Everything after the first week feels exactly like padding. I don't feel like anything has progressed in the slightest since the very first week, and that's a problem. I'd say the main reason for this is that this feud lacks any meat to it and it's completely one-noted. That's why I actually agree with deth/Goat that the urn thing just comes off as cheat rather than edgy. I'll compare it to the heart attack angle, the reason that didn't just feel like cheap heat to me because Lawler was one of the most prevalent figures in the early stages of Punk's heel turn. It was a built upon side feud, it had a little more to it than simply, "Punk being a dick." I understand the mind games aspect and no I didn't feel this at first but the urn is the whole epicenter of the feud and it's not a stable on.
To summarize, WWE is substituting solid storytelling for cheap heat in the urn, which WWE is centering the entire basis of the feud around and doing it poorly. The result is a build that felt like it was over on the first show, resulting in the post-weeks feeling like padding that's only point is to remind you that they're wrestling at Mania. One way to fix this feud and give it some meat would be to do what Lockard suggested awhile back, having Punk mentioning the past crimes (for lack of a better word) that Taker committed. Of course the ship has sailed on that one, but it would've been nice.
