Survivor Series results: CM Punk wins the WWE championship
by Geno Mrosko on Nov 21, 2011 5:14 AM EST
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The WWE championship is still a veritable hot potato.
That's because it changed hands yet again last night (Sun., Nov. 20, 2011) at Survivor Series in New York, as CM Punk used the Anaconda Vice (when he did he get that back, by the way?) to submit Alberto Del Rio.
The match itself was fairly fun. They cut a solid pace and exchanged credible offense, each man making the other look as good as they were supposed to.
What stuck out more than anything was how over Punk was with the crowd at Madison Square Garden. As Sean Waltman noted after the match, "If you're that over in the Garden then you 100-percent have arrived."
Can't argue with that.
Another interesting thing to note here is the historical significance of Punk's title victory in this particular venue. Sean Grande brought it up on Twitter last night:
How big a win for CM Punk? He's the 10th man to get the WWE title at MSG, and just the 4th since 1984. Bigger honor than an ice cream bar.
For the record, there had been 40 WWE title changes since the last one at MSG nine years ago. Including 10 wins in that time by John Cena, none of which have been at MSG.
Here are the 11 men who've won the title at MSG in its 49 years of existence.
Bruno Sammartino- 1963 & 1973
Ivan Koloff - 1971
Pedro Morales - 1971
Bob Backlund - 1978
Iron Sheik - 1983
Hulk Hogan - 1984
Bret Hart - 1994
Kevin Nash - 1994
Pyscho Sid - 1997
Big Show - 2002
CM Punk - 2011
That list does not include world heavyweight title wins, just the WWE championship. And it's quite the illustrious list, Nash, Sid and Show notwithstanding.
Now the question becomes how long exactly Punk will hold onto the title. No one has been able to keep it around their waist for longer than a few short months recently. Will he buck the trend and go for an extended reign? My guess is no.
What's yours?
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im gonna lmfao so loud
if they take that belt from punk in the next 2 ppvs, i love punk, but i dont like those pseudo punk marks that go around saying WWE is boring if punk is not the champion, thats bullshit, you’ll see, RAW is still gonna be boring with him as champ lol
When Punk jumped into the crowd...
did anyone else think he was trying to crush the remaining Cena fans near ringside?
It further supports my theory that Punk is facing Royal Rumble winner Triple H at Mania.
Think about it, Triple H’s worked injury said he’d be out for at least six weeks, and we all know in WWE that the only time these things mean anything is when the guys have enough clout to book their own storylines. I doubt Triple H would want to make his return for a B-Show, so that leads to him winning the Royal Rumble.
Second, a lot of people theorized Punk would face Austin at ‘Mania this year, and while I do believe Vince McMahon is stupid enough to blow Austin’s return on a show already guaranteed to break business records, Austin isn’t stupid enough, and Austin has enough clout to book his own storyline.
That means Punk should have a reign at least as long as Miz’s. Ordinarily I’d say predicting anything run by a crazy booker is impossible, but when it comes to Triple H storylines, they at least have a habit of not changing at the last minute, and making sense, even if many of them devolve into Triple H jerking off to his own greatness.
I hope it’s an extended reign. Punk earned it. His in ring talent is fantastic. His mic work is great. He works hard. And he gives the smarks little tidbits to mark out over. I love it.
by 8bitDan on Nov 21, 2011 12:07 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Punk isn't facing 'Taker.
At the very least he isn’t facing ‘Taker as long as he has that title. Undertaker doesn’t need the WWE Championship at this point, and I doubt he’d take it even if he was asked.
If Undertaker’s facing anybody this year, it’ll be Orton. Though I wouldn’t be suprised if ’Taker takes the year off here.
Don't rule out Lesnar
If he loses his return match, I think he calls his MMA career quits and comes back for a big WM pay day.
by Jonathan Loesche on Nov 21, 2011 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
If he loses his return match, I think he calls his MMA career quits and comes back for a big WM pay day.
People have been saying this since Lesnar’s debut. That he’d leave after he recovered from his first bout of diverticulitis, that he’d leave after getting thrashed by Carwin for a round and humiliated by Velasquez, that’d he had taken an easy out when he pulled out of the JDS fight due to his diverticulitis. And now people are saying if he gets trucked by Ubereem he’s going to leave MMA and go back to “pretend fighting.”
While I think he will go back sometime I hope that it won’t be anytime soon. As cool as it’d be to see Lesnar back in a WWE ring, I think he’s in MMA to stay and honestly, I’d rather see him in the octagon than the ring.
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Taker won’t be back until his hair grows back out…
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by Anthony Pace on Nov 21, 2011 5:56 PM EST up reply actions
I know he carries it into Mania. Would love to See Punk v Taker again.. because Taker is pissed that Punk got that artificial tap out over Taker a couple years back. Using the Anaconda Vice. But, I think the Vice was a nice win since Del Rio uses his armbar..
Ohh.. I like that Savage tribute elbow.. but doesn’t it show how unpretty the thing is & how Shawn & Randy had the 2 prettiest big elbows in history. I like that Punk uses it.. but when he comes off he looks so awkward… Show almost looked better. Makes you appreciate Michaels & Savage.
by Rawuncutnxrated on Nov 21, 2011 12:37 PM EST reply actions
Not sure how long it's going to last
I don’t think that the Cena-Rock match will have any title involved, because (presumably) The Rock is going win, and if Cena is the champ and the Rock beats him, that leaves no champion, and I don’t think the WWE is going to do that. I guess that Punk’s championship reign will last until Wrestlemania? Tables, Ladders, and Chairs, that’s not a very compelling PPV to drop the title. The Royal Rumble? Maybe.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 21, 2011 1:04 PM EST reply actions
Rumble will be interesting
I think we’re going to get Punk-Cena III for the title
by Jonathan Loesche on Nov 21, 2011 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
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