Originally Posted by Scorch The only logic I can apply to this is that it's a bigger picture situation. Cena destroys Brock but it takes all of his energy so he steps out. Brock is uncaged and destroys everyone on the roster for a while. The only person that can stop Lesnar is gone. Massive campaign is started to bring Cena back, he comes back and ousts Brock once and for all.

That sounds like something WWE would do.

Now, I agree that Lesnar should eventually job out to Cena. He's only here for X amount of appearances, while Cena makes his living working for WWE. I have no issue with Lesnar losing—as he should—and will only find issue with how they handle the storytelling. WWE seems to have improved in recent months, but not enough to secure my interest for longer than it takes to watch clips on their YouTube channel.

You know, I'm really glad that Jericho is extending this run into the summer. I mean, if there's one thing that WWE is sorely lacking, it's heels that can't get the job done.

Sorry but it was the same Super Cena comeback finish that has been done time and time and time and time again. Yes it might of been played out a little better this time around however in the end it's still the same end result. Super Cena on top once again while all that build up for Lesnar is already flushed down the drain. How can anyone take Lesnar as an legitimate threat when he lost his first match?

Do they normally show the arena crowd a different camera feed compared to the home audience? I never really noticed it before, but it was kind of weird to see the people in the front rows staring at the big screen instead of the match happening right in front of them or putting away their "Yes" signs.

Also, did anyone also notice the crowd was louder during replays? Weird stuff.

All I can say is that it was an absolutely fantastic show to be at live. This was our view:

There has to be *something* in the plans if Brock, on a multi-million finite appearance contract, jobs in his first match back. However I do agree that it's a dangerous gambit since they might have derailed the Brock Hype Train before it had a chance to re-establish itself and the E might find itself with a white elephant on its hands.

Did you run that through an instagram filter, Tsel?

Originally Posted by sykotek Do they normally show the arena crowd a different camera feed compared to the home audience? I never really noticed it before, but it was kind of weird to see the people in the front rows staring at the big screen instead of the match happening right in front of them or putting away their "Yes" signs. Also, did anyone also notice the crowd was louder during replays? Weird stuff.

Honestly, at least from my feed, it sounded like WWE was doing a live edit of the crowd.

Originally Posted by Scorch Did you run that through an instagram filter, Tsel?

Yep. And no, I'm not one of those people that instagram every picture ever taken. I just wanted to filter out some of the grain. It came out pretty nicely if I say so myself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH8yk...eature=related

So much nostalgia watching this, but I dare any of you to watch the entire thing without saying "What the ?!" at least once.

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Cena won? Shocking

The whole end of the PPV didn't make sense to me. Like others have said, why bring Brock back just to have him lose his first match back, to someone who just lost to ing Lord Tensai of all people. Are we supposed to believe that Tensai is better than Brock?

Add to that what Cena said after winning. He's going on vacation. Isn't the norm in wrestling when you are taking time off to either lose your last match, or to get beaten or injured, not in a match, so there is a storyline reason as to why you are taking time off?

I'm also rather pissed that Layla came out instead of Kharma. Layla still can't wrestle or talk for shit.

At Extreme Rules..





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I'm betting he won the lottery or something where he doesn't have to work but has plenty of money and now he is the WWE version of a Dead-head...

The ending didn't bother me as much as it usually did, mostly because I'm more or less desensitized to the whole SuperCena shtick, that and it was fine brawl in its own right. but yeah I definitely agree that Cena should have done the job last night, especially if he's gonna be sidelined for awhile.

Now the question is: where does Brock go from here? Say Cena got a fluke win, call him out week after week and destroy the locker room until he returns? That's be an interesting progression to the story, but Lesnar's property value took a hit last night losing his return match. This is another example of WWE's by-the-seat-of-your-pants booking. They have this "we'll cross that bridge when we get to it" stigma to certain storylines and match outcomes, but when the time comes they're stuck with their thumbs up their asses.

Well, you could argue that the ending to Triple H-Undertaker at WM27 set up the rematch at WM28, what with UT being carted out on a...whatever that was.

UT won the match, but let's be honest: Triple H went over.

I didn't see the PPV last night, but perhaps that's what happened here?

Also: it's not like Cena's won a whole lot lately in big PPV matches, so I'm not sure the "same old same old" complaints apply here.

I'm going to side with Golden Idol on that. Cena won but got absolutely messed up. Anyone who saw the match would easily be able to tell you Brock was the better man last night, but he lost due to a mistake that Cena took advantage of. Even if Brock lost, he still is going to be able to say that he put Cena on the sidelines. Not even just physically, but mentally. Besides, it wasn't that long ago where I remember people mentioning how is the face of the WWE going to lose to 2 guys who hadn't even stepped into a wrestling ring in years? Three guys, if you want to change that to a WWE ring.

Anyway, I like the idea of Brock challenging all comers and singlehandedly destroying them. Probably start with Orton. Then move onto more "dominant"guys. Kane, Mark Henry, Big Show, Khali. Hell, push the out of Ryback and make him seem credible. Even if he loses, I imagine that as a Saturn vs Goldberg match from back in WCW.

Part of me does want to see a wily heel pull a Cena and sneak a win past him, though. I could definitely imagine the scenario where Miz, Cody, or Ziggler beat Brock with a rollup and then absolutely book it out of the arena. Or bring back something remenscent of the WCW Jericho/Goldberg feud, where one of them beats a fake Brock and parades it around as a real victory. Since Brock isn't going to be there every week, I could see that happening very easily.

That WCW battle royal video is wonderful. Ridiculous overselling by commentators, Schiavone calling Hogan "Terry Bollea", Hogan's "FUNB" shirt...lovely.

Next to him is the Cena fan in the White Suit jacket that shows up a lot also, particularly in the Chicago area shows in that Extreme Rules pic of Punk celebrating.

Originally Posted by Scorch At Extreme Rules.. Older:

Wearing the same damn shirt again.

Also, who said Layla can't wrestle? I thought the diva's match was surprisingly decent and Layla has come a long way since she debuted. She's actually one of the better divas on the roster.