Will CM Punk confront The Shield tonight ?

[El T Draino 316]

I think Wade will call out Dallas....maybe they'll relegate that to SD though.
If Big Show moves anywhere it will likely be retirement via the buffet table. I just don't see what's left to him. Oh yeah, he has one more face turn in him.....which nobody will give a shit about since he's debased himself with all his whinging in the past year or so.
I'd like to see Zigs vs Jericho for the WHC at WM.
Randy will turn and go after ADR.

Ziggs vs Jericho for the WHC would be my favorite option at the moment for that title picture. Not exactly sure how that pans out. Possibilities:

1. Jericho wins the title at EC. Ziggler announces his cash-in and challenges him at Mania. It's a very babyface move, but Dolph's so cocky and eager for the spotlight it would kinda make sense for his character to do.
2. Ziggler is in the Chamber, loses, and cashes-in directly after his loss - same night.
3. Ziggler isn't in the Chamber, cashes in and wins at the PPV or on TV. Hmm.

Haha. Big Show really has ran his course. Slowly and with a lot of pressure on his knees, he's ran his course. I'm in agreement with the popular belief that he'll let Ryback go over him at Mania. Meanwhile, Michael Cole shits himself with the thought of saying "RYBACKS BIGGEST MEAL YET".

[Robstar]

Duuude, NICE. This would actually be great. It fits storyline-wise, keeps the Shield in the spot-light, and gets us closer to Rock vs Cena (meh). And you can just hear Vince's drool hitting the floor at the idea of Rock and Cena battling Punk and the Shield inside a chamber? Cena would defend the Rock because, "He's thought about that rematch every day since Miami, bla bla bla. It has to be against you Rock, no one else, bla bla bla."

Lastly, filling those 6 slots with those 6 guys opens the WHC match to be quite star studded. Del Rio, Orton, Ryback, Big Show, Y2J, Sheamus, Miz, and Ziggler all come to mind (and yes, I know that's 8).

Then for the rest of the time until WM, Cena protects Rocks title by interfering all the while teasing the heel turn. Get to WM, Cena goes over, they shake hands, Cena does some speech about how he's sorry for all the mucking, Rock validates him - BOOM, Cena is the face face of the company again and Rock goes on his merry way.

I'd love for them to do a mystery chamber for the WHC or at the very least, number 1 contendership. Put Lesnar in to win it perhaps. Use it to turn Sin Cara and Rey on each other - not that anyone cares at this point. Or give the win to Jericho and have Zigs cash in and there you have your WM rematch for the belt - in which Zigs goes over.

[Robstar]

Ziggs vs Jericho for the WHC would be my favorite option at the moment for that title picture. Not exactly sure how that pans out. Possibilities:

1. Jericho wins the title at EC. Ziggler announces his cash-in and challenges him at Mania. It's a very babyface move, but Dolph's so cocky and eager for the spotlight it would kinda make sense for his character to do.
2. Ziggler is in the Chamber, loses, and cashes-in directly after his loss - same night.
3. Ziggler isn't in the Chamber, cashes in and wins at the PPV or on TV. Hmm.

Haha. Big Show really has ran his course. Slowly and with a lot of pressure on his knees, he's ran his course. I'm in agreement with the popular belief that he'll let Ryback go over him at Mania. Meanwhile, Michael Cole shits himself with the thought of saying "RYBACKS BIGGEST MEAL YET".

Ninja'd me!

[El T Draino 316]

Ninja'd me!

Ha, hardly on purpose. I was just rambling off possibilities. I think you're onto something with Cena sort-of protecting the Rock over the next few weeks, effectively hand picking him as his Mania opponent. That could be an interesting/unique dynamic. I don't recall a storyline where one opponent protected the other leading up to a match.

[GreatMuta4life]

Champions have an automatic rematch clause in their contract, right? And if any champion deserves his rematch, it's Punk after his historic reign. We'll likely see the rematch signed for EC, or maybe even on Raw.

My hunch all along has been that Jericho is behind The Shield. Even while he's away, he shows his influence on WWE. He tried to screw The Rock because he knew he could beat him for the championship(he did beat him and Stone Cold in the same night, let us not forget) and he wanted to beat Punk for title after he, theoretically, won the Rumble. Theres a million ways they could run with this story-wise.

On a side note, anyone else bothered by the fact that Punk got pinned after just a spine buster and the people's elbow!? It made Punk look weak and it was just kind of an anti-climax, especially since Punk was on the offense for 95% of the match. I was ok with The Rock winning, but not the long title reign ending like that. I think we might see the rematch at EC, and it'll be the 4 star match I was expecting last night.

[browne81]

I think Wade will call out Dallas....maybe they'll relegate that to SD though.
If Big Show moves anywhere it will likely be retirement via the buffet table. I just don't see what's left to him. Oh yeah, he has one more face turn in him.....which nobody will give a shit about since he's debased himself with all his whinging in the past year or so.
I'd like to see Zigs vs Jericho for the WHC at WM.
Randy will turn and go after ADR.

I disagree with the big show face turn comment. No matter what a person does he can always turn face/heel. Look how many times Hogan had flipped flopped.

[Robstar]

Champions have an automatic rematch clause in their contract, right? And if any champion deserves his rematch, it's Punk after his historic reign. We'll likely see the rematch signed for EC, or maybe even on Raw.

My hunch all along has been that Jericho is behind The Shield. Even while he's away, he shows his influence on WWE. He tried to screw The Rock because he knew he could beat him for the championship(he did beat him and Stone Cold in the same night, let us not forget) and he wanted to beat Punk for title after he, theoretically, won the Rumble. Theres a million ways they could run with this story-wise.

On a side note, anyone else bothered by the fact that Punk got pinned after just a spine buster and the people's elbow!? It made Punk look weak and it just kind of an anti-climax, especially since Punk was on the offense for 95% of the match. I was ok with The Rock winning, but not the long title reign ending like that. I think we might see the rematch at EC, and it it'll the 4 star match I was expecting last night.

Firstly....great sig.

Sometimes they gloss over the rematch thing. Since they're not really "champions" of anything and therefore, no "championship contract" exists containing a "rematch clause", they're not obliged to really do anything along those lines. Bob Backlund never got his rematch with The Iron Sheik, Ricky Steamboat didn't get one with Honky Tonk Man, Hulk Hogan didn't get one with Ultimate Warrior. And so on. It's just a plot device they use. And they may or may not use it here.

[Robstar]

I disagree with the big show face turn comment. No matter what a person does he can always turn face/heel. Look how many times Hogan had flipped flopped.

I meant if he retires, he will go out as a face.

[browne81]

Champions have an automatic rematch clause in their contract, right? And if any champion deserves his rematch, it's Punk after his historic reign. We'll likely see the rematch signed for EC, or maybe even on Raw.

My hunch all along has been that Jericho is behind The Shield. Even while he's away, he shows his influence on WWE. He tried to screw The Rock because he knew he could beat him for the championship(he did beat him and Stone Cold in the same night, let us not forget) and he wanted to beat Punk for title after he, theoretically, won the Rumble. Theres a million ways they could run with this story-wise.

On a side note, anyone else bothered by the fact that Punk got pinned after just a spine buster and the people's elbow!? It made Punk look weak and it was just kind of an anti-climax, especially since Punk was on the offense for 95% of the match. I was ok with The Rock winning, but not the long title reign ending like that. I think we might see the rematch at EC, and it'll be the 4 star match I was expecting last night.

Punk looked weak long before the spine buster. He looked weak around the time ryback continually kicked his butt. only to be screwed oh and lets not forget his fluky win against cena. yeah punk has looked weak for along time now.

[Lowki]

Champions have an automatic rematch clause in their contract, right? And if any champion deserves his rematch, it's Punk after his historic reign. We'll likely see the rematch signed for EC, or maybe even on Raw.

My hunch all along has been that Jericho is behind The Shield. Even while he's away, he shows his influence on WWE. He tried to screw The Rock because he knew he could beat him for the championship(he did beat him and Stone Cold in the same night, let us not forget) and he wanted to beat Punk for title after he, theoretically, won the Rumble. Theres a million ways they could run with this story-wise.

On a side note, anyone else bothered by the fact that Punk got pinned after just a spine buster and the people's elbow!? It made Punk look weak and it was just kind of an anti-climax, especially since Punk was on the offense for 95% of the match. I was ok with The Rock winning, but not the long title reign ending like that. I think we might see the rematch at EC, and it'll the 4 star match I was expecting last night.

Good jericho theory, i like it. Kind of basically been the puppet master behind it all.

On the punk v rock ending, no it doesn't make Punk look weak. The people's elbow has beaten everyone from Austin, to Hogan to the Undertaker. If they lose to it, there's no shame in punk. The thing that made punk look weak was like you said, 95% of the offence. I think the reason for all the offence was that the Rock visibly blew up early. He just seemed very sluggish, which would be understandable given his lack of in ring time and his schedule.