CM Punk defeats Ryback
Worst Case Scenario: CM Punk wins, gets his hands on Heyman, faces Randy Orton for title at next month’s PPV.
Since this was 1/3 as bad as the worst case scenario, it’s hard to say this was a bad ending, but I’m not sure where it takes us other than saying (to some people) that CM Punk is harder to beat than R. Truth. Something no one has ever argued ever. The argument, I suppose, is that CM Punk blatantly cheated to beat Ryback. He’ll likely fall back on “doing whatever it takes to get to Paul Heyman” (all in Chicago-shouty voice), and Ryback will get to say CM Punk cheated and lied about it, and that’s what boo-wees do. Since this is nominally a main event match, and Punk went over and people pay to see Punk go over, even if it’s just against Ryback, then it’s worth at least half of what the Rhodes-Shield match was.
Match: +.5 | PPV: 3.3
