As I said at the other site who's name we shan't say (

), to me, the ending of SS gives Punk more to do than if he had just beat Cena clean. There was almost a 100% chance of the match at SS ending cleanly without a hitch. To me, Punk being pissed off at Nash and HHH and whoever else at screwing him out of the title and searching for answers is more interesting than him being champ and just being shunted into a feud with someone who wins a #1 Contender's match or something.
People don't need a belt to be interesting and TBH I'd rather see an angry, determined, vengeful Punk out for answers than a smug, holier-than-thou Punk as champion with not much to o but face some random challengers.
As for Cena never putting his foot on the rope.... he once taped Batista's legs together around the ring post to win a Last Man Standing Match.

And just one last random point no one seems to have mentioned: on Raw Nash said that HHH told him to attack "the winner", not Punk specifically. Noteworthy I believe....
