Summer of Punk revisited
By Scott Keith on 30 May 2013
Scott,
With a couple years of time and perspective, how do you think the "Summer of Punk" should have played out? With the massive momentum of Punk's "pipebomb" promo and the classic win over Cena at MITB, where do you think it should have gone? Do you still have Del Rio cash in and let Punk chase for a while, impeded by corporate types like Laurinaitis and HHH? Do you keep the belt on him via hook & crook, with Punk outsmarting HHH's contenders until an eventual HHH-Punk showdown?
I think the booking was OK, but just not decompressed enough. They should have had Punk win the belt at MITB, take a few weeks off and send in videos from his house or Bermuda or wherever he was holding the belt hostage. Then they could strip him of the title and do the tournament at Summerslam with Mysterio winning, then Cena wins it from him at Night of Champions and the next night Punk comes back and he's all "Yo dog, that's my title, let's engage in professional wrestling action to settle this like men" and they can squeeze another three PPVs out of it. HHH and Nash can go jack each other off in the corner and sext each other or whatever the fuck that storyline was about and ADR can rot on Smackdown for all I care.
There you go.