Lopen posted...
Psh Jakyl's totally going to agree with me when he gets in here. You just watch.
Hah, as I was reading this discussion I kept seeing your side of things more and more and was going to say as much anyway.
I do think in some sense both sides of this argument are right; the Championship looks incredibly important right now, but this angle is not "about" the Championship.
Tim said it very well. CM Punk has no desire to actually "be Champion," he just wants the belt to cause chaos and prove a point. This feud has nothing to do with "Who is the best wrestler on Raw" as any other feud about the title would be. This feud is about WWE fighting for the right to keep their Championship for FUTURE use.
This angle is about the IDEA of what being WWE Champion means, and how that idea is tainted if Punk walks out with it to "defend" it elsewhere and they just crown a new Champ at Summerslam out of vacancy.
Cena needs to win not to prove he is the best, or to keep the belt in WWE (they'd just make a new one and do Cena vs. Del Rio at Summerslam for it and life would go on). He is not fighting for the right to be WWE Champion. He is fighting to keep intact the credibility of the WWE Championship, the richest prize in wrestling history.
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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