Arguably the two best wrestlers in WWE, CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho easily could have been a simple rivalry. But as the weeks went on from the end of January, Chris Jericho started to make it personal by bringing CM Punk’s family into the equation. Sadly, these two didn’t perform their very best against one another at WrestleMania due to all the hype for Rock and Cena. Hopefully this Sunday in Chicago for WWE Extreme Rules, Punk and Jericho will get to showcase their quality in the main event! I guess we’ll have to wait until the actual show to see whether or not this will be the final match on the card. I’m hoping it will be.
I’m going for a CM Punk win. It’s time for Punk to ‘finish’ Jericho which will hopefully get Punk over more. Also, there’s so much more Punk can do before he loses the belt, a feud with Tensai seems logical, also with Brock Lesnar. So CM Punk to be victorious.
One has to wonder if these two will actually fight on the street? I get the reason behind ”Chicago Street Fight”, as it’s in Chicago, but it’s no different than an extreme rules match, unless of course they’re going to fight on an actual street. This never actually made sense to me by the way. Jericho was the one who suggested a ”Chicago Street Fight”, shouldn’t Punk of been the one to do that?
What I find most intriguing is how the match will end and if it’ll be the last we see of Jericho’s current WWE run. I can’t really see Jericho leaving WWE without winning a big match to be honest. Although, perhaps a draft to Smackdown is in prospect for Jericho? Who knows. We’ll have to wait and see.
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Bad news:(off topic; sorry, Ray) I just found out today that my company has lost our state contract. Starting July 1st, I’ll probably be out of a job. I could get one as part of the transition or another one all together. Catch you all later when/if I can. Peace. 😦
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Sorry to hear that Capt. Hopefully you can find a way to still read WR and JCITY etc.. Take care and hope to see you rambling again 🙂
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I think Cena/Lesnar is gonna be the main event. That seems to be the main focus for this PPV.
@Capt: I’m sorry to hear that bud. I hope all goes well for you. Take care.
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Thanks. I’m going to a ‘meeting” to find out more today.
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That’s what it looks like. But they could do something backstage like interviewing Lesnar or Cena and saying they can’t wait until the manin event to fight, they wanna go at it right now! Or something like that.
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Cena/Lesnar will be the main event. Teddy Long announced it on RAW. I 100% agree with it and I’m from Chicago.
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Oh, I forgot about that for some reason. Will you be attending?
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Yeah I will be attending!
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That’s awesome! Enjoy the show 😀
Also, take pictures if you want and I’ll add them to WR. Thinking of making a live show pic section.
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I’m planning on taking photos…if I get some good ones, I’ll upload them to my photobucket account and you can get them from there. I’ll give you the link when I upload them.
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It should be a great match between Punk/Jericho. Its will be interesting to see where this match will come on the card. The Chicago crowd is always great. I’m predicting a Punk win due to home advantage.
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The crowd should make the match even more exciting. The home advantage doesn’t always apply though. Edge lost in Toronto to Cena in a TLC match. Roode just defeated Storm in his hometown. Different promotion I suppose. But Punk winning would get a huge crowd pop!
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I expect the crowd to be very pro-Punk, Bryan and Lesnar. I don’t expect Jericho to win (unless he drops the title back to Punk at the next PPV) because of his Fozzy tour.
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Agreed. I don’t see the point in having the WWE title for a month. It looks much better if Punk remains that fighting champion!
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I’m not too sure the crowd will be pro Lesnar. Punk and Bryan yes, but I would hope Chicago fans would cheer Cena over Lesnar, especially after the way Cena/Punk worked their asses off at MITB last year to put on a great match.
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I’d say they will be. As long as the fans don’t disrespect Cena, it’s cool with me. Chicago are smart fans, they won’t forget Cena’s performance last year!
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I’m not sure if we will be pro Lesnar, but we are definitely not pro Cena so we’ll be rooting for Lesnar.
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I would root Cena over Lesnar any day, just like I rooted for Cena over Rock. What’s the point in cheering or even caring about Lesnar? He’s not sticking around next WrestleMania anyway.
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I think Chicago hates Cena more than they like Lesnar. I don’t think WWE fans care about what you did in the past. Lesnar is here now and that’s all that matters. The fans wanted Lesnar back in the WWE so they aren’t gonna be hypocrites and boo him.
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It’s called a Chicago Street Fight because there’s an unwritten rule that every Street Fight in Chicago automatically becomes a Chicago Street Fight. Mick Foley was in a very good “Chicago Street Fight” at WCW Spring Stampede in 1994.
There was another “Chicago Street Fight” at WrestleMania 13.
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Damn Tony, you know your Chicago history!
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I’m pretty sure there’s only 2 cities in the US that have their own special street fights lol. Chicago and New York. Every street fight in either city are called Chicago Street Fight or New York City Street Fight
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What about the Cactus Jack-Triple H street fight at the royal rumble in MSG? Wasn’t that just a regular street fight?
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Just looked it up, they billed that one as “street fight rules”
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What about the Chicago Street Fight in ECW with the Dudleys/Balls Mahoney/Spike Dudley?
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That one too! That match is on the ECW Bloodsport DVD. I was gonna include it but I felt that two examples were enough.
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The crowd certainly won’t be pro-Cena. So they either cheer Lesnar or neither.
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Since I got info from Tony about being anti-Cena, you’re right then! I guess, lol.
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I don’t care if they boo both, I’d hope they were smarter then then cheer Lesnar over him though lol.
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lol..the worst thing that could happen is booing for both, man that would suck!
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Everyone else has been cheering Lesnar so I don’t know why it matters. The fans were begging Lesnar to return and now they are suppose to boo him?
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Who was begging Lesnar to come back? Lol, I couldn’t care less about Brock Lesnar, I don’t find him entertaining at all, he’s alright in the ring and he’s brutal on a live mic. That being said, this entire PPV is so predictable, there’s no match on this card that gives you a doubt of who’s going to win.
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Well there was huge demand from fans for Lesnar to return. Like listen to the ”We Want Lesnar” chants on the RAW after WM. He’s great in the ring. He’s a 2 time NACC champion. Not many WWE wrestlers can say that.
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No wrestlers can say that. Mainly because its NCAA not NACC.
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I’m praying Jericho defeats CM Punk in Chicago. In the cheapest way possible, too. Punk is going to get an insane reception from his home town especially since Jericho has been hitting with personal attacks. The home town is going to feel mass obligated to show support for Punk. If Jericho wins the title from Punk, especially in a cheap way, the crowd is going to boo Jericho out of the building. It will probably be like the old nWo days when people almost rioted. This would put Jericho over as the heel WWE is trying to make him. Only issue is if he plans on touring. They’ve played hot potato before, so why not again.
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Because playing hot potato with the title again makes it worthless again. Unless Jericho is sticking around (Which he already said he isn’t) it makes ZERO sense to put the title on him.
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To me it makes ZERO sense to have Punk obviously win in his home town. That’s stale, plain and has been done too many times before. Also, Punk isn’t going to have the title for too much longer IMO. It seems WWE would rather have it somewhere closer to Lesnar/Rock/Cena. If WWE wants to keep Punk credible they shouldn’t have Punk drop it to any of them. Dropping it to Jericho in a cheap way would at least keep Punk at a better level then jobbing it to Lesnar/Cena/Rock.
I’ll I’m saying is I’m sick of Punk, and hope to see something interesting happen in his hometown instead of the predictable. I’m over the predictable “hero wins in hometown” crap.
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