Yes, the "rant" as you like to put it is necessary. It's time to move on and accept the fact that The Rock is no longer a wrestler and never will be again. He's a major movie star commanding milions of dollars for each flick he stars in, no longer a wrestler.
And he couldn't be persuaded to wrestle a match at WrestleMania? Floyd Mayweather is a professional boxer, Mickey Rourke is an actor who just came off when of the best films in recent history, but they were both somehow persuaded to appear at Mania. You don't believe that the Rock wouldn't return for one night to the business that made him for a WrestleMania match? I don't think it's anywhere near out of the realm of possibility that the Rock would appear at WrestleMania, be it 26, 27, or 28.
It's also time to accept the fact that Bret Hart won't wrestle again because he had a damn stroke and can barely walk normally.
Well, obviously. He could be in a non wrestling role, of course, but he'd never work for Vince again. Hence why he'll be working in ROH in the near future.
It's also time to accept that fact that Stone Cold's neck is so mangled that he will never perform in a ring again.
The same goes for Stone Cold as it goes for Bret, he could appear in a non wrestling role. And it's far more likely that he will, considering he has a better relationship with the company.
It's also time to accept that the PG rating is here to stay and that the Atitude Era has come and gone.
Not really, actually. The PG rating is, at best, temporary. There's two potential outcomes of the PG era - the planned outcome and the failure outcome. The planned outcome is thus: Vince is doing the PG rating to build a fanbase. Once he feels he's built a fanbase (although he clearly isn't seeing as how ratings are dropping), but once his senility allows him to think he has a fanbase, he'll wait for the kids he's attracted to the product to grow up and then transition to TV 14 again. The PG rating is targeted at an 8-12 demo, insofar as I can tell, so in 4-5 years it will be time to up the rating to TV 14. So "here to stay" isn't so much true as it is "here for another couple of years". The failure outcome is that Vince realizes that what he's doing is rather silly, and that if he ups the rating to TV14 and targets an 18-49 demo, kids will watch anyway, and he'll capture another audience. So, at worst, the PG rating lasts 5 years, at best, it lasts much less.
I'm all for speculation and trying to guess or imagine who the next ___ (fill in the blank) might be, but be realistic when doing so.
Realism is boring. Rampant speculation is entertainment.
Every time something "big" is in the works, whether it's a new GM, a surprise guest or a spectacular return... the first names dropped are The Rock, Stone Cold or Bret Hart.
imagine people should be attracted to the thought that three of the greatest wrestlers ever might be returning.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN... so accept it and move on.
For 2 of the aforementioned 3, I think there's a possibility it might.
The real problem is once somebody brings up their names, a thread moves from specualtion and guesswork to unrealistic dreams.
There's a difference?
I would love to sleep with Mandy Moore, but guess what, it's not going to happen, no matter how much I speculate, guess or dream.
Live the dream, ZT, live the dream.
So I realize that my love life will have to center around non-famous, attractive females rather than famous, rich, supermodel good looking women.
Your low standards are what's killing you.
Why do you think the top posters in our forum stay away from the wrestling threads ??? Because they get tired of hearing the same stupid, lame ass comments about The Rock, Stone Cold or Bret Hart.
Well, I prefer to think it's because most people can't articulate a proper sentence, but fair enough. I've not personally seen a thread devolve as such, but maybe I just haven't looked. Point one out to me.
That's in addition to the rediculous comments made about Brian Kendrick, Shelton Benjamin or Festus being ready or able to carry the heavyweight strap.
People really believe Festus could be a world champion?
Just because wrestling is a work doesn't mean we have to come up with the most improbable of scenarios for every single topic or thread.
I don't see, exactly, how someone making a delusional prediction stops you from making a reasonable one. If someone believes Stone Cold, the Rock, or Bret Hart will return, and they comment that hey, perhaps the new GM is the Rock, does that stop you from suggesting the more logical alternative that there is no GM and that Vince McMahon will just run things? Of course not. I don't see the necessity behind telling people to stop it, because all they're doing is expressing hope for a better product.
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