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I often think about how Jericho never won the World Title as a babyface. Edge and Christian both got to do that, but Jericho only ever became champ as a heel. I guess you can maybe count his first WCW Title win as a face victory?
Now that CM Punk is a heel, I don't know if clean victories are the way to go with him. I mean, he still gets big wins. He's beaten quite a few guys cleanly -- only very occasionally someone higher on the roster than him, though. Right now I'd put him at #2 behind Cena in terms of credibility, though.
If John Cena is not able to work Hell in a Cell, I'd actually rather that the WWE put Vince McMahon or Triple H in there against Punk than Ryback -- who I just feel is not ready. I also feel that you'd need to put the WWE Title on Ryback, and while there are some that would be OK with that, I feel that it just derails Punk's momentum a little too much at the moment.
On RAW, Punk tells Vince that he's not going to jump through his hoops any longer. He's the man and he doesn't need this. He'll walk out if he has to choose between Cena or Ryback. But he will stay if he gets to face Vince inside the Cell. Vince says he has never backed away from a challenge in his life, so accepts. You can show Stephanie McMahon trying to talk her dad out of it, and Vince is all "I've got to teach this punk some respect!"
Brutalizing Vince at Hell in a Cell, sadly, would probably add far more credibility to CM Punk than a lot of people would care to admit.
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