CM Punk has finally arrived.
After putting around on ECW and not really doing a whole lot (except for a meaningless ECW Title reign), CM Punk finally got drafted to RAW at the 2008 WWE Draft. Before that he had been misused and hadn't been winning a whole lot.
Monday June 30th, 2008 is a day that may live forever. It was 9 PM, the show was WWE Raw, and the show opened with JR coming out and giving a farewell speech, which was then interrupted by Edge. Edge gave a great heel promo, before saying that he would never defend the belt against a WWE RAW Superstar again.
That brought Batista out, his opponent from Night of Champions. Batista proceeded to slowly and a bit awkwardly beat down Edge, eventually ending with a weak looking Batista Bomb in the ring.
As Batista walked up the ramp to the back, the straight edge hardcore superstar CM Punk's music hit. He had the Money in the Bank briefcase and his own referee with him, and stormed the ring. CM Punk was practically jumping out of his boots as he waited for what seemed like a very slow match introduction before they finally rang the bell.
CM Punk walked over and picked up a prone Edge and put him in the GTS.
1. 2. 3! CM Punk wins! CM Punk wins! CM Punk wins!
Well, Edge certainly got a taste of his own medicine, seeing as how he's cashing in the Money in the Bank briefcase not once, but twice to win World Titles. CM Punk celebrated with his new World Title, in near tears.
As great as CM Punk is, this shows an amazing leap of faith in CM Punk by the WWE backstage crew and specifically Vince McMahon. For someone who was rumored to have a little bit of an attitude backstage (because CM Punk KNOWS how good he is just like HBK did back in '92) that's pretty amazing. It shows that Vince might start doing what's best for the business instead of pushing the tired, old and bland 'company guys'.
While this was a great moment for CM Punk, I can't help but feel that he will only be used as a transitional champion to get the belt from Edge to a top heel on RAW. I guess that's the way it goes, as I don't think they would trust him to carry their 'A' show right now. I immediately predicted after he won that he would be used as a transitional champion and drop the belt within the next 2 months to JBL, or perhaps (outside chance) Chris Jericho or a returning Randy Orton.
Sad but true, but it looks like we'll have to wait a while longer for CM Punk to get a long-term title reign. Then again, if the ratings suddenly jump with CM Punk carrying the show, who knows what might happen?
No comments:
Post a Comment