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The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is a soap opera consisting of athletes. There is no question about whether "pro wrestling" is a scripted business that many people consider to be stupid and fake...

Memo To The WWE: Please Bring Back The Rock!

by Shashwat Baxi (Scribe)

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January 13, 2009


The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is a soap opera consisting of athletes. There is no question about whether "pro wrestling" is a scripted business that many people consider to be stupid and fake.

Even then, millions of people still tune in to the weekly RAW or Smackdown episodes to see these guys hit each other with chairs, bury them alive in caskets, or throw them off the top of the steel cage!

Over the last few years, pretty much since the end of WWF (due to the World Wildlife Foundation), the entire wrestling business has really lost it's appeal.

The story lines are starting to get repetitive, major stars are leaving the the WWE and joining TNA, and the generation of WWF Attitude fans are beginning to turn their backs on pro wrestling.

Nobody wants to see wrestling superstars like Sting, Kurt Angle, the New Age Outlaws, Kevin Nash, Jeff Jarrett, the Steiner Brothers, and many others... on TNA. These guys were champions on WWE and have left the WWE with Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold, John Cena, and the Undertaker.

With all of the issues that the WWE is having, there is one easy solution. Do whatever it takes to bring back the People's Champion! The Rock needs to be brought back to WWE and he needs to be brought back now!

It is well understood that The Rock would much rather focus on his acting career. He has been in numerous movies since his last match in the WWE and is continuing to work on other projects, but Vince McMahon really needs to lure him back to his fans in the WWE!

The "Most electrifying man in sports and entertainment" is exactly the type of spark that the company needs to get people back to tuning in. The Rock showed up in 2007, via sattellite, and the place went absolutly crazy.

There is no question that The Rock is the answer to all of the problems that the WWE is currently facing. Even though guys like Triple H, Batista, Cena, Taker, Michaels, and Y2J are still around... nobody brings the people to their feet like The Rock does.

The only other wrestling legend that would re-electrify the WWE like The Rock would, may be Hulk Hogan, but he is too busy dealing with his own drama.

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    I would never like to see Hogan in a ring again. Sorry, that ship has sailed a long time ago.

    The Rock, ehh, he'll be okay if he was to come back but I would prefer the current product to stop having to harp back to previous storylines and past superstars. The WWE is building some of its younger talent and I'm happy for that.

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    The Rock would Never do it no matter what they offered him.. He was at WM 24 and would not even make an appearance I think in my own thoughts that was disrespectful to the company who helped you and promoted you in your movie career to say no I won't even do a run in whats with that so although I think it would be good for the company I'm not so sure it would help a whole lot because he'd be busy with his movies

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    I dn't think there would be any way in the world he wuld cum bak.......but......STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN.....WELL HELL YEAH HE MITE. VINCE JUST HAS TO TALK TO HIM AND LURE HIM BAK IN!

    PEOPLES GET TO THEIR FEET AS MUCH AS THEY DO WITH THE ROCK. EG STONE COLD MADE AN APPEARANCE AT CYBER SUNDAY NOW I DN'T THINK THERE WAS ONE PERSON NOT CHEERING! CUZ AS SOON AS THAT GLASS SMASHES THATS THE BOTTOM LINE CUZ STONE COLD SAYS SO!!!!

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    I just simply love the Rock wherever he goes, whether he performs in the WWE ring again or the movies, and I love all of the Rock's movies. I think of his movies are considered The People's Entertainment, and the Rock is also considered The People's Greatest champion of champions.

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    Chris i totally agree with u

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    We need Rock vs. Stone Cold again. It was so awesome like that.

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