The Rock comes back to the WWE

[Dpantherman]

[YoungPanthers89]

Badass, lol people keep saying it's undertaker.

[Dpantherman]

He didn't have tattoos on his arms

[Dpantherman]

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[RedMage138]

It clearly isn't Taker. Anybody else in the Raleigh area going to SmackDown tomorrow night?

[methodtoll]

So far the rumours are Undertaker, Jericho, one of the McMahons, or, believe or not, Jeff Hardy for the 1/2/12 return. My best bet is Jericho and it makes sense because when he came to the WWE in 1999, it was the Y2K scare that got people hyped. Fast forward to 2012, when world is suppose to end and the cryptic videos playing that has a very world-ending theme, it all seems like a Jericho themed promo.

[Get_on_my_horse]

So far the rumours are Undertaker, Jericho, one of the McMahons, or, believe or not, Jeff Hardy for the 1/2/12 return. My best bet is Jericho and it makes sense because when he came to the WWE in 1999, it was the Y2K scare that got people hyped. Fast forward to 2012, when world is suppose to end and the cryptic videos playing that has a very world-ending theme, it all seems like a Jericho themed promo.

Love Jericho, makes a great heel.

[methodtoll]

Love Jericho, makes a great heel.

Yeah I hear if it indeed Jericho then he will fued with Punk

[Get_on_my_horse]

Yeah I hear if it indeed Jericho then he will fued with Punk

Yeah i'm down with that. Both guys are great with the mic and in the ring.

[iamcline]

yay, another Jericho return. blah. He had his run, bringing him back 25 times isn't going to give him any more heat.

[Wanderlai]

The WWE needs someone who can draw besides Cena or the old guard. Punk can't, Orton can't, hell there isn't anyone besides those 2. WWE are turning to Kane, Jericho, and the Rock? I was a huge fan during the Attitude era/MNW saga and I still DVR WWE and TNA but nothings interesting. The best thing that had my interest was the Nexus/Wade Barrett storyline but that was killed off. Even the start of the Punk going rogue was interesting and it was killed after a few weeks. I really wonder why the writers can't come up with something good.

[Catalyst]

Because there are too many of them. What made the attitude era work was Vince Russo was a great raw ideas guy and Vince McMahon would act as his filter. Together they were great. Now you've got two teams of writers and everything is just a clusterfug.

[RedMage138]

The brand split hurts but I put a lot less emphasis on the stories and a lot more on the in ring action. I'm a fan of Punk/Danielson/etc because they're good workers in the ring. It helps that Punk is good on the mic too but that's not where my rooting interests lie.

There is a great crop of young talent in Tyson Kidd, Evan Bourne, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, Zack Ryder, Cody Rhodes, Drew McIntyre, Antonio Cesaro that are ready to take over for the aging vets but don't or haven't been given that opportunity yet. I'm interested in seeing how Ziggler does during his main event run to see how he works as a headlining heel because we've already seen that he and Punk can put on great matches.

The real problem with the product lies in the fact that WWE puts more emphasis on how the wrestlers look and work on the mic over there actual in ring ability. At the SmackDown live event here in Raleigh a few weeks ago the best actual match was Tyson Kidd vs. Evan Bourne and it was the dark match before the Superstars tapings.

[methodtoll]

POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT

Jericho spotted in Tennessee where RAW is taking place.