#1. Del Rio vs CM Punk
This is a good challenge for Punk.
Alberto Del Rio needs help as Champion. It's not his fault – he simply hasn't been given an opportunity. WWE seems to find a way at every turn to ruin any momentum Del Rio builds. One week, he's a ruthless aggressor that shows no mercy. The next, he loses clean.
Punk's promo on Raw was again good, but the problem is that everything he said was true. All the "Destiny" talk has amounted to zilch for Del Rio since becoming Champion and no one takes him seriously. On the surface, Punk isn't helping Del Rio at all when he talks about him like that. However, I'm not looking at it that way.
Punk can actually help Del Rio in the long run despite running him down vocally. The only problem is that it requires Punk to put him over. Clean, too. Del Rio could gain more from beating Punk right now than Punk will lose losing.
Punk has a bigger upside going forward without the strap than Del Rio does with it if something doesn't give soon for the current Champion. Del Rio needs to a lot of help right now to be taken serious for any extended period of time. Punk is one of the only men in the company right now that can help him do that.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
