Same old…
When was the last time CM Punk legally won a match? Was it Snitsky the week after he first won the title? I genuinely can’t remember. It certainly wasn’t last night on RAW as he was placed in a handicap match with JBL and Chris Jericho. If Punk won, he would get the night off at Summerslam. In the case of a JBL or Jericho win, whichever man pinned Punk would earn a shot at the gold. And if there was no winner in the alotted 10 minutes there would be a triple threat match between the three with the title on the line. That seemed the likely outcome until with seconds left JBL got the fall on Punk to set up a match at Summerslam. Now, I HOPE I know why the WWE are doing this. They are clearly terrified of giving Punk a win over Cena or Batista because God forbid one of the golden boys actually put a rising star over, right? So in putting Punk up against JBL they can probably afford to give Punk that long awaited victory without any of the real big stars fingers getting burned. The whole thing stinks to me though and I really feel for Punk. I’d have loved to have seen Jericho earn the match because I want him back in the title picture and he and Punk would put on one of the matches of the year, but if keeping Jericho free means he gets a good blow off to his feud with Shawn Michaels then so be it.
The shows main event (you didn’t really think the Punk match would be the main event did you? He’s just the World Champ after all) saw Cena and Batista inexplicably win the tag titles of the superb team of Rhodes and DiBiase. Now we’ve seen this before, two guys who hate each other winning the belts together and I imagine Rhodes and DiBiase will win them back next week but it’s just such a stupid storyline…it halts the impressive momentum of Rhodes and DiBiase and in my opinion really adds very little to the hype ahead of Batista and Cena’s Summerslam showdown. It’s the sort of match that belongs at Wrestlemania after months of hype, not on Summerslam after a few weeks of very weak promo. WCW did a similar thing years ago during the Monday Night Wars when they gave away Goldberg v Hogan for nothing and WWF/E pasted them in the ratings and eventually put them out of business. TNA must be bloody delighted.
Finally glad to see my wish come true regarding Mickie James feuding with Santino and Beth Phoenix, and even better that they have got Kofi Kingston involved as Mickie’s ally. Not sure about the winner takes all match at Summerslam…it’s probably time for James to drop the Womens Title to Phoenix but if that means Kingston having to drop the IC Title to Santino too it’s a sacrifice I’d rather not make.
Do you think JBL is the right guy to be facing Punk at Summerslam? Are you glad to see Cena and Batista carrying the tag titles? Let’s have your thoughts sports fans.
