Thread: WWE SmackDown Taping Results (10/23) *Spoilers*
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Old 10-22-2009, 12:59 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by CWK View Post
What I was expecting was for them to keep building CM Punk in the way they were doing right after he turned heel and was going through the Jeff Hardy storyline where he was clearly the top guy on Smackdown and it was clear that it was all about making CM Punk into a permanent main event star. Now Undertaker comes back, takes the title from CM Punk immediately and now Punk is losing all the time to him and just tapping as soon as he gets put into a submission hold. If I had a young guy like CM Punk with all of his talent, I would have kept the belt on him for a lengthy title run and had Taker chasing the belt, with the heel Punk cheating each time to barely come out as the winner. I just think him jobbing out to Taker every time and dropping the title wasn't the right way to go.
The thing is, the WWE sort of booked themselves into a wall with CM Punk/Undertaker. They perhaps should have had Taker do something else, and let John Morrison or even Matt Hardy (the latter being the more freed-up choice) begin a feud with Punk over the World Heavyweight Title. Finlay, as Punk's trainer, also could have been used for a mini-feud.

But the moment they put Taker into a match with Punk, they almost had to put the World Title on Taker so that the fans have valid reason to buy into him as "the guy" still. If Punk went over Taker, even via nefarious means, the fans could begin to have their interest in SmackDown!'s main event scene fade.

Punk got the win at Breaking Point, which was good booking. It was a bit too soon to take the World Title off Punk, and Taker got screwed. I would not have actually minded Taker winning the World Title when Punk passed out in the Hell's Gate, or if Punk got the Anaconda Vice, but Taker got the ropes and Punk refused to break -- eventually getting the tap-out; but the way it happened was not horrible.

Hell in a Cell was where they essentially had to put the belt on Taker in "his match." I felt it suffered by opening the show, and being as quick as it was -- but Punk got to kick out of the fucking Last Ride. The fans were also rewarded with The Undertaker's third World Heavyweight Title win, which makes them very happy.

Punk tapping out to Taker on SmackDown! so quickly makes sense, because Punk doesn't want to risk injury. I would like to see him recapture the World Title at Bragging Rights, though, and I think it actually has a fairly good shot at happening. The Undertaker has already proven that he can beat Punk (he's proven it a few times), and the World Champ doesn't need to be pinned or submitted in this match.

Just relax a little.
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