How would you book The Rock at Summerslam & Survivor Series?

[rge2010]

WWE apparently want The Rock to feature at both these PPV's. That makes sense as these are the last 2 big events on the PPV Calendar for 2011.

While I would love to see The Rock have a few tune up matches before his highly anticipated match at WM28 against Cena, I think it would take away from the anticipation of seeing The Rock back in the ring so unfortunately we are only going to see him in the ring to cut promos, do some beatdowns and a wear a Ref shirt.

It would definately make sense for The Rock to be a special guest referee in a Cena title match. Maybe have him Ref the rumoured Title bout between Cena and Del Rio. I think Del Rio and The Rock could have some nice promos leading up to it.

I would also have The Rock at Survivor Series as the manager of a team against Cena as manager of a team. How to take them both out of the match? Have the GM or Vinny Mac state they are both fired if they lay hands on each other as alot riding on WM28...doesnt want them to hurt each other and put the match in jepordy - fairly stupid and plot holes but WWE is stupid anyway.

 

[The Mighty Tiger]

The Rock being apart of a few matches would help raise the excitement for his match against Cena IMO. If The Rock had a match or two beforehand it would give Rock the opportunity to show that he could still go in the ring & that he has been preparing himself for Cena. I don't think its a good idea just to build the match off nostalgia alone, people need to feel like The Rock maybe coming back for one last run & that he wants to be champion again, at this point it just feels to obvious that he is gonna lose.

If The Rock's schedule would allow it I would book him in a feud/match against The Miz at Summerslam. Rock can come out & just before he really gets into his promo Miz can come out & talk about how his misfortune started when the has been showed back up to Host at his Wrestlemania. He could talk about how noone cared about him losing his title because everybody was to focussed on celebrating The Rock's B-Day. The Miz then can say that I'm gonna prove that you are washed up & a has been because your gonna face me at SummerSlam.

At Survivor Series they can have Team Cena vs Team Rock. This could be a good way to get over some of the younger talent. They could have all the 2nd & 3rd generation superstars on Rock's side for obvious reasons & have some of the other young talent that could use a push on Cena's side.

 

[xoxo French Kiss xoxo]

I wouldn't of booked him into the main event of WM28 next year if I could not guarantee he would be able to build to the story at some point this year.

He should be involved in a Tag match of some sorts at Summer Slam

Team Bring It vs Team Never Give Up at Survivor series isn't a bad idea on paper, but who could you really put on a team with Super Cena and the Big Bad Blabber Mouthed Rock? If their both captains and cant wrestle whats the point of them having teams? Who's the heel/face team in this story line? What happens after this story line/match that continues to build up their story at WM28 NEXT YEAR?

many questions arise in the clusterfuck that is know as the Main Event of WM28 and weather or not the Rock will be worth the time their giving him when the event comes up next year

 

[The Mighty Tiger]

I'd love to see Rock screw Cena, but it makes no sense, from the Rocks POV, Since he would have a chance to be WWE champion

Yeah I agree The Rock costing Cena the title would be a bad look, it made sense when he did it at Wrestlemania cause he wasn't apart of that match, but seeing as he could have a guaranteed title shot why would he mess that up? Just wouldn't make sense, if anything Rock would make sure Cena doesn't get screwed in his matches just so the match can stay for the title.

 

[Robbo89]

I can see the opposite to the rock screwing cena, I honestly think he will help cena retain his title at summerslam. Cena will be left confused to why rock did it and then at survivor series rock screws cena, leaving more mystery in cena's head.

Then when the Rumble comes, Rock finally helps cena regain the title again. after the match rock bottom to cena, "I'll see you at wrestlemania, and when the rock AND THE MILLIONS (AND MILLIONS) of rocks fans leave miami at wrestlemania we will show you just why we bring it and we will take that WWE title from around your waist"


If WWE want Rock vs Cena for the title, cena cannot hold the title until then without any confrontation with the rock, and without losing the title to give somebody else a push for the future

 

[Shakin' Abe]

YAWN......I may be the only wrestling fan that could not care less about the Rock or what the WWE does with him. I know Cena and the Rock will do well at WM but do we really have to be put thru some PPV's with his lame wrestling? Ever see the Rock throw a left? If so, please tell me which match. I'd love to see it. I mean, I'm sure he'd actually hurt someone by accident if he did throw a left. You can mail in ALL of his matches and interchange all of his opponents...it NEVER changes.

 

[SickJames]

The most sensible thing to do for ppl who actually contemplated getting rid of an awesome event like Survivor Series is to have TEAM ROCK vs TEAM CENA and they can get their hands on one another in the ring that way to have some more material for the highlight package before their match at Mania
Team Bring It vs Team CeNation yeah

thats an automatic main event TRADITIONAL 5 ON 5 SURVIVOR SERIES ELIMINATION TAG TEAM MATCH that will sell over the World title match since Cena will still hold the WWE title

and as for SummerSlam they'll want Cena to defend the belt, I had a Rock 'N Sock vs Cena & ??? idea but TNA took that out the window

anyhow the best thing to do is have Rock be the Special Guest Referee for Cena's title defense to tease the fans

and at any point between now and Mania you have to have Rock and Cena on Piper's Pit or The Highlight Reel ater Y2J returns next year


maybe both

and The Rock and Cena are both working on movies every so often that if I were WWE I'd release Cena's next movie on the exact same date as The Rock's next year before Mania and have them both promoted as a Battle in the Box Office before their WrestleMania 28 title fight


that could be the best thing outside the ropes to promote Mania!



let's also not forget The Royal Rumble, I mean what if Miz won and demanded to face Cena, but Cena said no because he wants The Rock 1 on 1 but Miz tried to make it a Triple Threat, I'm not saying they should, I agree it would suck, but I dont believe anyone has thought of that yet that if Cena keeps it a year the RR Winner could fuck up Cena/Rock and try to get involved

that could be apart of a plan of sorts to throw us off

can you imagine if they had Taker win the rumble and face Rock and Cena

 

[Rock Bottom]

I don't think it would be a good idea to have The Rock wrestle before Mania, would take away from the significance of his match with Cena. Not sure how having him as a special guest referee would work as it would make no sense for him to screw himself out of a title shot so it would be too predictable.

Unless Cena loses the title before The Rock gets involved and The Rock gets to pick his opponent at the next PPV. I am sure The Rock will get involved with Cena somehow but I am really not sure how they can do this and preserve the occasion of their match at mania. Should be interesting to see if the booking team can actually come up with something good.

How about Team Cena v Team Rock in an Elimination match, without the two involved, to decide who gets to choose a stipulation for their match at Mania. Then again I don't think their match needs a stipulation, so I am really not sure whether this would work!

 

[reed214]

knowing that we will only get a few raw's if he even shows up on these 2 pay per views, booking a tag match with cena vs miz/del rio wouldnt be too bad and could probably work.throw in truth and morrison and rey and someone for a classic survivor series match wouldnt be too bad either, so the other guys in that match can carry the promos.

the rock having feuds with the miz or del rio or someone else wouldnt make sense if he will only be around a few times, and cena saying he will be wrestling the rock at wrestlemania already tells everyone that cena is going to win the match. at survivor series rock can get cena with a chair or miz's briefcase...kind of like a hogan/savage slow roast of a build

 

[DethMetal]

Summerslam: I know that this is highly unlikely, but let's say Triple H comes back and feuds with Cena. He ends up taking the belt. he and Rock have a 13 year anniversary ladder match, just for nostalgia. 1998: The Intercontinental Championship; 2011: The WWE Championship.

Survivor Series: Team Attitude v. Team...whatever they're called. Have guys of the old garb like Taker, Kane, Show and HHH against guys like Orton, Sin Cara(or Rey, which ever floats your boat), Miz, Morrrison, and McIntyre.

...I can dream, can't I?

 

[SickJames]

Summerslam: I know that this is highly unlikely, but let's say Triple H comes back and feuds with Cena. He ends up taking the belt. he and Rock have a 13 year anniversary ladder match, just for nostalgia. 1998: The Intercontinental Championship; 2011: The WWE Championship.

Survivor Series: Team Attitude v. Team...whatever they're called. Have guys of the old garb like Taker, Kane, Show and HHH against guys like Orton, Sin Cara(or Rey, which ever floats your boat), Miz, Morrrison, and McIntyre.

...I can dream, can't I?

Damn that crossed my mind but slipped it when posting, I back this 100%
it makes sense to book Rock and HHH

think about it, you cant do Austin, well you could but if he wrestles again it should be Punk or Orton

anyway, you book that at SummerSlam, that could be a non-title marquee match that sells along with Cena whoever and the World title bout

just have the Raw GM end up being Steph or Nash, remember the Raw GM was suppose to deal with The Rock after he never let the messages of the Raw GM get out on Raw, WrestleMania then his birthday he did what he did to Cole, I just feel they should follow up since the Raw GM did on record say "I'll deal with The Rock later"

that could set up The Rock vs Triple H one more time

OR

The Rock vs Randy Orton, 3rd Generation Superstar vs 3rd Generation Superstar

think about it, The Rock eventually will and has to return to Smackdown! live, and to take on the top face there before Cena next year would help SD! out in ratings, or maybe he'll come back on the Anniversary, live edition of SD!


I just know he eventually has to go back to SD! to HIS SHOW before Mania


but those two matches among others would be nice. Or they could wait until 2012, as much as putting over Cena makes sense you could always have Rock's tenth title win come at the loss of Cena's current tenth title, having Rock winning would be explosive as well because ppl would be like, damn, he's the champ... he really is back. then you could have him say, Cena, we fought and The Rock whooped that candy ass now I'm done with you

have The Rock say he's moving on, then you can either have Cena win the RR, or I'd have Cena say every big match needs a rematch, then have him challenge The Rock at WrestleMania 29

So now Rock says, dont worry... I'll have the title by then, you're on


So now you've got Rock vs Orton, Rock vs HHH, Rock vs Taker, Rock vs Y2J, Rock vs CM Punk, Rock vs The Miz... you have this and you can work these in within that year, I think it'd be nice if we got The Rock this year as a special attraction, BUT... next year you saw matches he's had one last time and see him fight new stars, to really help put them over, then it'd also your FINAL time to see The Rock wrestle, in every city, every week. ONE LAST TIME, Like Michael Jackson wouldve toured that last time, it just makes sense to have him go fulltime one last year, have WM29 be Career vs Title

or just have it be a normal thing and Rock says the next night on Raw after WM29, okay... you beat me, I'll leave, you're the man now. I respect you



but really, IF, I dont think he will, but could go 22-0 and leave at WM30, IF Taker was still around Rock could wrestle Cena, beat him WM28, lose WM29 and fight Taker at WM30. As much as I think no match other than Austin/Rock should be 3 times at Mania and that WM30's main draw will be Cena vs Orton, the two top guys as it should be, you could have Rock win @ 28, Cena win @ 29 and Rock go out at WM30 to Cena in a final showdown


but as far as SummerSlam, it's a toss up, Survivor Series is a lock, Team Rock vs Team Cena, and it wont hurt the match at Mania if they are active in the match, who really wants to see them as outside captains like Austin and Bischoff rather than them in the ring getting here and there physical OR NEARLY physical


but SummerSlam could do wonders with Rock vs HHH, maybe not a ladder match, but just a singles match, one more time, The Rock will ask HHH if he wants to go... and he'll say, Rock... I would love to go.

 

[SickJames]

Damn that crossed my mind but slipped it when posting, I back this 100%
it makes sense to book Rock and HHH

think about it, you cant do Austin, well you could but if he wrestles again it should be Punk or Orton

anyway, you book that at SummerSlam, that could be a non-title marquee match that sells along with Cena whoever and the World title bout

just have the Raw GM end up being Steph or Nash, remember the Raw GM was suppose to deal with The Rock after he never let the messages of the Raw GM get out on Raw, WrestleMania then his birthday he did what he did to Cole, I just feel they should follow up since the Raw GM did on record say "I'll deal with The Rock later"

that could set up The Rock vs Triple H one more time

OR

The Rock vs Randy Orton, 3rd Generation Superstar vs 3rd Generation Superstar

think about it, The Rock eventually will and has to return to Smackdown! live, and to take on the top face there before Cena next year would help SD! out in ratings, or maybe he'll come back on the Anniversary, live edition of SD!


I just know he eventually has to go back to SD! to HIS SHOW before Mania


but those two matches among others would be nice. Or they could wait until 2012, as much as putting over Cena makes sense you could always have Rock's tenth title win come at the loss of Cena's current tenth title, having Rock winning would be explosive as well because ppl would be like, damn, he's the champ... he really is back. then you could have him say, Cena, we fought and The Rock whooped that candy ass now I'm done with you

have The Rock say he's moving on, then you can either have Cena win the RR, or I'd have Cena say every big match needs a rematch, then have him challenge The Rock at WrestleMania 29

So now Rock says, dont worry... I'll have the title by then, you're on


So now you've got Rock vs Orton, Rock vs HHH, Rock vs Taker, Rock vs Y2J, Rock vs CM Punk, Rock vs The Miz... you have this and you can work these in within that year, I think it'd be nice if we got The Rock this year as a special attraction, BUT... next year you saw matches he's had one last time and see him fight new stars, to really help put them over, then it'd also your FINAL time to see The Rock wrestle, in every city, every week. ONE LAST TIME, Like Michael Jackson wouldve toured that last time, it just makes sense to have him go fulltime one last year, have WM29 be Career vs Title

or just have it be a normal thing and Rock says the next night on Raw after WM29, okay... you beat me, I'll leave, you're the man now. I respect you



but really, IF, I dont think he will, but could go 22-0 and leave at WM30, IF Taker was still around Rock could wrestle Cena, beat him WM28, lose WM29 and fight Taker at WM30. As much as I think no match other than Austin/Rock should be 3 times at Mania and that WM30's main draw will be Cena vs Orton, the two top guys as it should be, you could have Rock win @ 28, Cena win @ 29 and Rock go out at WM30 to Cena in a final showdown


but as far as SummerSlam, it's a toss up, Survivor Series is a lock, Team Rock vs Team Cena, and it wont hurt the match at Mania if they are active in the match, who really wants to see them as outside captains like Austin and Bischoff rather than them in the ring getting here and there physical OR NEARLY physical


but SummerSlam could do wonders with Rock vs HHH, maybe not a ladder match, but just a singles match, one more time, The Rock will ask HHH if he wants to go... and he'll say, Rock... I would love to go.

Why the hell cant we edit anymore?

anyway Rock vs Orton @ SummerSlam for the World title is unlikely, but would make it bigger if Rock won and the Cena/Rock match became a unification match

and they could unify the IC & US belts into just IC @ SS



Rock vs HHH- SummerSlam
Team Rock vs Team Cena- Survivor Series
Rock vs Orton- Royal Rumble if Orton wanted to have Rock put his shot against Cena on the line or something could be another line up

 

[Reddog1146]

I would have the Rock have a feud with a heel at Summerslam and i would choose the mixz. They seem to have some unfinished business together and it could show that the rock can still make great matches after seven years out of the ring.

He could win the match and then interfere in the Cena title match as the opponent is getting the upper hand to keep the match for WM28. It would make no sense seeing the rock screw cena out of the title. Or cena can win on his own, then have the rock come out as cena is celebrating and the PPV with tham having a stare off with cena holding the title above his head. Pretty good finish to a big PPV.

 

[Spillz3000]

I definitely think The Rock should have a match or two before next mania if anything to get rid of the ring rust. I understand he has a busy schedule but we need to see something out of The Rock before Mania so we can be even more invested in the match and make sure the Brahma Bull can go.

As far as Summerslam I do like The Miz idea and hope they go with that. Definitely seems logical.
Survivor Series is a great idea. Team Rock vs. Team Cena it definitely gives the Rock enough in ring activity that he doesn't give away too much but at the same time can show he can still go. Now I don't know how I would set up the teams but I definitely know a way Orton can get onto Cena's team which could potential build a filler for The Rock if his schedule allows.

The Rock would finally go on Smackdown as lets say the Raw prior him and Cena said they were going scour both brands in search of the perfect teammate. Backstage Orton can be talking about a match he is about to have and The Rock interrupts him. The Rock will go on and on about how he is impressed with Orton and how he is doing a good job representing The Rock's show. Orton takes great exception to that comment and goes on about how it's his show now and The Rock has some nerve being away from the business as long as he has and still claiming he owns anything around here. Before The Rock can even ask Orton if he would like a spot on his team Orton says something along the lines of I don't really agree with Cena on a lot but he does have a point when it comes to you and that at Survivor Series he will be apart of Cena's team.

Now the winner of the Mania match should definitely be the loser of the Survivor Series match. I'm thinking at the end of the Survivor Series match it will be The Rock as the last man on his team vs. Cena and Orton as the last men on their team. Somehow during the last showdown The Rock avoids an rko and hits a Rock bottom and eliminates Randy Orton. Orton can either be beside himself with Anger and just RKO The Rock right then and there or distract the ref to give enough time that when the Rock turns around bam AA and Team Cena wins.

Randy Orton then runs back in to celebrate with Cena for a bit with both raising their belts and what not. Then Orton realizes Rock is still recovering and Orton backs into a corner ready to punt The Rock. Just as Randy is about to do it Cena slides out the ring and pulls The Rock out before he gets punted and Survivor Series can end with Orton and Rock starting each other down and Cena looking on in disbelief.

Now that scenario will only work if Rock can fit a mini-feud into his schedule and if he can then The Rock can go into a feud with Orton leading into TLC or Royal Rumble and anytime The Rock interacts with Cena he can tell Cena that he isn't going to be the only person going into their mania match with The Gold blah blah blah. I think The Rock and Orton can have a good mini-feud being the old face of smackdown vs. the new face of it. Now logically both Cena and Orton can't go into Mania as champs cause then the Rumble has a huge what if factor but a lot of booking possibilities are there as the fans wonder will they both be champs or will The Rock be champ as opposed to Cena or will none of them be champ by the time the match comes.

Lots of possibilities if The Rock can free his schedule up to have a few matches leading towards mania. The Survivor Series match can give an additional 8 people a huge rub working with the likes of Rock and Cena. The Rock and Orton mini-feud can do even more wonders to solidify Orton from Legend Killer to Legend. Hey a guy can dream can't he.

 

[Dagger Dias]

There's a nearly endless number of things WWE can do with The Rock at either show. At Summerslam I would make him a special guest referee in Cena's match, which will probably be defending the WWE Championship against Del Rio. Then at Survivor Series I'd book Rock as a team captain in a Survivor Series elimination match to be the sole survivor and use that momentum to send a message to Cena, who would probably be defending the WWE Champion against (insert random heel here). This way Rock has something to do at both shows without facing Cena one on one yet, and it could further the buildup to their match.

 

[MetalBuffalo911]

Summerslam:
I would have The Rock maybe be in a squash match against Michael Cole or a Michael Cole crony or something. Michael brings some reinforcements and Cena makes the save. Later that night Cena vs CM Punk, after the match Nexus attacks Cena and The Rock makes the save. End the show with a faceoff/AA or Rock Bottom.

Survivor Series:
I like the Idea of Team Cena vs Team Rock at Survivor Series. A mix of Heels and Faces on Both teams. It would be interesting to see them both assembling a team in the build up to it and maybe whoever's team wins they can pick some stipulation/special ref/gimmick for their WM match.

A little extra stuff I htink would be cool:

Royal Rumble:
Cena is in lets say final 6-8 guys, Rocky comes out and distracts him which leads to Cena's elimination.

Elimination Chamber:
The Rock cost Cena the title in the EC match saying that he isn't interested in titles blah blah blah. Maybe even have The Rock beat up Cena and someone cash MITB after the match.

I would hate to see this match at WM be for the title. It's big enough, why not make another match have more drawing power by making it for the title.

 

[Kofi/ZigglerClassic]

Every year, Summerslam has a mega match. Last year was Team Cena vs Nexus and the previous year was Punk/Hardy TLC. There is currently no mega match booked for this year's Summerslam. So if they use The Rock it should be for a mega match main event at Summerslam. Best bet would be to book him against The Miz, CM Punk (gold on the mic and incredible promos), Triple H, or even Randy Orton at Summerslam 2011.

At Survivor Series, put him in a special tag team match.

 

[Starchild]

There's a nearly endless number of things WWE can do with The Rock at either show. At Summerslam I would make him a special guest referee in Cena's match, which will probably be defending the WWE Championship against Del Rio. Then at Survivor Series I'd book Rock as a team captain in a Survivor Series elimination match to be the sole survivor and use that momentum to send a message to Cena, who would probably be defending the WWE Champion against (insert random heel here). This way Rock has something to do at both shows without facing Cena one on one yet, and it could further the buildup to their match.

You have some solid ideas in here Dagger. I agree with you that what makes the most sense of Summerslam is to have the Rock be special referee in Cena's world title match. Rumors say it's against Del Rio, but the opponent doesn't matter quite so much since what they're really doing here is building the epic confrontation between Cena and Rock that will take place next year. Obviously this would raise the question of if the Rock will screw Cena out the title again which will leave the finish in doubt, always a good thing. I don't know exactly what they plan on doing with Cena and the WWE title, but I seem to think he's going to hold it for awhile...perhaps not till Mania, but for awhile. Either way though, whether Rock screws Cena or not, people will be talking.

As for Survivor Series, I reiterate what I said in another thread about thinking the Rock knocking off some ring rust might be a good idea here. There's a few different opportunities that I think could work well in this scenario just depending on which they wanna talk, whether they actually want Rock to wrestle before Mania, etc. First off, what they will not do is have Cena captain a team vs Rock captaining a team. Physical altercation at times is fine, but I do not want to see these two wrestling until Mania, it'll increase the attraction and the year long build. So what I could see is Rock being captain of a 5 man team vs another group of 5, which may or may not be picked by Cena though he won't be participating himself. If the route WWE goes is to not have Rock be involved in a match, I think the best option is to have Cena pick 5 guys and Rock pick 5 guys for a traditional Survivor Series match for bragging rights where neither has to wrestle in the match.

So having just listed a few, obviously there are many directions that can be taken. I think some of the ones above would be some solid options in this slow-build until Mania.

 

[King Patrick Star]

If the Rock were to come back for the WWE’s other Big 3 PPVs, I would book him like this:

SummerSlam 2011: John Cena and the Rock vs. Randy Orton and Stone Cold Steve Austin. On the Raw side, between now and SummerSlam, Cena andRock could “build a mutual respect” for one another and decide to team up for an exhibition match at SummerSlam. On the Smackdown side, Orton can say something along the lines that he “killed” many Legends in the past, but the one Legend he has the utmost respect for is Stone Cold Steve Austin. As SummerSlam gets closer, the Rock and Austin have a confrontation, while the WWE Champion and the World Champion have one of their own. Imagine that Main Event. That would top Hogan / Beefcake vs. Savage / Zeus.

Survivor Series 2011: CeNation vs. Team Bring It. Not much has to be said about why this should happen. The only debate here is who would be on who’s team.

 

[Starchild]

SummerSlam 2011: John Cena and the Rock vs. Randy Orton and Stone Cold Steve Austin. On the Raw side, between now and SummerSlam, Cena andRock could “build a mutual respect” for one another and decide to team up for an exhibition match at SummerSlam. On the Smackdown side, Orton can say something along the lines that he “killed” many Legends in the past, but the one Legend he has the utmost respect for is Stone Cold Steve Austin. As SummerSlam gets closer, the Rock and Austin have a confrontation, while the WWE Champion and the World Champion have one of their own. Imagine that Main Event. That would top Hogan / Beefcake vs. Savage / Zeus.

This is something else that I had thought of for either Summerslam or Survivor Series really. I hadn't really considered getting Orton and Austin involved, but that would indeed be a huge match. The two biggest stars of the last era in mixed teams with the two biggest stars of the current era. The Summerslam buys would be off the charts I'd imagine.
The only problem with this is part of what you said...that Cena and Orton are the world champions. There is absolutely zero chance that neither of those titles are defended at the second largest event of the year, and only a small chance that one isn't with the only real way to accomplish that is to fuel the Cena/Rock program. So if both Cena and Orton happen to lose their titles by that time, then I think you might have something. Otherwise, I could see a teaming of Cena and Rock taking on a team perhaps of any duo comprised within Miz/Punk/Del Rio/or even a returning Jericho or Batista.

Just more proof to Dagger's point that the possibilities are endless here and there are so many that people would be excited to see.

 

[LoudClearVoice]

The Rock will not set foot in the ring as a competitor in an actual match until WM 28, I'm certain of it. They don't want the WM match to be stale. They want it to be the Rock's big return and final match.

With that said, I see him as the guest ref for the John Cena title match, whoever it's against.

The real question is, would they have The Rock cost Cena the belt? Do they go that route leading into WM or does The Rock help Cena win then on the next RAW explain that he wants Cena to be champion when they fight so he can win the belt?

There is a lot they can do with The Rock as guest ref, to build on the feud, without The Rock having to actually wrestle.

While a tag team match would be cool, it's not happening.