He would, at least, be a perfect foil for WWE Champion Randy Orton. It provides a fresh matchup, and can even re-ignite a feud that was started at Unforgiven 2008 when Orton kicked Punk in the head, unceramoniously ending his first title reign. Instead of a proper feud, they had a blowoff forgettable lumberjack match on Raw that was more served to transition into Punk's feud with Regal.
This could be the proper way of righting that wrong. They don't have to put the title on Punk. It seems they planted the tiniest of seeds last night. When Punk was attacking Bourne unmercilessly last night, he yelled at him "Remember me from ECW?" If he's going to beat a guy down because he once beat him in a match in ECW(I know Bourne needs shoulder surgery), what would a heel do to the guy who punted him in the head and ended his first "official" World Title Reign? It would make for an intriguing storyline, with Punk targeting guys who have once "wronged him", and Id say Orton is certainly at the top of that list!
Sheamus vs Orton is stale, and he appears to likely be out of the title picture for now. Jericho's out with "injury". I may be being presumptious, but I imagine Cena not quite the job done, and Barrett not winning the title, leading us to a rushed Cena-Barrett feud. Who else would be left as a heel? There are very few main event level heels left on Raw. Enter CM Punk.
This was the perfect move for WWE to make. Edge was sliding into a tweener/face role and his career was stagnant on Raw. Punk's career seemed to be the same way on Smackdown. He was jobbing to the Undertaker in less then 10 minutes twice in one month, or getting knocked out by Big Show. Having him feud with his former SES members would have sucked. They picked the perfect time to move him, before he lost more credibility. He gained instant credibility back with his intensity and destruction of Bourne.
Another option that would work could be a Bryan/Punk feud. I don't like the idea of jobbing Punk out to a "midcarder" but he would be the perfect guy to put Bryan over in his post-Miz feud. Give these 2 guys 15 minutes, and they would tear the house down, just like they did in ROH. Watch this and tell me you wouldn't want to see this happen again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQoYZlCl9-Q
There's alot of fresh things for Punk to do on Raw. I know it would be a "step down" from the world title, but Punk has never held the US title. Perfect motivation for him wanting to chase it. Whether its a feud with Bryan, or a feud with Orton, this was a GREAT move by WWE. He's hoping they follow through just as well from a creative standpoint.
This could be the proper way of righting that wrong. They don't have to put the title on Punk. It seems they planted the tiniest of seeds last night. When Punk was attacking Bourne unmercilessly last night, he yelled at him "Remember me from ECW?" If he's going to beat a guy down because he once beat him in a match in ECW(I know Bourne needs shoulder surgery), what would a heel do to the guy who punted him in the head and ended his first "official" World Title Reign? It would make for an intriguing storyline, with Punk targeting guys who have once "wronged him", and Id say Orton is certainly at the top of that list!
Sheamus vs Orton is stale, and he appears to likely be out of the title picture for now. Jericho's out with "injury". I may be being presumptious, but I imagine Cena not quite the job done, and Barrett not winning the title, leading us to a rushed Cena-Barrett feud. Who else would be left as a heel? There are very few main event level heels left on Raw. Enter CM Punk.
This was the perfect move for WWE to make. Edge was sliding into a tweener/face role and his career was stagnant on Raw. Punk's career seemed to be the same way on Smackdown. He was jobbing to the Undertaker in less then 10 minutes twice in one month, or getting knocked out by Big Show. Having him feud with his former SES members would have sucked. They picked the perfect time to move him, before he lost more credibility. He gained instant credibility back with his intensity and destruction of Bourne.
Another option that would work could be a Bryan/Punk feud. I don't like the idea of jobbing Punk out to a "midcarder" but he would be the perfect guy to put Bryan over in his post-Miz feud. Give these 2 guys 15 minutes, and they would tear the house down, just like they did in ROH. Watch this and tell me you wouldn't want to see this happen again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQoYZlCl9-Q
There's alot of fresh things for Punk to do on Raw. I know it would be a "step down" from the world title, but Punk has never held the US title. Perfect motivation for him wanting to chase it. Whether its a feud with Bryan, or a feud with Orton, this was a GREAT move by WWE. He's hoping they follow through just as well from a creative standpoint.