The Ryback Factor

With a few hours before WWE Hell in a Cell, the main event is CM Punk vs. Ryback for the WWE Championship. There's been alot of talk and questions about how to end this match.

What if Ryback wins?

What happens to Punk?
What about Rock's title shot at the Rumble?
Will he actually hold the belt till Wrestlemania?

What if Punk wins?

What happens to Ryback?

Here's what I think should happen. (Keeping in mind that, against my better judgement, I picked Punk to win.)

First of all, I think the crowd in Atlanta will be red hot and there will be loud "Feed Me More!" chants.

Onto the match, I don't expect a long match at all. Ryback will win the title with a Shellshock in 5-10 minutes. The crowd will be shocked but excited.

Ryback will then move on to Survivor Series as champion but not actually defending the title. He will lead a team against Heyman's guys in a traditional Survivor Series match. After that, Punk will cash in his rematch in a table match, this way Ryback doesn't have to get pinned to lose the belt. But Ryback will win the match anyway.

That leads us to the Rumble. Here's where The Rock returns for his title shot and Ryback is his opponent. This will give Rock the option to either face Ryback or get his revenge on Punk. If Rock picks Ryback, Ryback has to win. You can't give Rock the "honor" of beating the undefeated monster, just so you can set up Rock/Cena II for the title at Mania.

I think Rock should man up, do the right thing and use his star power to put over Ryback and then actually face Punk at Mania.

That all being said if Punk wins tonight, it's status quo and nothing really changes.

Ryback as WWE Champion? Never saw that coming, but now going into the match, I believe.