CM Punk vs Ryback for the WWE Championship has been set in stone for WWE Hell in a Cell. Before I comment on the match itself, I just wanna make some quick points about last night's RAW.
1) The Sheamus/Big Show feud is boring. Sheamus is boring, Big Show is boring, there's been no build, and no story. Yet, it's inside the Hell in a Cell. I remember when Hell in a Cell was used solely to put an end to feuds.
2) AJ has had 3 months to win me over as RAW GM, but she hasn't. Her character has gotten boring to me too. She can't control her show, her delivery on the mic takes away from certain promos, and I just can't take her seriously.
3) If they're really going to push Rhodes and Sandow as a legit tag team, give them some mic time. This is just telling me that they're only together to job to Bryan and Kane at Hell in a Cell.
4) Miz vs Kofi. Tonight was a good start to what could be a good feud if built up correctly.
5) Antonio Cesaro is exceptional athlete, but sometimes I forget he's the United States Champion. Maybe if he.....I don't know......DEFENDED the title sometimes and actually had somebody to FEUD with, rather than beat down Jobbers all the time, I'd be more invested in him.
6) Nobody cares about the Divas anymore which is sad. It's like nobody even cares about this division anymore and the crickets during the divas match last night only continues to show how far the division has fallen.
7) I thought this hugging nonsense was through. I guess not.
Ok, now let's get to Punk vs Ryback. The contract signing to end RAW pretty much went down like this: Cena gave up his title shot to Ryback and Ryback dropped Punk. All this because John Cena had to have injury on his shoulder. They've done a good job working Ryback into this story. His staredown with Punk a few weeks ago was intense.
I think this match will work and will draw in a lot of people. The pops for Ryback have gotten bigger and bigger each week and every moment he's in the ring with Punk is must see. But what kind of match is this going to be. The monster has to dominate, but this is the WWE Champion we're talking about. He shouldn't be destroyed. It makes the mechanics of this match very interesting.
But now that this match is set, what do you do? Who wins? There's no DQ or count out finish to be done here because the match is inside the Hell in a Cell, so somebody has to win. CM Punk has to leave Hell in a Cell the WWE Champion. Here's why:
Ryback CAN NOT be pinned clean. That's out of the question. His momentum will die right there. If CM Punk beats Ryback, Ryback loses A LOT of steam that he picked up during this feud and then what? People won't take him as serious and he's only going to go down from here. Also, let's be honest, Ryback is not ready and not established enough to hold the WWE's top Championship. I don't care how over he is, he's not legitimate enough to hold the title. The only way Ryback loses the match without losing any momentum is if Punk has some help. And by help, I mean somebody interfering on his behalf and costing Ryback the match.
You can't put the belt on Ryback either. If WWE are really pushing for CM Punk to face The Rock at The Royal Rumble, you can't kill the champ's momentum and drop the belt to Ryback only to regain it later. The booking there makes no sense and a loss to Ryback will only kill CM Punk's credibility as Champion. You've gotta make Punk look as strong as possible so that when he does face The Rock, it's a BIG moment.
The only other scenario they do now is, if healthy, add Cena to the match. If Cena isn't 100% ready to go, make things really interesting and make Cena the guest referee.
Either way, if it stays Punk vs Ryback, Punk HAS to win. The only way that happens is if somebody interferes and that somebody will be Brock Lesnar. Lesnar costs Ryback the match, Punk retains the title, and nobody loses any momentum.
Lesnar doesn't half to interfere for Punk. You forget Punk is aligned with Paul Heyman. So is Brock Lesnar. Keep that in mind.
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By Gerald "Showstopper" Prophete
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