CM Punk turned heel effectively on the 1000th episode on Raw, which was also the same episode where John Cena became the privileged first person to ever cash in the MITB and not win the title. What went on in later weeks was a much more confrontational CM Punk, antagonizing the likes of Jerry Lawler and calling WHC Sheamus a weak second-best champion at best.
Big Show and John Cena had their own story and IMO it made for a lousy triple threat story leading into Summerslam '12 with big show's constant face-heel turns and no credence or credibility at all. Essentially, they needed a freshness to the stale John Cena-CM Punk feud from Summerslam 2011. Big Show became that freshness, with a dose of staleness.
Heelish tactics and some tainted victories later, CM Punk was supposed to face John Cena at HIAC, which would've gone down as one of the most amazing HIACs, and one final cuminating point for the storied rivalry between John Cena and CM Punk, not altogether different and smaller than the storied John Cena and Edge rivalry. In the handful of really good rivalries containing good matches John Cena has had, one could only enlist Edge, Batista, Randy Orton, and CM Punk. But the HIAC needed to happen. And it didn't happen.
Enter Ryback. Feed me more. CM Punk was supposed to say, "Feed you more? This is a WWE ring, not KFC you big gluttonous son of a bit-- ". Lame Ryback entrances, his rigidly moving robot-like body, his deltoids moving and legs stomping while stalking his opponent, Ryback was the weakest and most unbelievable repetition of Goldberg, if there ever was such a thing. It's unarguable that HIAC was a disappointment. Earlier Hell in a Cell used to be the devil's playground where Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels and HHH alike wrestled the Undertaker for a good 30 minutes. Now HIAC became a rookie's playground with FEED ME MORE chants, ending disappointingly in 11 minutes and 22 seconds.
Some say the triple threat encounter with Cena and Ryback was a "solid" match, but how good of a story was it? How engrossed were you? How many believed Ryback was the next big thing? Enter Shield. No CM Punk at TLC. This was practically a disastrous 4 months for the WWE, and technically, the entire latter half of 2012 with the same old John Cena and an untalented wrestler with an even more gruesome chant trying to lead the WWE into the next era. IMO, this was one of the WWE's grimmest mistakes, which occur year after year and they only get worse.
So what should've the WWE done instead? The obvious plan B. Not haste, but a proven commodity. Randy Orton. Randy Orton had been a boring babyface WHC and then a floating smackdown superstar since 2011. He did not really have a very successful first half of 2012. And when the WWE knew John Cena couldn't compete, they should've brought back Randy in the spotlight to face CM Punk and rekindle and continue their rivalry from 2011. However this time, CM Punk was the established big name, and Randy was an ineffectual and unmotivated superstar that needed to be kindled. This was the right time. CM Punk and Randy Orton could've saved what was otherwise a chain of flop WWE ppvs from HIAC-TLC. Heck, how obvious it is that a babyface team of Randy Orton would face a heel team of CM Punk in the traditional Survivor Series match? Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle's rivalry from 2003 was built around the same story. The WWE championship and endless envy.
Instead of the disastrous Team Dolph "Really?" Ziggler vs Team Mick "Papa bear" Foley, we would've gotten a solid story and a solid match with Randy Orton and CM Punk. Of course Orton would've lost to Punk in HIAC because it was unjust to give Orton two consecutive victories over Punk in 2011. Why? Because CM Punk deserved better, and Orton had already been given too much time and time again. 2012 was the year of Punk. Not the WWE's time to experiment with Frankenstein. If only Vince Mcmahon knew...
How would I have booked it, since I'm so much smarter than the WWE?
HIAC- CM Punk beats Randy Orton, and Shield interferes on Punk's behalf.
Survivor Series-Randy Orton, John Cena, Ryback and Team Hell No beat CM Punk, Wade Barrett and The Shield in a classic 5-on-5 elimination match.
TLC-Triple threat TLC match. John Cena vs CM Punk vs Randy Orton. (Shield interferes and costs them the match).
This gives a more organic development to the later Randy Orton and John Cena recruiting fellows to feud with the Shield story.
Your thoughts?
Big Show and John Cena had their own story and IMO it made for a lousy triple threat story leading into Summerslam '12 with big show's constant face-heel turns and no credence or credibility at all. Essentially, they needed a freshness to the stale John Cena-CM Punk feud from Summerslam 2011. Big Show became that freshness, with a dose of staleness.
Heelish tactics and some tainted victories later, CM Punk was supposed to face John Cena at HIAC, which would've gone down as one of the most amazing HIACs, and one final cuminating point for the storied rivalry between John Cena and CM Punk, not altogether different and smaller than the storied John Cena and Edge rivalry. In the handful of really good rivalries containing good matches John Cena has had, one could only enlist Edge, Batista, Randy Orton, and CM Punk. But the HIAC needed to happen. And it didn't happen.
Enter Ryback. Feed me more. CM Punk was supposed to say, "Feed you more? This is a WWE ring, not KFC you big gluttonous son of a bit-- ". Lame Ryback entrances, his rigidly moving robot-like body, his deltoids moving and legs stomping while stalking his opponent, Ryback was the weakest and most unbelievable repetition of Goldberg, if there ever was such a thing. It's unarguable that HIAC was a disappointment. Earlier Hell in a Cell used to be the devil's playground where Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels and HHH alike wrestled the Undertaker for a good 30 minutes. Now HIAC became a rookie's playground with FEED ME MORE chants, ending disappointingly in 11 minutes and 22 seconds.
Some say the triple threat encounter with Cena and Ryback was a "solid" match, but how good of a story was it? How engrossed were you? How many believed Ryback was the next big thing? Enter Shield. No CM Punk at TLC. This was practically a disastrous 4 months for the WWE, and technically, the entire latter half of 2012 with the same old John Cena and an untalented wrestler with an even more gruesome chant trying to lead the WWE into the next era. IMO, this was one of the WWE's grimmest mistakes, which occur year after year and they only get worse.
So what should've the WWE done instead? The obvious plan B. Not haste, but a proven commodity. Randy Orton. Randy Orton had been a boring babyface WHC and then a floating smackdown superstar since 2011. He did not really have a very successful first half of 2012. And when the WWE knew John Cena couldn't compete, they should've brought back Randy in the spotlight to face CM Punk and rekindle and continue their rivalry from 2011. However this time, CM Punk was the established big name, and Randy was an ineffectual and unmotivated superstar that needed to be kindled. This was the right time. CM Punk and Randy Orton could've saved what was otherwise a chain of flop WWE ppvs from HIAC-TLC. Heck, how obvious it is that a babyface team of Randy Orton would face a heel team of CM Punk in the traditional Survivor Series match? Brock Lesnar and Kurt Angle's rivalry from 2003 was built around the same story. The WWE championship and endless envy.
Instead of the disastrous Team Dolph "Really?" Ziggler vs Team Mick "Papa bear" Foley, we would've gotten a solid story and a solid match with Randy Orton and CM Punk. Of course Orton would've lost to Punk in HIAC because it was unjust to give Orton two consecutive victories over Punk in 2011. Why? Because CM Punk deserved better, and Orton had already been given too much time and time again. 2012 was the year of Punk. Not the WWE's time to experiment with Frankenstein. If only Vince Mcmahon knew...
How would I have booked it, since I'm so much smarter than the WWE?
HIAC- CM Punk beats Randy Orton, and Shield interferes on Punk's behalf.
Survivor Series-Randy Orton, John Cena, Ryback and Team Hell No beat CM Punk, Wade Barrett and The Shield in a classic 5-on-5 elimination match.
TLC-Triple threat TLC match. John Cena vs CM Punk vs Randy Orton. (Shield interferes and costs them the match).
This gives a more organic development to the later Randy Orton and John Cena recruiting fellows to feud with the Shield story.
Your thoughts?
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