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View Poll Results: Who is the better wrestler? | |||
CM Punk | 18 | 48.65% | |
Rob Van Dam | 19 | 51.35% | |
Voters: 37. You must log in or register to vote on this poll. |
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05-12-2017, 03:35 AM | #41 |
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CM Punk for me.
RVD in ECW was amazing and he was even great in WWE for a while. But his matches became so formulaic and routine. More so than usual for a WWE match. It got to the point where I cringed when his music hit. Meanwhile Punk never got stale for me. From his great fueds in ROH with Samoa Joe and Raven, to his las royal rumble, I always found him entertaining. |
05-12-2017, 03:36 AM | #42 |
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Thrilla also brings up a good point in that many people here seemingly haven't seen a very signifigant portion of either man's work.
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05-12-2017, 06:38 AM | #43 |
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Punk. RVD could have been a huge deal if he cared enough to engage in the backstage politics.
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05-12-2017, 07:58 AM | #44 |
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I enjoyed RVD more, really. ECW RVD was awesome, WWE RVD was still ok in my books but not as good.
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05-12-2017, 08:29 AM | #45 |
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This is a much easier call for me than the Punk/Edge one. Punk was really good his whole career and kept finding new directions to take his character as well as being a great all-rounder.
RVD was great early on but he's been the same exact guy from late ECW to present. Same character, same spots, same everything really. Hasn't evolved one iota in nearly two decades. |
05-12-2017, 09:37 AM | #46 |
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I voted for the one who wasn't a cry baby.
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05-12-2017, 10:43 AM | #47 |
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I really feel like people who are voting for CM Punk are undermining his intense faggotry. He's spent his entire life striving to be the biggest crybaby he can be and yet people still seem to ignore all that hard work he's put in.
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05-12-2017, 10:44 AM | #48 |
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Bret Hart is pretty popular too
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05-12-2017, 11:29 AM | #49 |
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RVD.
Finding ECW and seeing what he was doing, changed my perspective on what wrestling could be. That RVD was so athletic and exciting to watch. His character, of the guy who wanted to work Mondays, was perfect. Some really funny character stuff to go with his awesome matches. I think he was fun and charismatic enough in the fed to beat Punk. As others have said, athletically, he was on another level to Punk. I still feel Punk is overrated because he was "edgy" and spoke his mind. But there is more fail in his WWE stuff for me than pass. |
05-12-2017, 12:03 PM | #50 |
I am the cheese
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RVD is closing the gap...
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05-12-2017, 12:09 PM | #51 |
boop/bop/beep
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It's an interesting battle. Both flawed in their own ways, both fucking fantastic in others.
One cared too little, the other cared too much. |
05-12-2017, 12:17 PM | #52 |
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All true, but the thread is better wrestler, not better crybaby faggot.
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05-12-2017, 12:19 PM | #53 |
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05-12-2017, 12:21 PM | #54 |
boop/bop/beep
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bahaha
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05-12-2017, 12:28 PM | #55 |
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I remember feeling terrible over the RVD situation in 2006. Finally had momentum and was being given a run with the top belt, dual champion even. And then
July 2nd: Arrested for drug possession July 3rd: Loses WWE Title July 4th: Loses ECW Title July 5th: Suspended 30 days I mean he completely fucked his own mouth on that one, so he has nobody to blame but himself. But as a fan of the guy it bummed me out because it was pretty obvious that was the end of him as any sort of top guy. Had been waiting for it for years only for it to end so quickly. Once he returned he just seemed completely checked out during the last 10 months of his run, and it's sometime in there that I soured on him and never really got back to being a big fan of him. |
05-12-2017, 02:06 PM | #56 |
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I was ok with it, because even before he messed it up, he was still not very good. Everybody was gobbling his weiner and going "Finally he gets the chance to show what he can really do!"
But it was still bad, and I wanted to hurt somebody when he became champion. |
05-12-2017, 02:14 PM | #57 |
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I kind of lean towards Lock jaw in that RVD was criminally overrated for a while. Punk could have an amazing match sans chairs and tables and the guise of ECW. RVD could barely throw a punch.
Mind you, some of Punks offence was uh.... questionable. But he told great stories whereas RVD did not. |
05-12-2017, 02:20 PM | #58 |
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05-12-2017, 02:21 PM | #59 |
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That move where he caught the guys kick and did this step over heel kick thing got sloppier each time he did it, I swear to god.
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05-12-2017, 03:02 PM | #60 |
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05-12-2017, 06:32 PM | #61 | ||
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He surely had trademark spots, but so did Hogan, Austin, Rock, Undertaker etc. I don't recall ever watching a less than solid match from RVD. That includes TNA. |
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05-12-2017, 06:40 PM | #62 |
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RVD is definitely a hall of famer but I think Punk just brought more to the table. RVD was by far the superior athlete, though.
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05-12-2017, 06:53 PM | #63 |
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05-12-2017, 06:55 PM | #64 |
boop/bop/beep
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I think it's more in the comparison than it's about RVD by himself.
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05-13-2017, 01:07 PM | #65 |
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Well the move was easier for him in ECW because he was using it on guys his size. When you put him in there with Kane and he hits that move it's tough for him to get his leg up that high to hit someone as big as Kane so it looks more like a chest kick than a face kick.
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05-14-2017, 01:33 AM | #66 |
I am the cheese
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Poll within 1 with 14 hours to go...
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05-14-2017, 01:34 AM | #67 |
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This should be nowhere near as close
If RVD wins I might just have to take a break from the wrestling forum for awhile |
05-14-2017, 08:25 AM | #68 |
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05-14-2017, 10:13 AM | #69 |
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6 hours.... GONNA BE TENSE
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05-14-2017, 10:21 AM | #70 |
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RVD, cause Lock Jaw promised to leave if he wins.
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05-14-2017, 10:22 AM | #71 |
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If it ends tied the next round shud be a triple threat
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05-14-2017, 10:39 AM | #72 |
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05-14-2017, 10:52 AM | #73 |
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Destor about to blow the chance at the money feud made months ago with Punk and Bryan.
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05-14-2017, 10:54 AM | #74 |
I am the cheese
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RVD takes the lead.
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05-14-2017, 10:54 AM | #75 |
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05-14-2017, 10:55 AM | #76 |
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Nearly hit our apex of average voters..........
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05-14-2017, 11:28 AM | #77 | |
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Compare that to things like Punks terrible flying elbow. Their disparity in athleticism is a big enough issue on its own to make this competitive imo. Yes, Punk was a better personality and had that grittiness and resolve, but absolutely nothing wrong with voting for the better athlete with the more exciting moveset. He coasted later in his career, but like Gertner said, he had taken his hits by then. Achievements are pretty much on par as performers, but RVD made a bigger impression on me. I think CM Punk is massively overrated, so easy choice. Also, just as a PS, I actually think it's laughable that Punk beat Edge, who was a bigger star, better performer, with a MUCH better career imo, but each has their own perspective I guess...nothing wrong with that. |
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05-14-2017, 12:19 PM | #78 |
I am the cheese
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3 hours...might be over
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05-14-2017, 12:39 PM | #79 |
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RVD with a 2 vote lead. This one is over
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05-14-2017, 12:42 PM | #80 |
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had to go RVD on this one.
Punk is damn good in the ring and on the mic. But..... Rob Van Dam is who i grew up watching. |