WWE SummerSlam 2011: Why CM Punk Can't Leave as WWE Champion

Last night on Raw, CM Punk and John Cena hit the home run that they needed to hit to get people re-interested in this angle heading into SummerSlam.

The WWE championship match has the feeling of something special once again, but there is only one way that it can end.

Punk has been champion for four weeks, far from the longest reign in history but not too bad considering how often the WWE changes titles, and he has many more championship reigns left in him.

Punk has been the toast of the wrestling world for nearly two months, ever since he cut that promo on Vince McMahon and the dirty backstage politics of the WWE.

But the best thing for business—and the only move that makes sense as far as the story is concerned—is Punk losing the match to John Cena... with a little help from Triple H.

SummerSlam is, more often than not, a special event because it is one of the signature WWE shows of the year, and the company goes all out to make sure that something special happens.

The big, special moment for this year's SummerSlam will be Triple H standing over the prone, lifeless body of CM Punk with Cena celebrating yet another cheap championship victory.

Triple H is the man in charge of the WWE now. He is the new Vince McMahon. He must do what is the right thing for the business. Punk is the outsider in this scenario. He wants to bring about change to the established order of the WWE and get rid of the politics while bringing honor and prestige back to the WWE championship.

You have the natural clash of the immovable force (Triple H) and the irresistible object (CM Punk), and something has to give.

Cena will be the beneficiary of Triple H's deceit, though he will not have anything to do with it, nor will he be turning heel along with Triple H.

On Raw last night, Triple H and Cena seemed to be planting the seeds in the viewers' minds that Triple H will double-cross Cena, especially when Triple H said, "Whatever happens in that match, it will be because that's what I want to happen."

But that would be the worst possible move for business right now. No one wants to see Triple H and Cena in a match for the 10,000th time.

The storyline with Punk and Triple H should continue like this:

Punk will want a match with Triple H, but Triple H will refuse and keep putting Punk in impossible situations that he will manage to overcome.

Eventually there will be nowhere left for Triple H to go, and he will have to accept Punk's challenge for a match, likely at Survivor Series in November.

Punk winning the WWE championship at Money In the Bank was the right move for business. Bringing him back one week after he left was a mistake for business, but the WWE was desperate for something big at SummerSlam.

Now, as we approach the biggest WWE show of the summer, Punk losing the WWE championship thanks to Triple H screwing him out of the belt is the right move for business.

It will be logically impossible for the WWE or Triple H or CM Punk or John Cena to sell any other finish in that match.

The problem with this is that the WWE knows that and will likely do some other swerve just for the sake of proving the people wrong.

I have a little bit more faith in the WWE based on the last eight weeks of programming, and though it is admittedly not enough to say that I trust the people in charge to do the right thing, I have to believe that CM Punk will not be victorious at SummerSlam.

And for the good of the business, as well as the storyline that is playing out, Punk can't leave Los Angeles with the championship.