Team Foley Vs. Team Punk

Randy Orton and Alberto Del Rio will be on opposite sides of a traditional Survivor Series match, but not in the way I was expecting. It will be Team Foley vs. Team Punk. Team Foley will comprise of Ryback, Randy Orton, Kane, Daniel Bryan, and Kofi Kingston. CM Punk's team will include himself, Alberto Del Rio, Damien Sandow, Cody Rhodes, and The Miz.

I'm not going to play booker and say that I would have tried to put in guys like Wade Barrett, Rey Mysterio, and Sin Cara, among others. The match they have now looks good. It should make for a great main event at Survivor Series.

I just feel that something should be on the line in this kind of match. This match was pretty much made off of these ideas about respect and tradition, but what else is there? Mick Foley will lead his team, but he is not in the actual match. I think they can do a lot more with his involvement. CM Punk is on this crusade for respect. If his team should win, how about Mick Foley being forced to say that CM Punk is the best in the world? It sounds weak, even to me, but I still feel something more needs to be done to make this match mean more. It seems a little awkward to just have Mick Foley stand there.

How about Ryback? The WWE ran a finish that involved him getting screwed by the referee at Hell in a Cell. He still got revenge on Punk after the match. But it seems like he is the focal point of Mick Foley's team. Considering that Randy Orton is one of the faces on that team, it really is interesting. It's way too early to call it, but I could see the WWE having Ryback win at Survivor Series and facing Punk for the title again at TLC. Punk can pick up a more decisive win there, then move on to The Rock. If they didn't put the title on Ryback last Sunday, I doubt they will do it before The Rock gets his title shot. Until then, it feels good to have a fresh face getting the main attention.