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I feel that CM Punk has somewhat cooled, but I think that's just the nature of the beast. Punk caused an initial stir, and it's just hard to follow that up with more bangs. But now I'm really invested in his journey, and that's where the cash will come from. Punk will eventually need to prove that he is The Best in the World, and he'll get that moment. Perhaps at WrestleMania next year. Here, let's just walk through where we are:
* At Hell in a Cell, CM Punk gets another WWE Title shot, but he loses due to The Miz, R-Truth and Kevin Nash, who are all up in everyone's shit at the moment.
* Punk needs to get rid of these pains. He challenges Nash to a match at Vengeance. Nash wins that match, because Punk is simply biting off too much to chew, and The Miz and R-Truth tip the scales in Big Sexy's favour.
* Punk teams with Cena and The Rock at Survivor Series to face a union of all Punk's enemies -- Alberto Del Rio, Kevin Nash, The Miz, R-Truth, etc. The babyface team win there, and Cena vs. Del Rio gets some sort of TLC blow-off, where Cena wins the title again, and teases taking it into WrestleMania against The Rock. Punk leads some babyfaces into victory against The Miz, R-Truth & Nash.
* CM Punk wins the 2012 Royal Rumble, despite every conspiracy thrown against him. He teases crashing both John Cena and The Rock's party, and Daniel Bryan's moment on the SmackDown! side of things. Triple H wants to know what his choice is, but Punk says he's going to fuck with Triple H until he makes up his mind.
* At Elimination Chamber, Alberto Del Rio or The Miz wins the WWE Title again with some clever shenanigans. Maybe even some interferece from The Rock? Punk then makes his decision to go for the one-on-one shot against RAW's heel WWE Champion.
* At WrestleMania, CM Punk finally wins the WWE Title again, and proves that he is "The Best in the World."
* Extreme Rules sees CM Punk defend the WWE Title against either The Rock or John Cena (depending on who they put over). Punk retains, and looks like a beast in the ring.
* If the WWE is feeling like a gamble, 2012 would be a good time for John Cena to turn heel. He still moves a shit-ton of merchandise, but ratings and PPV buys aren't doing so crash hot when he's the champion. Cena could turn heel, threatened by CM Punk's status as "The Best in the World," and he's sick of the fans not giving him the respect he deserves for carrying the company on his back.
* Cue Cena vs. Punk for the summer of 2012 -- with Punk as the clear babyface, and Cena as the corporate heel.
Yeah, it won't happen like that -- but Punk can still produce many jizz-worthy moments of the next twelve months. And he will. Just maybe not those ones.
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