I think his reign is still gonna last a couple more months. At least until Summerslam (that's the August PPV, right?)
What WWE need to do is keep the title on Punk until his current character has fully developed. Right now he's floating around in tweener purgatory, and while it is interesting to watch, WWE will eventually have to pick a way for his character to go. He'll either be a beloved face who does things his own way in a style that people go crazy for like Stone Cold or he'll be the misunderstood heel where it's him vs the world. If they don't keep the title on him while they are working through his character, the crowd could lose interest, especially if he ends up falling back down the ladder into the upper midcard again when Undertaker comes back and when the Jericho/Mysterio feud is over.
They also need to give Punk a reign that lasts a good few months. That's as much for the title's benefit as it is for Punk's. The title hasn't had a reign with a decisive champion since Cena's Novermber 2008-February 2009 reign. And even that was less than 3 months long. So yeah, WWE has to prove that there are guys on the SD roster who can hold the title for longer than 2 months. And Punk is the guy to prove that. It'll no doubt make him more over as cement him as a main eventer. And I don't think people will turn on Punk like they turned on Cena when he had his long title run. I'm not saying Punk will have the title for a year, I mean that Punk's character is more intrguing than Cena's has evver been, Cena's character has always seemed somewhat shallow. With Punk's current character I think it could take quite a while for people to get sick of him as champion.
So I'm gonna say he'll hold it until September.
Ok so i'm sorry but i'm not at all sold by CM Punk, this is the guy who was being used to put ppl over on raw, and yet he wins his second money in the bank title match and does the same exact thing. I'm not an idiot i know wrestling is scripted but nothing looks weaker or more like a heel thing to do then charge in and kick someone when they are down.
It doesn't actually matter that much if you win the title. How you defend it is what makes a wrestler into a strong champion and is what makes the title look strong. Punk is on a 6 match winning streak, which is literally the biggest winning streak a World Heavyweight Champion has been on in months. So I'd say the belt looks stronger than it has in a while.
Jeff Hardy was already an established champion. And in my eyes it's bull that WWE took the title from him.
Right now Punk is a
much more established champion than Hardy has ever been. In both Punk's world title reigns he has succesfully defended the title at least once, something which Hardy has never done.
The only person who ever won MITB that actually took somewhat of an honor w/ it was RVD who let Cena know he was challenging him.
Yeah, but then it turned out RVD was drugged up in some way. That didn't make the title look too good...
It's really kind of a weak way to become champ if you ask me. To Me, CM doesn't deserve to be top because he's not.
He earned a title shot anytime anywhere by winning MitB. He beat 6 or 7 other men in a ladder match. Hardy beat.... 1 guy in a ladder match. And earlier in the night, Punk got pretty beat up by Umaga. And as I've already said, it matters way more how you defend the title than how you win it.
His character is lame, i saw people like him in high school every day,
Wow, you must have one hell of an interesting school!
so tell me how he's going to break through? If he couldn't get the job done as champ once how is he going to do it this time? He hasn't shown any improvement.
He's going to do it this time by being booked better. Which he has been so far. 6 match winning streak. Hardy is on a 1 match winning streak. Which streak sounds more impressive?
And he's shown vast improvement recently. In the triple thread match he was doing most of the work. Until he got thrown on to the steps, the whole match was either him vs Hardy or him vs Edge and he did a great job keeping the match together. And his promos since he's been champion have been superb.
I will admit when he was on ECW and had his undefeated streak i was cheering for him.
Then why aren't you cheering for him now? He's on quite a little winning streak. A bigger one than literally anyone else in the WWE is on right now.
I liked him but there's just something about him.
Yeah, I think Vince Mcmahon sees that too... But he sees it as a good thing, y'see.
Also i had once read a report that he was refusing to sign stuff for fans and blew them off.... Now i had Cody Rhodes walk right up to me and talk to me as well as Jeff Hardy one time and sign some stuff for me. But when Punk blows off little kids? Kinda bull. To me he is a paper champ because he did not earn the title
I read that same report. It stated that Punk signed some autographs for a few people, but then he saw a large crowd of people coming towards them who looked disorderly. Like the kinda crowd who's grab you and try to push in front of each other. And if they look like that, they really don't deserve autographs. Aside from that, Punk is known as one of the friendliest guys in the WWE and he actually does care about his fans....
Wait hold on, since when does treating the crowd well affect whether a guy should be champion or not?