Thread: Official Over The Limit 2012 Thread (21/05/12) - *SPOILER* Cena, uh, Ace Wins!
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Old 05-24-2012, 10:46 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan View Post
If Punk actually does join forces with AJ, I think everyone and their mother is going to know she's gonna turn on him or at the very least "unintentionally" cost him. It would be against Punk's character to be so naive and clueless to what's going on. He's supposed to be that "one with the fans" guy.

And Bryan getting screwed out of the title by AJ would only be the payback that's been coming his way for so long finally happening. No one would actually feel sympathy for the guy. It would be a great "heel gets his long awaited comeuppance" moment.
He doesn't get his comeuppance. AJ throwing in the towel would show that she still cares about Bryan, and that would continue the angle. The whole reason another match would happen between Punk and Bryan is because Bryan made Punk tap-out after the clean result of their previous one. Why would Bryan let being screwed over go? Also, I think AJ eventually turning on Punk would be more of a shock than Big Show turning, and AJ turning on Punk makes sense, and would be a captivating story that could lead to either a) a full-blown heel turn for AJ, or b) a storyline arc where AJ portrays having some sort of "Stockholme syndrome," and is such an integral part of Bryan's success, despite him not caring for her at all. She wouldn't be a "bad girl" so much as a "good girl doing bad things."

Punk could be weary of AJ from the moment the towel is thrown in. AJ acts like it was out of concern for Punk, and he flat-out tells AJ that she came between him and the WWE Championship, and he doesn't trust that she's not on Team Bryan still. She says that Daniel treated her so poorly when all she wanted to do is help him, and that she is absolutely behind Punk beating Bryan. She tries to prove her worth to Punk in different ways over the following weeks, perhaps even being labelled by Jerry Lawler as CM Punk's "stalker." John Laurinaitis then appoints AJ the Special Referee in their rematch at Money in the Bank, which AJ is absolutely thrilled about, but both CM Punk and Bryan are visibly concerned over.

You have generated interest in the casual fan -- something that a Punk vs. Bryan feud needs to do outside the ring as well as inside it. Which side is AJ on? Is she being honest when she says that she wants CM Punk, and absolutely loathes Daniel Bryan? Or did she cost CM Punk the WWE Championship on purpose by throwing in the towel? Heading into the PPV, you can have Daniel Bryan trying to earn back AJ's love. "Maybe it's time we talked, AJ?" It is made obvious to the "WWE Universe" that Bryan is trying to rig the outcome of the WWE Title match; while Punk tells AJ that the WWE Championship means too much to rig, and that she should do what is fair and allow the match to play out so that we can all know who "The Best in the World" is.

There would be elements of Shakespeare in the storyline -- with AJ in the role of King Lear, and Punk playing Cordelia, refusing to sell-out his morals for a piece of the pie. Bryan (playing the other daughters of Lear), does play to AJ's insecurities and manages to remain in control of the kingdom.
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