
Behind one cage door is John Cena — a 10-time WWE Champion, a veteran of this unforgiving match who will do whatever it takes to reclaim the coveted title he hasn’t held in more than a year.
Behind the other cage door is Ryback — a snarling, ferocious beast who has devoured every Superstar in his path and just keeps demanding to be fed more and more.
Which Hell in a Cell would you choose to step inside?
That is the unenviable decision that CM Punk now faces after Mr. McMahon issued an ultimatum to the WWE Champion at the close of Monday night’s Raw. For Punk, it comes down to picking between the devil he knows or the devil he doesn’t have the slightest clue about. On the surface alone, it seems like the choice should be Cena, especially considering his recovery from elbow surgery. But if you look closer, you’ll realize that it’s not all that simple for The Straight Edge Superstar.
WWE.com is here to examine the pros and cons of both options Punk has to choose from as Hell in a Cell looms just weeks away. Which opponent he selects might make all the difference between extending his impressive WWE Title reign and losing the grip on his championship gold completely …
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neither!
Choose both. Give them a good fight and at the end let them beat the hell out of you. Than you can act as an beaten an broken heel who is crazy because he was hurting a fan. Close the f****** Respect crap and get back to showing personality!
CM Punk should face his own self of a year ago.
I like the “Go To Sleep” get-up that’s on sale now.
Is this evidence of WWE kowtowing to the Freemasons to prevent any form of pop culture presenting a populist hero that stands up to the corporate establishment? In the words of Bill Hicks—”Go to sleep, America—there’s nothing to see here”. Just wondering.
The Raw ratings are at a record low because there is no story being told. Well—-except that Vince McMahon and John Cena are heroes and anyone who speaks out is a cowardly heel. Great f***ing story. No wonder it’s selling so well.
Foible remember when john cena FIRST started out in the wwe as an eminem rapping slash wrestler wanna be tryn to make it in the wwe that NOBODY liked? He was NOT always this goody too shoes guy that everybody likes now. As soon as cena won his first wwe title all of a sudden he turns face and is acting all in order to get respect you have to earn the respect. So NOW he’s so self-rightches. Thats bullshit. John cena CHANGED his persona and his image to cookie-cutter kinda guy becoz vince needed that guy to help him represent wat the wwe should be. But, in my opinion john cena is a hypocrite himself Why u ask easy when cm punk delivered a blistering gts to the rock on the 1000th episode of raw and EVERYBODY autimatically thought he turned his back on the wwe universe which by the way is FALSE FALSE FALSE even to this day not everybody like him. He desided he wasnt going to let anybody walk all over him. Punk didnt change to please ANYBODY he was tired of be the person people overshadowed. John cena changed to benifit vince mcmahon. What makes u a hero is being urself to change for urself NOT to please somebody else. And btw people say that john cena is the face of the company? Let me tell u something first two weeks ago wwe raw was great without john cena I loved it! Second if cena by some chance passed away tommorrow Im sure the wwe will continue without him and every other wrestler will still be employeed. Vince mcmahon is making money off the fact that he found a guy he could change to benifit vince. Oh and for a wrestler who claims he had arm surgery didnt seem to act like he did when he appeared last monday on raw. Shouldnt cena be getting physical therapy for his so-called arm surgery he had? The ONLY reason ryback AND john cena came out @ the end of raw is another easy one vince can’t win a match on his own anymore. And for u foible to say anybody who speaks out is a cowardly heel? Its called having an opinion. Ever heard of it? people have a rite to speak upon it. Every wwe superstar has their way of representing how the wwe should be presented. Cm punk represents wat a hero is and wat the wwe SHOULD be a human being w/a big heart and a person always tries to be HIMSELF and NOT somebody who is benifiting the coorporate honcho. Im like cm punk myself im not gonna stop speaking my mind and nobody is gonna tell me im a cowardly heel just becoz i speak my mind. Wat makes u a cowardly heel is NOT speaking ur mind and letting people walk all over u! Just stand up for urself and stand up for wat u believe in. Everybody has there hero. Mine Is CM PUNK! ALWAYS AND 4EVER AND IM NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT!
I support u but after u became an effing coward n ran into d crowd, u effed up d whole effing wwe universe!
Dear “sarah”—
Okay. So you understand that pro wrestling is scripted entertainment, right? And you understand that in the STORY being told now that CM Punk is supposed to be a cowardly heel, right?
I like Punk too—-but I don’t like that him “speaking up” makes him out in the STORY to be a cowardly heel, and that Cena and McMahon were made out on Raw to be strong faces—–especially McMahon.
So, you get that it’s not “real”, right? Because that’s supposed to be part of the fun. You’re supposed to appreciate the work a wrestler like Punk does PLAYING A CHARACTER. What I’M questioning is how smart it is for WWE to have Punk playing the situation as a heel. If he were the hero for speaking up, and Cena and McMahon were the heels, it would be a better story. I also blame Punk for that. He’s obviously agreeing to play this heel, and tell the story this way, and it seems dumb.
Once again….it’s a STORY. Phil Brooks PLAYS CM Punk.
Huge fan.
Watched the documentary. The thing is, people are digging Ryback because there’s some kind of wrestling law that says the ‘Syco Sid’ / ‘Undefeated Undertaker Streak’ / ‘Goldberg’ style streak is going to be hot once every ten years. John Cena is literally the Hulk Hogan for this modern era, and represents children and the WWE wants a younger audience.
CM Punk should face both of them. He should dominate Ryback on the mat, in the air, and showing the indomitable will and spirit that defeated the Undertaker.
Then, he should cripple John Cena. Destroy the arm, like a modern day Tully Blanchard. Just destroy tendons, rip cartilage, and sever muscle from bone — pull a Macho Man on him, send him packing for more than a week — so he’ll have a WHOLE season of Raw to watch and comment on when he gets back — if the dirtsheets are right, it’s time for a change. Then Punk, after getting both of them where he wants them, cuffs ‘em to the Cell, and leaves the arena, losing on a countout. Perfect end. Punk retains after proving himself the better man, and Cena can say he won, and Ryback keeps his ‘streak’ alive.
I’m a CM Punk guy. I’m an old-school guy.
CM PUNK @ 400
Dan
This thing with C.Mp punk needs to come to an end!, A champion does not go around and beat up people ! and Punk u r no CHAMPION!I think that Vince should make the choice 4 u , and if I were Vince I would choose Ryback! because I’ A Ryback kinda person
Neither Cm Punk should retain the title
Well, Charles bagur JOHN CENA shouldnt be champion becoz of how many chances HE’S been and/or being given. People talk ALOT of trash about how cm punk shouldnt be DEMANDING respect he should be EARNING IT somebody should tell john cena that he shouldnt be DEMANDING another title shot after another title shot after title shot! Its fucking ridiculous! And why does john cena keep showing up on raw w/a wounded elbow huh? NOT VERY SMART. Monday nite raw can survive withOUT cena jesus christ. The problem with the wwe is they need to change the current storyline between punk and cena with this title thing becoz its getting REEEAL old. John cena is coming of as a guy who keeps loosing his title shots against cm punk yet, he STILL gets those title shots and poor cm punk he’s coming off as a guy who continues to beat cena over & over & over again and who has ALREADY proven to himself and to the wwe universe how hard he has worked day in & day out day & nite that he IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD Demands respect becoz CM PUNK HAS FUCKING EARNED IT! I know its a storyline but, its gone so far as to the point that punk is the bad guy (no pun intended) and cena is the good guy. Hahahahahaha john cena a good guy?! YEAH RITE MY ASS. I understand that this is all just scripted though punk is playing his role BETTER than cena.
It seems that “sarah” does have some limited idea that wrestling is scripted. However, “sarah”, if you truly do support CM Punk and a change in the structure of the WWE—you shouldn’t be supporting this awful storyline. The bottom line is that Punk is willingly playing the cowardly heel to “The Huckster” John Cena in storyline. Punk is in real danger of being not relevant at all by this time next year.
In a proper storyline that would give Punk the respect he derserves as an on-air personality and character and as a real-life wrestler who HAS paif his dues and which would improve the stale WWE, Punk SHOULD be the good guy up against the corporate establishment. Instead we’re getting McMahon/Cena/Corporate as the heroes and Punk as a bad guy who even kneels and begs McMahon not to hit him and kicks old men from behind. It is reported that Punk is fairly arrogant in real life, so I doubt that he cares what any of his smarter fans have to say, but if he thinks that he’s going to get a payoff for this story and this version of his character, he’s going to find out that he’s wrong when it’s too late.
In a world of Occupy and corporate corruption and skullduggery, the WWE and Cena being the heroes in a story like this is like having Kiefer Sutherland stab all the kids to death at the end of “Stand By Me”. It ain’t a story that way, and people will either not care about it or worse, be turned off by it because it doesn’t make them feel very good about themselves or life. Entertainment is supposed to do the opposite.
Punk would be better off, if he really does feel slighted backstage, just quitting the WWE and saving the integrity and marketability of his wrestling persona for a better time. Sad to say there isn’t much competition to the WWE for him to go to and really have a truly national stage—but then again—WWE’s demographic is shrinking so much the last few years that soon it won’t do to call them “national” either. For the time being though—-CM Punk is causing a lot of his own future and current problems by eating this s#it. And it’s making his former “Voice of the Voiceless” schtick, which COULD have been hugely popular into something he’ll never be able to go back to, because there is an element of people suspending disbelief for that schtick to work that he’s irrevocably ruining by playing it out this way.
Wow foible it just goes to show how well ur paying attention. I made the mistake of saying that I knew cm punk personally and that I knew who the REAL cm punk was. And I got called out for it. So for U to say it is reported that punk is fairly arrogant in real life is fairly UNTRUE. Unless ur related to him or u’ve been a life long fan of punk its unfair to judge somebody to whom we dont know personally. And try telling me something I DONT KNOW. I already know cm punk agreed to play the part of being heel. Let me put it to u this way simple and short I was just saying that cm punk is playing the part of heel or ‘ the bad guy’ better than john cena is playing ‘the good guy’. I dont need to be educated on a global corporation that I started watching on tv since I was 13 yrs. old. Just becoz I’ve been watch’n cm punk since he debuted on ecw DOESNT nesesarely (spellcheck there) mean I know punk personally. Pleaseee dont be offended.
An interesting conversation…yet I think that despite your enthusiasm, you know the truth, which is why you’re upset. The truth is this:
We all do know, without knowing him personally, that Phil Brooks has worked his a## off to get where he is. And now he’s blowing it and letting it be blown for him. If nothing changes with this storyline, it won’t matter how well he’s playing this heel. Because this heel is:
a.) displaying cowardly tactics and an outdated 1980′s Bill Watts heel persona
b.) making speaking up against the staleness of Cena and WWE in general sound like it’s wrong, and that Cena is right and WWE is right not to change. “Anyone who speaks up is a whiny phony” seems to be the gist of it.
c.) putting a lie to the fourth wall breaking “Voice of the Voiceless” that Punk COULD have played and which could have, done correctly ,brought Raw and Punk to 1999/SCSA ratings and heights, given the current socio-economic situation in the country. Not saying that there would be or should be a return to “Attitude”—only that Punk could have tapped a mainstream nerve like Austin did in the late 90′s. It could have a continuation, in a way. Austin just blindly kicked dirt in the fact of “the Boss”, like a lot of folks wished they could have. Punk was, until the storyline died in its tracks, actually articulating WHY the Boss needed dirt kicked in his face. This was new and exciting. Operative word—-WAS.
Now that he’s bricked and mortared himself back firmly behind only three walls as this rotten heel persona, he’s lost the ability to ever tap the “Voice of The Voiceless” again and have people believe or at least suspend their disbelief that he is a true rebel and a force of change in a company that is sinking downhill into a syndicated cartoon show that caters to a preteen and adolescent audience and given a couple of more years won’t even cater well to anyone at all—- it will have become so inane and boring and superficial.
Yeah—playing the heel better than Cena playing the good guy is true, I will give you that—but that’s like being a better swimmer in the frozen water around the sinking Titanic. It’s ultimately a moot point.
Punk needs to get out of this situation fast.
Haven’t seen Ryback actually wrestle yet. Can he ? Still don’t get what he wants to feed on or eat ? Maybe, a banana or a cookie ? Hey CM , just make him look good because you will have to carry the match. I am another old school guy.
He should face the guy he back handed in the crowd on raw at hiac.
In my opinion seeing as how aj lee gave cm punk the opportunity to let him pick his next opponet @ hitc then I think we should just hear punk out and just listen to who PUNK wants to face. But, if u ask me punk should choose john cena. Now hear me out let me explain Y. Its pretty obvious cuz theres history there between cena & punk. Their fued could possibly maybe FINALLY END. And when yes I said when cm punk wins again for the fith time against cena this needs to STOP. Give cm punk a whole new storyline that doesnt involve cena. The only reason I can think of as to the long aganizing storyline between punk and cena is probably cuz the wwe officals either can’t afford to loose the storyline to benifit the ratings or they can’t come up w/a better storyline. If u ask me the storyline between aj lee DB and cm punk the whole love triangle thing was even worse. It didnt really go anywhere with the exception of how many times CRAZY and UNSTABLE aj lee is treating punk just becuz DB dumped her on national tv. That storyline was so boring. And this one just won’t end. This one is alittle different. This story involves cm punk consistantly going up against cena and cena consistantly loosing his title matches and coming out and complaing about wanting ANOTHER title shot just becuz he lost. Its the same sinario w/this. And until the ass kissing john cena has the title and not the bad guy brash in your face cm punk to whom the wwe officals DONT want to be champion isnt champiom anymore then this storyline will end. But, dont hold ur breath. Oh and the only thing that is relevant is john cena demanding another title shot after another after another. NOT CM PUNK.
I LOVE CM PUNK SOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO THATS WY IF HE WONTS TO KEEP HIS CHAMPION SHIP HE SHOULD FIGHT JOHN CENA BECAUSE HE ALREADY BEAT JOHN ABOUT 6 TIMES . BUTTTTTTTTTTT I DONT THINK JOHN CENA DOENT DECERVES ANOTHER MATCH FOR THE FIFTH TIME ……….BUTTTTT ALSO I THINK CM PUNK IS OUT OF CONTRAL SO I THINK HE SHOULD FIGHT AND LOSE TO ( AND LET ME QUOIT DANIEL BRYAN AND SAY ) LET HIM FIGHT (THE RYBACK) SO HE CAN START ACTING RIGHT AGAIN BUT I LIKE CM PUNK SOOOOOOOO I WONT HIM TO FIGHT…………………….john cena thanks for reading LOVE TATIANA AKA AJ ALLLL THE WAY PS THAT DONT MEAN I LESBOW THOUGH
WOW SARAH ITS NOTA BAD WOW BUT A GOOD WOW I TOTALY GET WHAT YOURE SAYING JOHN GOT ABOUT 6 CHANCES AND JOHN IS TOTZ FAKE IF YOU CAN READ THIS PLEASE WRITE BACK I HAVE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS
WOW SARAH ITS NOTA BAD WOW BUT A GOOD WOW I TOTALY GET WHAT YOURE SAYING JOHN GOT ABOUT 6 CHANCES AND JOHN IS TOTZ FAKE IF YOU CAN READ THIS PLEASE WRITE BACK I HAVE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS AKA MY NAME IS TATIANA
I SENT THOSE TEXT ABOVE AT 1:38
it will be much pleasent to see punk beating Ryback than cena…….becoz cena has lost his charm..
Hey Tatiana u seem like a cute sweet person. Is ur name Tatiana or Lulu? And thanks for ur comments. And if u have any questions PLEASE feel free to ask. And john cena has had so many chances I practically lost count. I love cm punk sooooooo much too. So yeah Tat ask away pleaseee.
i doubt my opinion counts. I realy think cm is good wrestler. He is the reason I started watching. I agree its getting old beteen cena. Forgiive me but i like cena BUT cena has had his many many and to many chnces. i liked what punk said in olklahoma even though the crowd booed and didn’t listen. just like football or basket ball you get onc chance per year to win and then if yyou loose you go back to the end of the liine. so cena should not get another chnce. i like that punk stands up but i truely don’t’ want punk to loose or get fired. just like the tag team matches thats how the championship should be. cena gets way to much attention and too many chances. if punk says he is the best let him prove it against ryback. BUT i don’t want ryback as a chanpion even though he has defeated everyone of his opponents. last i agree with whats been said. also i hope big show doesn’t win. I do agree we are running low on oponets. I think punk has dug a hole he can’t win. I understand respect but he has become a bully hitting poeple that didn’t deserve it. Thats why some have lost respect. I think cm is funny and charming in and on intervews and it shows the real guy.. punk has great voice and awesome wwrestler. but his attitude needs a huge ajustment. he is going about it the wrong way and that is why some of us have lost respect. i agree that the main events should be centered around the champoin whoever that may be and not cena. cena. has become too famous for nothing especially losing what sicx matches. its a no brainer if punk choses cena-punk will win . cena news to step up his gamei and win a match. one way or the other it will be fun to watch. I think wrestling is like a soapopara but with some wrestling. they need less talkking and more wrestling.
Sorry i didnt spell check. lol
To answer the question asked above, Ryback loves eating hot dogs. Big ol’ wieners. Nothing he loves more than taking down a foot long wiener, and just when you think he can’t possibly stuff another wiener in his mouth, he shouts, ‘Feed Me More’.
I’m surprised he doesn’t have diabetes!
So, get your wieners ready, folks, because you need to feed Ryback when he comes to your town! It can be like the squid at a Red Wings game! Toss some wieners at Ryback, can’t you see he’s starving?
Please,Punk,don’t pick John Cena again,the guy has had his chances more than once and its time for new challengers.
I GOT 4 WORDS FOR YAH ” BEST IN THE WORLD