Punk...

[CT Styles]

I'd book him to cash in on the champion and lose but begin a feud with them over the title to hopefully help him get a rub.

 

[plachi]

I think it's pretty obvious that the one thing they can't do is what they did last time when he cashed in and won the title out of the blue.

 

[JimmyD]

Funny one that.... It seems to me that the cheers and boos (he received both at points) were simply from different sections of the crowd.

When he and Kane were up the ladder right near the end, you could hear cheers as Kane got the upper hand and then there were both audible boos AND cheers when Punk eventually knocked him back down a rung or two to gain control of the situ... He still got a pretty damn good pop when he got the win too.

The biggset shitter about Punk's win is the fact we didn't get to see him cash in on a newly crowned Orton, finally gaining retirbution for Unforgiven 08 and kicking off a full blown fued between the pair of them.

As for what to do with him?

Yeah, a fued with Kane seems pretty likely and depending on the brand there's plenty of decent mid-card talent for him to fued with until he 'cashes in' (MVP, Kennedy, Christian, Umaga, Shelton, Jeff H, Kofi), but as our thoughts turn towards his title shot:

Face: Obviously none are holding titles right now, but Edge, Jericho & Orton all immediately spring to mind in terms of potentially good title shots/fueds... In fact irrespective of titles, these 3 would prob top my list of prospective punk fueds.

Heel: HHH.... Well after WM it's quite apparent this wouldn't do any good for Punk. An unsuccesful shot at Cena would be cool for character/stroryline development.

Definitely this.

I don't know why everyone is so down on Punk winning MITB. He got a big pop from the crowd when he won, just as he did the next night on RAW. The man is very popular, a very good wrestler and his gimmick suits his character. I'll be honest and say I didn't see him winning, what with Christian and MVP also being in the match, but the only reason Punk's first title reign was a failure was because he was given the belt far too soon, so to say that he shouldn't be given another main event push because of that is ludicrous. I've said it many times before: Punk is the next big face of WWE, but he should be chasing the belt a la Rock circa 99/00 era rather than having it handed to him. If he keeps getting screwed out of the title the fans will start to believe in him as a potential champion while still remaining hungry to see that eventual title run, meaning when he does win it again his reign will be far more successful.