If just for one night, People Power returned. It was glorious, I admit. Sure, it got squashed out by The Rock, but it was great to see John Laurinaitis come out and actually bring up the past. He has beef with John Cena, just the same as Rock does. Hell, his beef is greater. Cena cost him his job. All Cena did to Rock was call him some names and win a chance at his title.
But in refusing Laurinaitis' advances, did Rock seal his own fate? It's obvious that Laurinaitis wants an in on this match. He wants an in back into WWE. Why else would he come back, or better yet, why else would he interject himself so closely to Mania? I mean, this isn't Piper's Pit happening a month out from Mania. It almost feels like that this isn't the end of the Rock/Cena saga. Instead, it feels like it's the beginning of something else.
Many people have pointed out Cena's tone, cadence, and material Monday pointing towards him going bad. He was compared to Steve Austin, but what higher power would Cena sell out to if this story was the analogue? Well, bam, John Laurinaitis has a lot of sway. If he could get the support of the WWE Champion, well, he could get a lot of his former standing back. So, Rocky, by refusing Laurinaitis' advances and dropping the elbow, may have sealed his fate.
Sure, this could all just be one, bony, greasy red herring. WWE feels like they're a company that leads one way just to go with something different. In this case, the heel tease and Laurinaitis might just be a smokescreen for Cena to win at Mania in the way he always seems to do. But if this foreshadowing is correct, then the traps are being set and the plot is thickened.
Now, the rest of the show was kinda dull. Good wrestling in spots, but dull. However, just as he did before, John Laurinaitis, in the most unassuming manner ever, made sense of everything. Slowly, but surely, WrestleMania might seem worth getting excited for.
But in refusing Laurinaitis' advances, did Rock seal his own fate? It's obvious that Laurinaitis wants an in on this match. He wants an in back into WWE. Why else would he come back, or better yet, why else would he interject himself so closely to Mania? I mean, this isn't Piper's Pit happening a month out from Mania. It almost feels like that this isn't the end of the Rock/Cena saga. Instead, it feels like it's the beginning of something else.
Many people have pointed out Cena's tone, cadence, and material Monday pointing towards him going bad. He was compared to Steve Austin, but what higher power would Cena sell out to if this story was the analogue? Well, bam, John Laurinaitis has a lot of sway. If he could get the support of the WWE Champion, well, he could get a lot of his former standing back. So, Rocky, by refusing Laurinaitis' advances and dropping the elbow, may have sealed his fate.
Sure, this could all just be one, bony, greasy red herring. WWE feels like they're a company that leads one way just to go with something different. In this case, the heel tease and Laurinaitis might just be a smokescreen for Cena to win at Mania in the way he always seems to do. But if this foreshadowing is correct, then the traps are being set and the plot is thickened.
Now, the rest of the show was kinda dull. Good wrestling in spots, but dull. However, just as he did before, John Laurinaitis, in the most unassuming manner ever, made sense of everything. Slowly, but surely, WrestleMania might seem worth getting excited for.
