Logic behind Rock passing the torch to Cena?

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WM 29 ended in the safest way it possibly could. After Cena won him and Rock both shook hands and embraced each other, signaling Rock's acknowledgement of a younger wrestler taking over the place that he once held. Here WWE was obviously trying to recreate the moment that Rock and Hogan shared at WM 18 11 years ago. But for whom this new of passing of the torch was really meant for? Because it certainly wasn't the audiences.

Cena's fans are either not old enough or hardcore enough into wrestling to be aware of the history of the attitude era when Rock was a full time wrestler. So this passing of the torch didn't mean anything to them other than a famous person losing to Cena. The ones who are old enough most certainly did not appreciate this either because Cena in their eyes has never been good enough to be the top guy in WWE. He has been the recipient of condemnation by this group of people for past 6 years who don't see him anything other than a corporate shill.

So why even do it? Because these sorts of things is exactly why gets Cena gets booed by half the audience each and every week. Taking a moment that once came off as heartfelt and genuine 11 years ago and b*stardizing it to fit the narrative of Cena being the man in 2013 WWE, a narrative that is precisely the source of hatred for Cena. WWE surely can't be this daft about why Cena character isn't universally loved like Taker, Austin, or even Danielson and Punk when they are/were faces.
 

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Because he needed it? :manny:

Though he actually didn't but........I don't get it either, I think it's just a way of appeasing his demographic
 

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Actually I think it was just as much about passing the torch as it was giving the Rock a nice send off on the biggest Wrestling stage of them all. But it failed because it was forced.
 

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Cena is a 10(now 11) time champ and has been THE MAN for 8 years with no one coming close to truly taking his spot.

What torch is being passed exactly?
 

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Probably goes into the HOF next year to headline that class since Taker and Cripple H won't be doing it. If there one thing that last night proved, Bryan should of been WWE Champion. They tried to hold him down in that tag match situation and had him come out to Kane's music to screw around with what the pop would of sounded like had he BEEN ABLE TO HIS OWN music but at least the fans made up for it at the end when the entire crowd went bonkers for him. I read several LIVE reports and they all agree that he was Top 3 pop of the night in one form or another at the end of the match. They don't wanna let a guy like him work a classic but they'll find a million ways to give Cena 30 minute matches with Punk on Raw or another undeserved match with the Rock.
 

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From a booking standpoint, I don't think it was so much about passing the torch (Cena didn't need Rock for that... he's had the torch for almost a decade already) as it was just about giving Cena his win back. :manny:

They tried to do that endorsement deal at the end, but that's not going to change how the fans perceive and treat Cena.
 

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My boy brought some girl who hasnt watched wrestlng in two years and completely missed the attitude era. Shes a diehard Cena fan but hates the Rock for being corny and saying his jokes are childish but Cena is entertaining :mindblown:. I came really close to going TSC on her but my boy is tryin to hit and I didnt want to short circuit her brain with the knowledge id spit. I gave her the :stopitslime: and kept it movin. She loved the whole passing the torch thing as a result of course. Then said this is why she doesn watch anymore because its gotten so predictable. That made me more angry than Cena ever could. Sue was a fantastic troll :wow:
 

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didn't even know Rock was the champ, he had had to lose, he can't defend that title often if he is champ because of all the movies and shyt.


should've made the main event triple h vs rock
 

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Probably goes into the HOF next year to headline that class since Taker and Cripple H won't be doing it. If there one thing that last night proved, Bryan should of been WWE Champion. They tried to hold him down in that tag match situation and had him come out to Kane's music to screw around with what the pop would of sounded like had he BEEN ABLE TO HIS OWN music but at least the fans made up for it at the end when the entire crowd went bonkers for him. I read several LIVE reports and they all agree that he was Top 3 pop of the night in one form or another at the end of the match. They don't wanna let a guy like him work a classic but they'll find a million ways to give Cena 30 minute matches with Punk on Raw or another undeserved match with the Rock.

I was there and the Yes chants was drowning out Kane's music. Its funny because the WWE is looking for that guy to replace Cena and he's right there in front of there eyes. He's over with the crowd, decent on the mic and can put on classics in the ring.
 

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The passing of the Torch should of been done about 4-5 years ago. Doin it now is redundant, it was just about gettin Cenas win back.
 

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Probably goes into the HOF next year to headline that class since Taker and Cripple H won't be doing it. If there one thing that last night proved, Bryan should of been WWE Champion. They tried to hold him down in that tag match situation and had him come out to Kane's music to screw around with what the pop would of sounded like had he BEEN ABLE TO HIS OWN music but at least the fans made up for it at the end when the entire crowd went bonkers for him. I read several LIVE reports and they all agree that he was Top 3 pop of the night in one form or another at the end of the match. They don't wanna let a guy like him work a classic but they'll find a million ways to give Cena 30 minute matches with Punk on Raw or another undeserved match with the Rock.

The funniest thing about this is Rock is part of the reason Daniel Bryan is being held back too. Funny you always wanna put the blame on everyone but The Rock no matter what. It's okay to acknowledge your favorite people aren't perfect gods.

I was there and the Yes chants was drowning out Kane's music. Its funny because the WWE is looking for that guy to replace Cena and he's right there in front of there eyes. He's over with the crowd, decent on the mic and can put on classics in the ring.

Daniel Bryan is most certainly ready and they need to get him in a feud with John Cena quickly. Bryan is the only one ready to do it of the current roster I feel.
 

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The funniest thing about this is Rock is part of the reason Daniel Bryan is being held back too. Funny you always wanna put the blame on everyone but The Rock no matter what. It's okay to acknowledge your favorite people aren't perfect gods.

Ask Bryan about it...I guarantee he won't be like Ziggler and say the Rock is holding him down. He KNOWS it's politics...back in 2009, they had him under the Miz even though he was already trained on a top level to enter the fray from the get go. He doesn't really buy into the excuses stuff because he thinks he's lucky and he has alot of guys that "are his level that just didn't get his chances". He's said this many times in interviews..it's not about that. The company SHOULD recognize that a guy who sells shirts like he does, who gets standing ovations every other fukking week, doesn't need Rock/Taker/Cripple H to endorse him because the fans already buy him. It doesn't make sense for him to be tag teaming when he should be fukking running the show. He was on FIRE as heel last year and not this cute "I wanna be cheered thing" that the Rebel does, no, he was getting heat without any city bashing or anything like that..he was just getting away with too much and he kept winning. That's old school booking for the Flairs and Macho Mans of the business.

I can't blame the Rock because Bryan wouldn't blame the Rock. It's that simple. It's positioning, booking, and a common sense thing that the McMahon stronghold should already know of instead of shoving Sheamus and Ryback down everyone's throats. Hell, they are so intimidated by the guy's abilities that they tried to give his catchphrase to like 3 or 4 wrestlers last year:laugh: What more needs to be said? You all applaud the booking that allowed Punk to be champion for over a year and don't wanna show appreciation to the man that allowed that to go on that far yet when Bryan gets buried for that type, you are quick to turn a blind eye. It's nitpicking and a shaky form of logic that can always be dissected. It's far too easy and all too common.
 

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I was there and the Yes chants was drowning out Kane's music. Its funny because the WWE is looking for that guy to replace Cena and he's right there in front of there eyes. He's over with the crowd, decent on the mic and can put on classics in the ring.
Only one problem though and we all know what that is.
 

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shyt was useless. nobody got anything out of it. especially if this shyt w/ rock throwing raw in the bushes, tonight is true.

his fans are gonna blindly defend him and cener fans and haters are gonna keep on keepin on.

unless its rocky's last match, it was in poor taste to not let johnny complete his redemption story with a celebration in the ring, as the champion, BY HIMSELF. not at the top of the ramp sharing the moment with the loser. not after we just did this last year.

this aint rocky & old ass hogan...or flair...or mark

its dwayne, the part timer. he'll be back. give the lifetime employee his shine after his climb back to the top, this year.
 
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