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Originally Posted by Toddzilla
wow - from hottest angle in a decade to dead in 1 week. they killed that faster than the first Nexus run.
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I don't know how they killed it. They definitely could have held out a bit longer and had a better build. But the story is interesting and rather unpredictable.
A lot of the dirtsheets seem to be leaning toward Del Rio cashing in at some point, perhaps after HHH attacks Punk. Thus setting up HHH as a heel GM (he does play a great heel) and going up against Punk. Sort of a new age Vince-Stone Cold with HHH being the corporate heel and Punk being the anti-hero.
Makes sense too since they won't make Cena look vulnerable for long and understand they have to make the kids happy. So it'd let them have Cena-Del Rio battle out for the marks and HHH-Punk for the smarks.
And for all the shit I've given them over the years, they turned Punk into a legitimate main eventer in the course of a month or two. They built a star that can headline a PPV. They haven't been able to do that in a long time. You can argue about whether Punk deserves more credit or not, but they put him over Cena at a PPV, got incredible buzz, did it in an incredible atmosphere, and turned Punk's character into a cult icon. That's a long way from Punk jobbing for a year straight on PPVs.