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Originally Posted by #1-wwf-fan
Pretty sure that would constitute a heel turn if he preaches doing the right thing by not cashing in in a weasel-like fashion and then proceeds to do just that.
If you're going face vs. face, Cena is going to go right back to getting booed heavily and being resented by half the crowd for taking the title away from Punk.
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No it wouldn't. Cena would get people talking without actually turning.
John Cena wins the WWE Championship Money in the Bank, knocking Chris Jericho off the ladder last, onto Kane and Big Show, pulling the briefcase down and earning a title shot any time he wants in the coming year. Later in the show Josh Mathews in interviewing Cena when CM Punk walks onto the scene.
"Congratulations John. You beat four former WWE Champions (I see The Miz and Rey Mysterio making surprise returns) to earn a shot at me and the WWE Title whenever you want. So pal -- when is it going to be? After I go through hell and back with Daniel Bryan tonight, are you going to run out and cash in?"
"If I were you, Punk, I wouldn't worry about me. I'd be worrying about Daniel Bryan and that nutjob that's reffing your match tonight. But for the record -- hustle, loyalty, respect -- when I'm comin', Punk -- you'll know it."
That night, Punk and Bryan have their longest WWE match yet, and Bryan eventually gets into AJ's face, so she kicks him in the balls which allows Punk to hit the GTS and retain the WWE Title. AJ then skips off as Punk celebrates. John Cena coming out and applauding Punk from the ramp is optional.
The story heading into the 1000th RAW is then Daniel Bryan complaining that he was screwed over by AJ and should get yet another shot at the WWE Title. Perhaps Christian could come out on the first RAW and say tell Bryan that "You remind me of someone" and the two can have a great TV match heading into the 1000th RAW, where guest GM whoever announces Bryan will get another shot against CM Punk -- perhaps the Submission Match people have rumoured they'd have. Punk manages to make Bryan submit to the Anaconda Vise -- ending their feud -- but a pissed off Bryan attacks Punk from behind and tosses him around the ring, maybe yelling "You are not better than me!" Cena runs out for the save and cracks his briefcase over the head of Bryan, knocking him out of the ring and to the floor. Cena then regards the hurt Punk in the ring.
John Cena, in his John Cena way, would look at Punk, then down at his briefcase, then down at Punk, then at his briefcase. He then looks at the audience -- some of them cheering and some of them booing. Cena then blasts Punk over the head with it. Michael Cole starts going off on commentary "Cena is cashing in!" and then King says "No Cole -- he's just sending a message to Punk, Cena won't cash in like this." Cena then pulls the referee aside who talks to Justin Roberts, and Roberts announces that Cena
is cashing in! Michael Cole stresses that "Cena
is cashing in!" as King freaks out: "Whaaaaat?!?" "Cena's cashing in! Cena's cashing in!" Cena then hits Punk with an Attitude Adjustment and the referee counts Punk down and Cena is the new WWE Champion.
Cole immediately starts calling Cena on being a liar: "Cena said that Punk would see it coming!" and King plays it off "Punk did see the briefcase -- right before it cracked him in the head!" and then goes on to explain that "Cena had every right to cash in as he did," as Cole calls King a "John Cena sympathizer."
The following week, John Cena opens the show and says he has some explaining to do. Cena says that Punk owes his first two World Championships to the exact same method that John Cena
earned at Money in the Bank by beating four former WWE Champions. Cena says that he knows he ruffled a few people's feathers by cashing in the way he did -- but how does that make John Cena any different from any other Money in the Bank Winner. All he did was exactly what anyone else of sane mind would do. It was also important that CM Punk did not see it coming.
Punk interrupts Cena and says that he's not upset that Cena cashed in the way he did. In fact, he feels validated. He's forever been saying that Cena is nothing but a phony. "Hustle, loyalty, respect -- they're just mantras you mouth off to sell t-shirts for Vince and Hunter, John. But when I say I'm The Best in the World, I mean it." Cena refers to the WWE Championship and tells Punk that this says he's lying. Cena then says that he knows Punk would have done the exact same thing if he was in Cena's shoes, and everybody knows it -- he did it twice before. All Cena did was give Punk a dose of his own medicine. Punk doesn't give a damn about this company or the WWE Championship -- he held it at ransom last year! Cena says that Punk is the biggest phony out here, and he's been a phony since he started calling himself "The Best in the World."
Cue SummerSlam match.