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Mendoza wrote: I thin the Rock's biggest accomplishment is getting out while on top and getting to have the best of both worlds. That is a hell of a rare accomplishment.
What about his return? Seeing the Rock in his current state, talking about "Twittertainment" is just.... :?
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the King wrote:Cool graphic. Hit the link for full size.


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Great graph, but not accurate. There's a few guys that held it longer than Cena from the 60s and 70s that held it years at a time. I know it says "Last 25 Years" but it seems a little disrespectful to those guys and it's giving Cena far too much respect by not including them.
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BurningDoom wrote:
the King wrote:Cool graphic. Hit the link for full size.


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Great graph, but not accurate. There's a few guys that held it longer than Cena from the 60s and 70s that held it years at a time. I know it says "Last 25 Years" but it seems a little disrespectful to those guys and it's giving Cena far too much respect by not including them.

I don't think it was meant to disrespect anyone or boost up Cena. Those were during a different era of wrestling. Heck if you went back 30 years instead of 25 there would a 4+ year reign of Hogan. It's not fair to compare Punks reign to those. Interesting though that if Punk holds onto the title until the Royal Rumble he will pass Cena's 380 days.
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the King wrote:I don't think it was meant to disrespect anyone or boost up Cena. Those were during a different era of wrestling. Heck if you went back 30 years instead of 25 there would a 4+ year reign of Hogan. It's not fair to compare Punks reign to those. Interesting though that if Punk holds onto the title until the Royal Rumble he will pass Cena's 380 days.
Wait, they didn't include Hogan's reign? Why the hell not? They included his other reign, as well as Ultimate Warrior's, so why not Hogan's good one? After you pointed that out, that pretty much convinces me this was to put Cena on a pedastool.
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Menegrothx wrote:
Mendoza wrote: I thin the Rock's biggest accomplishment is getting out while on top and getting to have the best of both worlds. That is a hell of a rare accomplishment.
What about his return? Seeing the Rock in his current state, talking about "Twittertainment" is just.... :?
I blame that more on the current state of the WWE then I do the Rock. Even Austin couldn't be as awesome as he used to be in the WWE as it is now.
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Mendoza wrote:http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/02/ ... f-all-time

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Am i the only one shocked to see no tag teams listed?
Seeing Cena on that list is interesting to me, not because I disagree with him being on it, but because I think you could also do a worst 50 wrestlers of all time and have him on that list as well, just looking at how much DAMAGE he's done to the WWE over the years. It's a fact that a lot of wrestling fans have walked away from WWE because of Cena and continue to do so. He's never brought in the kinds of ratings and attendance that guys like Rock, Austin, Hogan, etc. have, but I'd bet money he's driven more fans away than those guys ever did. This is the guy who said on live television on Raw a few months ago that wrestling is for 9 year olds. Yeah, that actually happened.

One of the best of all time, and one of the worst of all time, that's how I view Cena. His career has been a double edged sword for the WWE.
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BurningDoom wrote:
the King wrote:I don't think it was meant to disrespect anyone or boost up Cena. Those were during a different era of wrestling. Heck if you went back 30 years instead of 25 there would a 4+ year reign of Hogan. It's not fair to compare Punks reign to those. Interesting though that if Punk holds onto the title until the Royal Rumble he will pass Cena's 380 days.
Wait, they didn't include Hogan's reign? Why the hell not? They included his other reign, as well as Ultimate Warrior's, so why not Hogan's good one? After you pointed that out, that pretty much convinces me this was to put Cena on a pedastool.
Hogan's first reign wasn't included because it wasn't in the past 25 years. I think the first included title reign would be Randy Savage's after his win at Wrestlemania 4(number 2 on the chart). And as I said in my first response I'm pretty sure Punk is going to be at the top of this chart in 2 months.
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the King wrote: Hogan's first reign wasn't included because it wasn't in the past 25 years. I think the first included title reign would be Randy Savage's after his win at Wrestlemania 4(number 2 on the chart). And as I said in my first response I'm pretty sure Punk is going to be at the top of this chart in 2 months.
All so he can put over that up-and-comer The Rock at the Rumble :/
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I'm a bit surprised any wrestler has maintained the Championship belt for over a year.

Certainly there have been instances where the belt is not lost, but the champ loses a match during his tenure.
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