• HybridSarcasmAEnglish
    10·
    7 days ago

    Ok. I haven’t been watching any TV or YouTube clips. What is the TLDR for this given that he didn’t win the Rumble or the Chamber?

    • JelloBrains@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      Rollins hates Punk, very vocal about it, Punk then eliminates Rollins and Reigns at the Rumble, Rollins loses it and attacks both Reigns and Punk. Fast forward to the WWE MSG RAW and Rollins and Punk are having a cage match, Rollins just can’t put Punk down even after 2 or 3 curb stomps, Reigns comes out and curb stomps Rollins (All three SHIELD members did curb stomps during shows this week, it was kind of cool.) while Paul Heyman is checking on Punk, Reigns attacks Punk with a spear. Fast forward to some segments where they all just can’t stand each other and can’t coexist without chaos breaking out, They make a match, this leads to this segment where Punk gets added to the Reigns Rollins Mania match because Reigns and Heyman put him in by a clause in the contract.

      Really makes Punk look like a chump, he finally gets his Mania main event, but it’s because God Emperor Reigns has allowed it to happen.

  • JelloBrains@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    I’m a big fan of the World Title goes on last, unless it’s the Rumble, I get why they might not want to go that route, because Gunther and Jey Uso feels more like a mid to upper-midcard match. Not necessarily their fault when the story has been bland, that’s on creative.

    Yet, This triple threat match would still have been my opener, a decent match but outside of Rollins it’s an older fella and a Part-timer, big stars all of them, but it’s not my must watch and pay good money for this match-up. You get some big stars out first, a match you know will be decent storytelling and have Paul Heyman ready to pop at any second because he still owes Punk a favor, it’s a good crowd pumper, IMO.

    I’m also not big on John Cena and Cody, but I’m hoping but not betting on Cena to get that big win on Night 2.

    I know a lot of you are super anti-Punk, and I get that, but WWE metrics show he’s still a big draw with the crowd that can afford tickets and merch which I assume is why he got put in this position.