Max Power Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 "C.M. Punk: It's simple business. The Rock is in the main event at Wrestlemania cause it draws more money in one night then u will in a lifetime." - The Rock's response to Punk. So honest. Fixed. Not just Punk, but it probably goes for most of the roster. Â Its not true though, Wresltemania is what draws, not whos in the main event. Yeah of course having The Rock in the main event will help it draw better but if Rock pulled out and Punk took his place the show would still draw. Â It generally does, but there are occasions when it doesn't - look at 1997 for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted June 30, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2011 "C.M. Punk: It's simple business. The Rock is in the main event at Wrestlemania cause it draws more money in one night then u will in a lifetime." - The Rock's response to Punk. So honest. Fixed. Not just Punk, but it probably goes for most of the roster. Â Its not true though, Wresltemania is what draws, not whos in the main event. Yeah of course having The Rock in the main event will help it draw better but if Rock pulled out and Punk took his place the show would still draw. Â The Rock in that tweet isn't saying that Wrestlemania doesn't draw, he's saying that HE draws more than CM Punk does - it's clear he's talking about the additional selling value that such things as big-name main events add to what WM already draws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Dammer Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 "C.M. Punk: It's simple business. The Rock is in the main event at Wrestlemania cause it draws more money in one night then u will in a lifetime." - The Rock's response to Punk. So honest. Fixed. Not just Punk, but it probably goes for most of the roster. Â Its not true though, Wresltemania is what draws, not whos in the main event. Yeah of course having The Rock in the main event will help it draw better but if Rock pulled out and Punk took his place the show would still draw. Â The Rock in that tweet isn't saying that Wrestlemania doesn't draw, he's saying that HE draws more than CM Punk does - it's clear he's talking about the additional selling value that such things as big-name main events add to what WM already draws. Â No hes not, he said that hes headlining WM because he can draw more that one night than Punk in his whole career, which is completely false. If Punk was in The Rocks place the buy would only drop a small amount, if at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift89 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 "C.M. Punk: It's simple business. The Rock is in the main event at Wrestlemania cause it draws more money in one night then u will in a lifetime." - The Rock's response to Punk. So honest. Fixed. Not just Punk, but it probably goes for most of the roster. Â Its not true though, Wresltemania is what draws, not whos in the main event. Yeah of course having The Rock in the main event will help it draw better but if Rock pulled out and Punk took his place the show would still draw. Â The Rock in that tweet isn't saying that Wrestlemania doesn't draw, he's saying that HE draws more than CM Punk does - it's clear he's talking about the additional selling value that such things as big-name main events add to what WM already draws. Â No hes not, he said that hes headlining WM because he can draw more that one night than Punk in his whole career, which is completely false. If Punk was in The Rocks place the buy would only drop a small amount, if at all. Â The buy rate would drop considerably. The Rock was only hosting this year and the buy rate was up on previous years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted June 30, 2011 Moderators Share Posted June 30, 2011 No one thinking that Rock's tweet is simply a little dig to add something to the current storyline? Â Â Yeah, he's clearly just having a bit of fun. No need to over-analyse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Dammer Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Im not arguing that The Rock isnt joshing with Punk, I just dont agree with those saying hes correct, hes clearly not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift89 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Im not arguing that The Rock isnt joshing with Punk, I just dont agree with those saying hes correct, hes clearly not. Â You have exactly the same card but with a different main event. The Rock vs Cena would get around 200,000 more buys than CM Punk vs Cena. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Im not arguing that The Rock isnt joshing with Punk, I just dont agree with those saying hes correct, hes clearly not. Exactly. CM Punk is just as big a name as The Rock is. Â No one thinking that Rock's tweet is simply a little dig to add something to the current storyline? Fun? There's no fun in wrestling. OGS is serious business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McBride Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 And Punk won't add 200,000 buys to baseline over his entire career? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Dammer Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 And Punk won't add 200,000 buys to baseline over his entire career? Â Tudaaaaah. Here lies the point, The Rock wont add more than what CM Punk would make in a lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift89 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 And Punk won't add 200,000 buys to baseline over his entire career? Â It's debatable. At the moment he doesn't really add any buys. I believe there's hardly anyone that would buy a PPV on the basis that CM Punk is headlining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted June 30, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2011 EDIT: Ignore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted June 30, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted June 30, 2011 "C.M. Punk: It's simple business. The Rock is in the main event at Wrestlemania cause it draws more money in one night then u will in a lifetime." - The Rock's response to Punk. So honest. Fixed. Not just Punk, but it probably goes for most of the roster. Â Its not true though, Wresltemania is what draws, not whos in the main event. Yeah of course having The Rock in the main event will help it draw better but if Rock pulled out and Punk took his place the show would still draw. Â The Rock in that tweet isn't saying that Wrestlemania doesn't draw, he's saying that HE draws more than CM Punk does - it's clear he's talking about the additional selling value that such things as big-name main events add to what WM already draws. Â No hes not, he said that hes headlining WM because he can draw more that one night than Punk in his whole career, which is completely false. If Punk was in The Rocks place the buy would only drop a small amount, if at all. Â The bit in bold implies that you were saying that The Rock was claiming WM wouldn't draw without him. Â Also, there's no real way of knowing if either his or your statement is true or not: we don't really know how much Mania is likely to draw by itself this year, so we don't know whether Rock being in the main event would add significantly more value to it than Punk. However, given previous big-name matches that Rock's been in before, not to mention his movie star status, I don't think it's a massive stretch to say that the value he would add to the buyrate would be a few times that which Punk would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Are people actually debating a Tweet that the Rock made most probably as part of a storyline as if he were being serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swift89 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Are people actually debating a Tweet that the Rock made most probably as part of a storyline as if he were being serious? Â No, we know his tweet was not serious. We are just debating whether or not what he said could actually be fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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