Rebooking Rock vs Cena Twice in a Lifetime - Adam Blampied vs Oli Davis | Fantasy Booking Warfare 

I'm sorry, but Rock defending the title against Yoshi Tatsu not once, but TWICE is the funniest thing ever.

Weirdly enough, this made me want to see someone fantasy book a rewrite of Yoshi-Tatsu's entire WWE career.

The best way to revitalize this idea: Have the host read both fantasy bookings, and do not reveal who’s is who’s. We only find out who’s is who’s in the NEXT EPISODE when the winner has already moved on. No bias that way. (Also allows for stupid funny names of the bookings)

Adam had the better story/overall booking, but Oli did a better job sticking with the main topic.

Adam and Oli, two wrestling RU-vid's megastars squaring up twice in 2 years, and fantasy booking the feud of two wrestling megastars who squared up twice in two years. It's just poetic. How can you not love wrestletalk.

adam had me at "Levesque yourself before you wreck yourself"

Facing Adam in a booking battle if like facing Triple H during the reign of terror

I pick Oli as winner here because he followed the assignment. Adam didn't want to, and while his story was tremendous, it answers a question that wasn't asked. Big credit to both gents, but rebooking something by not booking it to happen at all means it wasn't rebooked. Thus, theoretically, it cannot qualify as a winning entry.

*Adam’s booking as always it’s just pure perfection. I would’ve loved to see Punk vs ‘Taker for the WWE title at ‘Mania 29. After all their match was the only interesting thing of the entire show. That way CM Punk would’ve gotten the WrestleMania main event that he richly deserved rather than doing that whole “Twice In A Lifetime” nonsense.*

Adam's flair for the dramatic and storytelling prowess is always top tier, but I think Oli really brought his a-game and they're pretty even for me. So my vote goes to Oli, because not only did he provide a very solid booking that fixed many of the problems from the original run, but he actually followed the prompt, and as a d&d dm I appreciate proper rules following.

Here's the problem with this video. There is literally no way anyone can beat Adam Blampied in fantasy booking. He was really good at Whatculture, but, he's taken his story telling to another level at wrestletalk or partsfunkown.

Both were really, really good… but Adam’s is so satisfying in that he took multiple storylines that could have been so much more and made them excellent.

Triple H retiring Rock to start the Authority is actually great. It can give Roman more personal motives to "fight the system" And when he become wwe champion he says "I did it for family. I did it for the Rock... Uce"

I thought Oli was about to book Twice In A Lifetime at Extreme Rules. I was impressed with the balls he had to try it

Hyped this should be a yearly thing now, I remember when the RR one came out and Adam was back after I genuinely never thought I’d see him again 🥺

Oli’s was cool, but Adam’s storytelling, mixed with that go-home RAW is insane, and that’s why I’d vote for him

Damn, only if WWE did this kind of long-term storytelling. Cena's descent into a losing streak over 3-4 years, then turning heel to break Taker's streak would have been the greatest wrestling storyline of all time. Also, Oli did a great job. Rock winning the MITB, and both him and Cena turning heel within months was just crazy.

This one is actually difficult for me to cast a vote for. Adam, as always, is the patron saint of fantasy booking...but he didn't follow the assignment at hand. Oli actually rebooked it, but Adam just sort of went "Lulz...nope...not gonna do that...", rebooked around it, and pretended it didn't exist. If I voted with my heart I would vote for Adam but in this instance the vote would be going to the wrong person. For that reason alone my vote goes to Oli.

Oli definitely deserves this win, because he stuck to the brief and his booking was pretty good too. But Blampied's booking, is pure art. That's fine, Tarantino has not won the best director oscar yet either :)

I literally wasn't sold on any of Oli's other bookings but I loved this one.

In Oli's booking, he didn't mention that since Punk is technically in the main event of Mania 29, he now doesn't want to leave WWE one year later.

Honestly, I preferred Adam's booking. But I found myself agreeing with Luke's point about it not matching the brief. So I voted for Oli because he did what he was told. But good job on both ends. Quick idea for a future video though, rebook Austin's heel turn. I've got an idea on that which I think is quite good where Austin turns Tweener first and then heel at Invasion.

Adam came to Wrestletalk at the lowest point in my life. Seeing him vs Oli again in Fantasy Booking Warfare is a hell of a fresh jolt of energy for me

Dude not even gonna lie That part in Oli's booking where Cena patted his arm band and the camera panned to see the arena full of people wearing black arm bands had me emotional 😭

Oli's accomplished the goal of rebooking Twice in a Lifetime and made it into a version I would have loved to see. I liked Adam's but it wasn't his best. Oli gets my vote.

This reminds me so much of the debates we have on my film course. Is it more impressive to break the rules and create some genuinely incredible and groundbreaking work, or create an amazing piece while having tight restrictions placed on you? Adam's booking is genuinely one of the best I've ever heard, wrapping three storylines into a perfect bow. But Olly took something I had no interest in and made me wish I saw it. I mean TECHNICALLY it wasn't twice in a lifetime because he had to put CM Punk in, but still. This was an excellent video guys well done.

The video is 46 minutes long, the videos been out for a half hour, no one should've finished it yet and there's already an 84% vote for Adam I think Oli could've booked the greatest story ever and still would've lost

Oli has come far, but there's nobody who beats Adam in a booking warfare!

I've re-watched this more than 10 times now and I'm still entertained with the bookings. It's me re-watching the Invasion angle he did a couple of years ago all over again.

6:03 Oli's booking 21:10 Adam's booking

When Adam said that Paul Heyman said that "Brock had diverticulitis, but he's better now. And he's going to extract..." I was 100% thinking he'd say "that title from your hands like they extracted my client's colon."

I love the chemistry between you three! Really enjoyed the video I hope you all had a brilliant Christmas and have a happy new year!

What a gargantuan clash. Two of the greatest ever in their industry, going head to head in a dream match booking the Rock vs Cena

I mean Adam is almost definitely going to win, but Oli’s booking is really good IMO. Haven’t listened to Adam’s yet tho.

That yoshi tatsu thing got me so good

This feud should have stayed a "once in a lifetime" feud.

Man I love these videos. I need thrice in a lifetime where they book each other’s dream matches🤙🏻

I thought Christmas was over, Then we got this!

Fantasy retirement matches are seriously my favorite thing in the world, and Adam is a genius with them.

Look, I know he didn't, ya know, book twice in a life time, but Adam's is just a masterpiece. I just adored how everything is simultaneous and hits the main beats with each other. THAT Raw before mania, THAT Rumble PPV. Genuinely some of his best booking work, to me at least

Both were fantastic, bit I did like Adam's a bit more. Here's my thing: Can we have more of these? Like, no tournaments or anything, just every so often, here's so and so vs whoever, booking this, Fantasy Booking Warfare match. Please? These are great. Please?

i have been looking for this booking video for what feels like years. i kept looking through adams booking videos and thought i was going crazy

Both Bookings had some great ideas and I am genuinely in love with the Parking Lot Knot connecting everything in Adam's booking. That's genuinely amazing. But as it fails to clear the brief, I'll have to vote for Ollie's booking. That being said, the ambiguity of the whole situation means that we need a clear round 2! Bring it on

Thought they forgot, excited to see what's booked!

I love watching people twist their reasoning. So many people tanked a previous one because the New Day triple threat was only PART of the story, and yet Adam absolutely ignored the concept and is going to win.

What a nice video to wake up to. I'm certainly a mark for Adam but I'm going into this with absolutely no bias. Good luck lads.

Oli got my vote on principal. Adam's booking was good as always. But...it just feels kind of unfair to Oli to give it to Adam here. Adam is going to win, but I think Oli gets the moral victory in the end for this.

Please do more of these!!!

very special FINALE?? NO! MAKE THIS A SERIES I WANT THIS NOW AND FOREVER

Love these…funniest thing though is that Oli starts his booking…”The Rock just.” And commercial! Lol

“Crime scene red and accident blue” is the most PRETENTIOUS thing I have ever heard. Good. On. You. Adam. I didn’t think I could love you any more than I did and you raise the bar once again.

Adam, thank you for returning to the wrestling community and doing what you love. God, I wish you could write for wwe.

Luke got it exactly right, Oli’s should have won. He stayed within the confines of the challenge and did a terrific job. Adam kinda phoned it in. But Adam is just so entertaining in everything he does he has a large lead

Adam's gonna dominate the voting but those who have watched the video know that Oli's booking was much better.

It's finally here! Can't wait to watch

Watched the whole video through, enjoyed both just about equally, Oli did a great job but I did go with Adam's at the end. Great job all around though!

Both were great! I went with Adam just because it was so interesting and created multiple amazing storylines. I don't know if there is anyone that can top Adam.......yet.....

Adam's Go-Home Raw was absolutely fantastic. It's crazy and balls to the wall, but it's going to be good television!

About time e lol. I needed to end the year right. Thank you

Adam is so good at his craft he deserves a six part Docuseries

Lol the Tarantino style chapters for Adams rebooting were brilliant 👏 bravo sir xx

Because of the story that was supposed to be told, Oli won this by a county mile. But of course, as always, Adam's bookings are pure perfection

"Levesque Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself" and "WA-BOO-DOO!" get me every time.

Oli all day man. Well done. This was fun though. Thanks fellas. Happy new year.

We need this series to come back

How is that there's already people commenting about whose Booking was better 20 minutes after a 43 minutes video was uploaded?

First time.. thoroughly enjoyed it...!!

Damn How I've been waiting on this!!

Oli got my vote because not only was the story really good, he actually did the assignment! Lol if the objective was “rebook WrestleMania 29”, Adam did that to perfection! I loved his booking, and was sports-entertainment at its finest! But it didn’t necessarily rebook twice in a lifetime, in my honest opinion. Either way, I loved this video and will continue to Support WrestleTalk ❤️

MORE of this!

When Adam said "thats a deadman walking" in SRS words IT'S OVER IT'S OVER!

Blampied presentation on this was just , surreal, I now want a totally scripted like cinematic version of wwe , that opening was chef kiss

I hate to vote against Adam "the booking deity" Blampied especially since his idea is better, but Oli did follow the assignment on this one. It's fair that Oli gets the W. Plus, Oli gave us Mr. MITB Rock AND a potential proper Expendables 3 movie (unlike the garbage that was actually made back then) sooo... He's got my vote!

Oli won hands down: Adam’s story was told like a film script while Oli actually had BOOKED the Twice in a Lifetime storyline. Rather then writing a treatment for a CW Program with all of the Cop Car stuff.

I love how Adam acknowledges the fact that he’s the only one keeping this channel alive

Didn't Adam kinda book "Twice in a Lifetime" during "How Adam Would Book 'Embrace the Hate'"?

All of you are crazy. Oli's booking was absolutely better, and he actually did the assignment. It was ridiculous and silly, and it was just wrestling at it's core. I loved it

Amazing stories..

Oli followed the rules and his booking was more fun! Oli for the win!!

Gotta say Oli for actually sticking to the subject matter and for Yoshi Tatsu I like Adam's past bookings but it's like he made 3 fantasy booking for 1 Mania to avoid booking twice in a life, which was the point of the video 😂

Watched it all and still vote for Adam, like I have with all of these I just vote for what I would of been happier to see actually happen.

Adam not only stayed away from the prompt, but also, his anthology style, "Pulp Fiction" booking would, I think, just not work when presented chronologically, with that go-home RAW being too stacked, and the overlaps (especially the Rock and Cena in the cop car) wouldn't work in real time. It was a nice story, but Oli's story was veeery fun and much more focused, with a Corporate Hollywood Rock and a tweener Cena (which will indeed get him cheered).

I was actually wondering how adam would have rebooked mania 29 so im glad too find out on this

A suggestion for next episode: the last Lita's run in WWE

Adam's booking is better but that's because he didn't stick to what Twice in a Lifetime is. It's a poor storyline but that's literally the constraint that both had to stick to, Oli gets my vote for actually sticking to the assignment

Looking back at it he did rebook twice in a lifetime in the embrace the hate booking which is crazy

Both amazing booking ideas. Oli met the brief and didn't in a fun and fresh way. Adam told a great story, which was accented by his fantastic storytelling. My issue with Adam's is that his fantastic storytelling doesn't play out in the same way while watching a continuous wrestling show. He told a movie with recalls and beautifully tied up story notes like the dead man walking line. We wouldn't see it like that in the real viewing. The moment he refers back to it in the video is great, but wouldnt have that impact live.

Oh the nostalgia of twice in a lifetime. I was a little boy so excited to see Rock vs Cena. I loved the match when I was little (haven’t seen it since..probably won’t like it now) but I will say this about it. The Rock going for a 5 knuckle shuffle but then being caught with an AA (a reverse situation from the end of WM28) was a fantastic near fall and Cena going for the People’s Elbow only to stop and sucker The Rock in for an AA only for that to be countered but a Rock Bottom was also a brilliant near fall. There is good stuff in Twice Of A Lifetime. The main one being the video package. If this was WWE’s plan since 2012 as this 3 WrestleMaina arc then fair play to them for sticking with it but also CM Punk got massive within those 3 years and I think it should have been a triple threat with his title on the line.

If wanted, Adam's story could get back to the prompt pretty easily. Keep the opening to WM30 the same with all the legends coming out, but have Rock throw it to the screen where there's footage of him and Cena in the cop car from that Raw. Rock shows a 2. Cena shows his usual ok sign which kinda looks like a 30. Cenas music hits and he comes down to join the promo. Eventually, Hogan, the host of WM30, sets the match of Cena vs. Rock with Stone Cold as ref.

I just want to see how WWE would pull off something like Adam's WM 29 go home episode finale. There's so many moving parts in it and it only works if you see the end first. But it was so good too watching the whole story unravel itself. They would probably devote the final hour of RAW just to that one story idea. Better than what they usually do.

I would love your booking ideas on the Aces and Eights TNA storyline

This is the greatest Wrestling Rivalry on record.

Whilst I enjoyed Adam's, Oli actually stuck to the brief. I did enjoy Oli's too so him sticking to the brief isn't the only reason I'm voting for him

I know people complained about the concept of "twice in a lifetime" But Can we talk about How Cena and Rock's tag team match at survivor series was labeled "Never Before and Never Again" But then years later for a Wrestlemania squash match they teamed up....again >end of an Era >Once in a Lifetime >Never Before Never Again >Ric Flair Retiring

You know what, screw this. Oli wins because he wrote the assignment perfectly and very funny I dare to say, that Yoshi Tatsu thing has really cracked me up on the floor, you got me Oli, you really got me. And also, be more confident with yourself, because the story was great; as Adam pointed out, you made The Rock and Cena turning Heel, while Punk remained Face, basically? So I pick your story, Oli, as a perfect assignment. But also, I pick Adam re-booking of WM 29 (except for the Cena wins at Mania 30 against Taker, The Streak should have stayed intact). Adam you're just glorious in terms of booking, and this WM 29 that you re-booked makes a helluva sense. So to me, nobody of you two loses, I just can't decide which story is better than the other, so I think it ends in a Draw, because both of them were really, really, really good.

And still, King of RU-vid Fantasy Booking... Adam Blampied

Two matches I would I like to see you fantasy book. Do Sting vs Undertaker you can pick at what point in time when it happens. The second match I would like to see is Hulk Hogan vs Ricky Steamboat beginning just after WM 3.

Man...both of these were Ace

Oh, boy. Is that final boss music I'm hearing? Let's go.

This was Oli's best effort vs Adam being Adam. I watched and will vote Adam because his entire arc is what I prefer but both were excellent.