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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jul 3, 2008 15:42:53 GMT -5
According to several sources, the impression is that CM Punk will not be having a very long WWE World Heavyweight Championship reign. Jason Powel of ProWrestling.net is reporting that the feeling was, Vince McMahon wanted to shake things up in a big way. One source said that nothing should be considered a long-term move in WWE at the moment due to Vince McMahon’s current mindset.
A number of sources also agree that CM Punk’s World Heavyweight Championship reign is similar to Bret Hart winning the WWF Championship by defeating Ric Flair back in 1992. The feeling at that time was Bret Hart would have a short term run with the Championship, however he won fans over quickly. This could mean that there is a possibility of CM Punk doing the same.
Sources feel that ratings and merchandise sales will be a determining factor in CM Punk’s WWE World Heavyweight Championship reign
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Post by Naitch on Jul 3, 2008 16:40:02 GMT -5
The dude gets great crowd reactions so he should be fine.
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Post by Champ on Jul 3, 2008 22:53:55 GMT -5
It also goes back to what SM highlighted in bold. It's the Cena/merchandise rule
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Post by evilmasterbetty on Jul 3, 2008 23:26:00 GMT -5
The only thing he'll really have trouble doing is bringing in ratings. He'll sell merch (although not at the rate of a Cena or HHH). He'll get good crowd reactions. But because the WWE overall has been in such a funk, ratings have been horrible. Hopefully they don't expect Punk to magically take them to 4.0 again in two months because that just won't happen.
Even so, I don't see him holding the belt past Summerslam. He might survive GAB, but I doubt he'll get a reign longer than 2-3 months.
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jul 4, 2008 8:08:55 GMT -5
I think they are saying they do NOT expect Punk to do anything to the ratings but by some miracle people tune in he could be the next Bret Hart Cinderella story.
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Post by evilmasterbetty on Jul 4, 2008 10:26:06 GMT -5
I would hope so. Bret is still one of my favorites. Plus he was a nice change from the bIigger guys that dominated the 80s in the WWE.
Who knows, maybe Punk is the start of a new era?
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Post by Champ on Jul 4, 2008 14:05:21 GMT -5
It would be nice if Punk started a new era. It's been redundant again for the past 3 years with Batista, Trips, Cena and Edge
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Post by GLF on Jul 6, 2008 11:12:55 GMT -5
I can see Punk holding on to it till Summerslam at the most. Although if newz is to believed then Punk was meant to have some heat before Wrestlemania but still won the briefcase and has the belt now.
Maybe we all shouldn't watch more then they will shake things up more.
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Post by Velkontés on Jul 6, 2008 15:13:20 GMT -5
I can see Punk holding on to it till Summerslam at the most. Although if newz is to believed then Punk was meant to have some heat before Wrestlemania but still won the briefcase and has the belt now. Maybe we all shouldn't watch more then they will shake things up more. They've got the talent, they just need to use them. They should plan out two or three 'A' storylines per show (Punk winning the title, JBL/Cena, Jericho/Michaels etc) and then for everyone else on the roster just throwing them & the kitchen sink in the mix and seeing what sticks. Push the stuff that works or gets over and drop the stuff that doesn't work. Even if it means a few crappy matches here and there. The shows are too sedate. Last week was a good start. |
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Post by Snitskyman2016 on Jul 6, 2008 18:23:53 GMT -5
It isn't looking good for merchandise, its only been 7 days but Jeff Hardy still dominates the merch and you can't even find CM Punks T shirt that he wore to the ring. Some of his "merch" is just ECW generic merch too.
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Post by Champ on Jul 6, 2008 23:05:47 GMT -5
If Punk loses the belt the merchandising will be the sole reason. Vince always said, "WHATEVER is best for business"
100% agreed. Let the lower and mid card guys mix it up a little more and let the top dogs stick to their feuds as opposed to having 8 man tags and throwing Chavo in an Edge/Taker main event with gay Bam Neely offering nothing to the show. They really need to start testing chemistry amongst the lower guys instead of doing nothing with them and then randomly bringing them out to die at the hands of Cena or Umaga. Like you said V, it's kind of like throwing shit at a wall. Most of it will hit the ground but a little of it always sticks
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