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**Rock Bottom** · 03-30-2012, 03:54 PM

Condemned was awful, I agree.

The reason I started thinking about this is that it looks like the WWE is now bringing out the kitchen sink in an attempt to push CM Punk. First they gave him Cena, twice. The moment that really seems to stick out to me was the first win, when Punk was still a heel. At that time, he was also coming off of a very long heel jobbing streak. His job was clearly just to put over as much talent as he could (for the most part). There was also a lot of drama about his contract, etc., so when he beat him there, it became pretty clear what their intentions were with him.

I'm one of the people that think they could have used the momentum he had a bit more at the time, something that has already been talked about. I have to say that the match he had with John Cena at MITB is the best match I've seen in years. If they could come up with more things like that, the talent would really benefit in general.

However they book this thing, Punk is getting a nice rub. It's all storyline-ish stuff, as opposed to The Rock and Cena's feud, which they're pushing as something personal and really playing up any "real" animosity between the two. The loser is going to have some damage done to them, unless one of them turns mega heel. Punk and Jericho would be fine either way. There's a heel.

I think he would ultimately win the Jericho feud, but I think this thing has a lot of matches in it. It's nice to see that for a change. Tired of guys just randomly appearing, doing their finisher on some dude for no reason and calling it a storyline.

I'm just being a mark and thinking of how they could keep the momentum going. They're clearly pushing this guy as their next top guy. Punk and Austin are sort of teasing a match, and it seems like there's a lot of substance to the possibility of it happening sometime in the future.

I have to say, as one of the jaded attitude era fans that simply thinks wrestling isn't as good as it was a while back, I'm all for a Punk and Austin match. I'm all for a Punk and Rock match. Punk is just the guy that is actually worth jobbing these two out.

03-30-2012, 03:54 PM	#28
Rock Bottom Ball So Hard University Posts: 8,450	Condemned was awful, I agree. The reason I started thinking about this is that it looks like the WWE is now bringing out the kitchen sink in an attempt to push CM Punk. First they gave him Cena, twice. The moment that really seems to stick out to me was the first win, when Punk was still a heel. At that time, he was also coming off of a very long heel jobbing streak. His job was clearly just to put over as much talent as he could (for the most part). There was also a lot of drama about his contract, etc., so when he beat him there, it became pretty clear what their intentions were with him. I'm one of the people that think they could have used the momentum he had a bit more at the time, something that has already been talked about. I have to say that the match he had with John Cena at MITB is the best match I've seen in years. If they could come up with more things like that, the talent would really benefit in general. However they book this thing, Punk is getting a nice rub. It's all storyline-ish stuff, as opposed to The Rock and Cena's feud, which they're pushing as something personal and really playing up any "real" animosity between the two. The loser is going to have some damage done to them, unless one of them turns mega heel. Punk and Jericho would be fine either way. There's a heel. I think he would ultimately win the Jericho feud, but I think this thing has a lot of matches in it. It's nice to see that for a change. Tired of guys just randomly appearing, doing their finisher on some dude for no reason and calling it a storyline. I'm just being a mark and thinking of how they could keep the momentum going. They're clearly pushing this guy as their next top guy. Punk and Austin are sort of teasing a match, and it seems like there's a lot of substance to the possibility of it happening sometime in the future. I have to say, as one of the jaded attitude era fans that simply thinks wrestling isn't as good as it was a while back, I'm all for a Punk and Austin match. I'm all for a Punk and Rock match. Punk is just the guy that is actually worth jobbing these two out.