And as I said, easy way to extend this storyline for a while without Punk is to have Cena throw the belt in the trash or something similar. That's an excellent "wtf" moment to end Raw on, one I'd say that's better than Punk coming back. Next week you have Cena cut a promo about how the belt isn't worth anything because the real one isn't here.
Triple H says what do you want him to do about it-- for now we've gotta "move on" or something. He hosts another tournament, one Cena isn't in, cause he can't be trusted to not toss the belt again-- Cena says he's gonna go get the title back. A dude in like a black jumpsuit interferes with the tournament causing the final result to be a no contest. Dolph Ziggler steps up, says he's going to be the interim champion having the most prestigious belt on Raw since WWE can't crown a new champion and Cena himself said the belt was worthless. CM Punk shows up at some point in the audience, says he's enjoying how the WWE is flopping around like a dying fish without their belt. Maybe at some point a Raw guy goes to Smackdown to try and bring the World Heavyweight Title over to Raw because they've got no world champion. Etc etc.
I'm rambling, and I'm not sure that's the strict order of events you'd do, but yeah, this is really easy to extend for a month without Punk around yet keeping Punk and the title a centerpiece. World title turmoil is such a great storyline to just build and build on-- the possibilities are more than enough to run with for a month. You could probably do this for a whole quarter of the year and keep it fresh.
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