hopefully) enjoying CM Punk vs The Undertaker. I can dream can't I?

Hogan used to do the same things, I'll site one example; the first Survivor Series in which Hogan gets eliminated by count out after shenanigans and gets revenge on Andre The Giant by whacking him twice with his belt. There are hundreds of examples of Hogan doing things like that. One of Hogan's regulary moves was an eye rake. All faces do it, I think by wrestling logic getting revenge by cheating, attacking with foreign objects or interfering in a match is only considered comtemptable when done by a face is when it's to another face, otherwise it's exactly what is said to people in the face of adversity "stand up for yourself". I remeber reading an article a while back about how Rey Mysterio is WWEs biggest heel because he's always doing heelish things. You could make the same argument for any face ever.

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Wasn't it his sister that text him "OMG! Kevin Nash! I thought he was dead!"

Cameo bits? You know brother... I'm not sure that Surburban Commando, No Holds Barred and Mr. Nanny were just cameo bits... brother? He tried to make it as an actor big time in the early ninties and failed... dude. I noticed watching TNA recently that the man still can't act... brother. He can't pull off any other character than Hulk Hogan, heel or face. Actor or wrestler.

Me too, the way the storyline is playing out at the moment, with Undertaker (who won last year) trying to goad a reluctant HHH into the match would indicate that the wrestler being goaded would come out on top. The second HBK/Undertaker match build featured HBK goading 'Taker, costing him the Title at Elimination Chamber, causing him to accept the challenge and ultimately prevail. This time Undertaker is in the HBK spot and HHH is now the Undertaker. If the Undertaker wins it doesn't really give the storyline a satisfying conclusion. I ask myself why did HHH beat CM Punk a few months back? He hasn't wrestled a match since, granted Punk won his Title back but the whole HHH vs CM Punk thing led to a half fued between John Laurinaitis and Punk that has ultimately been dropped and forgotten about now. With the rumours of the WWE brass being concerned about the lack of star power at the moment I think they're missing a trick not using HHH and Undertaker to elevate top stars. HHH should be putting someone over at WM, I would say CM Punk getting his win back, that's not to say I don't want to see Punk vs Jericho, but the whole HHH vs Punk storyline didn't have a conclusion, for me at least. Why not have him face The Miz? Did the Miz/R-Truth invading storyline ever lead to anything (other than jobbing to The Rock)? What happened after HHH beat the heck out of them? Nothing. Why not have him face ADR? Or Ziggler? Undertaker should be facing, and beating in a competative match (if it's possible at this point in his career), someone like Wade Barrett or Drew McIntyre. Even losing to someone like Sheamus or Dolph Ziggler, who are ready to main event and get pushed to the stars. As a side point, I was talking to my brother about this the other day, he doesn't watch wrestling now, he hasn't since around Wrestlemania 18, but he stated that the Undertaker's final match should be against Kane. In a perfect world this is hard to diagree with, although the quality of the match would be questionable. I wonder if the WWE management are not confident in anyone other than HHH to carry Undertaker to a good match because he's too beat up or past it at this point, an issue that is indicative of their current problems.

I haven't seen any of Cesaro's FCW matches yet. He (and Hero) were great in the ROH I've seen. I can't wait either, I'm off to watch youtube.

Kassius Ohno and Antonio Cesaro = Emperors of Wrestling