Change is sometimes a hard concept to grasp. Some people are afraid of change while some people embrace it. Some ignore it when some people crave it.
When Barack Obama began his campaign for presidency, his trademark slogan "change you can believe in" helped usher his way into the White House.
In sports, change is often accompanied by fear of the unknown.
The current BCS conference expansion is a prime example, as college presidents and league commissioners alike fear that more and more teams will leave them to join Super Conferences, headlined by the Pac-12, Big 10 and now the ACC.
But in sports entertainment, mainly the WWE, change is expected and welcomed with open arms. Change is inevitable in the fact that no matter what you expect, something will always change. Nothing will always stay the same.
CM Punk shares this sentiment. He has been looking for change since his epic and somewhat famous shoot promo on the June 27 edition of Raw in Las Vegas.
Punk started his quest for change by stating to the crowd after his victory in the No. 1 contenders match that his contract expired on the night of Money in the Bank. His departure also signaled the departure of the WWE Championship.
Enter the period of change.
Punk went out on a limb by stating he was going to win the WWE title at MITB and walk away from the company with the most illustrious prize in the business.
A few snow angles and rants about company politics later, Punk did the unthinkable and walked away from MITB with the WWE title hidden away in his fridge next to a 12-pack of Wild Cherry Pepsi.
The night after MITB, Triple H fired Vince McMahon on behalf of the company and took the reigns of the company for himself.
The next week, the WWE title was put up for grabs twice. First, Rey Mysterio beat The Miz in the finals of the championship tournament that started the week before. Then John Cena got his rematch from MITB and defeated Mysterio.
Suddenly, "Cult of Personality" hit over the speakers in the arena confusing many a fan and Cena. Then, Punk appeared with the real WWE title and so began the champion vs. champion dispute leading to SummerSlam.
Never before in company history has there been two legitimate WWE champions at one time.
Punk would go on to win at SummerSlam, only to have his victory celebration cut short by Kevin Nash's ambush and the subsequent Alberto Del Rio cash-in of his MITB contract.
Frustrated and beaten, Punk started to point fingers at any and everyone possible for his misfortunes. Nash and Triple H all the way down to Stephanie McMahon have been blamed for this only for Punk to come up short time after time in his attempt for the truth.
The truth? R-Truth has been preaching about the truth since he walked onto the WWE scene and now has The Miz caught up in the belief that all higher ups are trying to keep them down.
Punk, Miz and Truth all have one thing in common right now: they all believe in the conspiracy and still have no idea who is pulling the strings.
Punk even went out of his way this past Monday night on Raw to say that he now thinks similarly to how Truth and Miz have been thinking as of late.
Unfortunately, Miz and Truth were fired this past Monday for reasons still not fully known to the rest of the WWE after they apologized for their actions at Night of Champions in the Punk/Triple H match.
If Punk's recent history in his search for change has taught us anything, it's that he knows more about what goes on behind the scenes than most superstars let on. Punk knows that something is amiss these days in the WWE.
I couldn't help but wonder where the story line was going after Truth and Miz were fired. The answer has now become clear as day. It's so simple yet elaborate that it all makes sense. We just have to look for it.
Miz, Truth and Punk are all in the same war but fighting different battles. They need to join forces in order to get the answers and the respect they feel they deserve.
Here's how this whole scenario plays out:
Punk returned only because he got more money and power according to Triple H. Punk says he came back to ignite change within the company. Strangely enough, he already has and it's far from over.
Punk goes on record saying he now knows that there is a conspiracy involved with the Raw talent and it's all centered around making John Cena champion as many times and as often as possible.
Triple H knew that if CM Punk remained champion after SummerSlam that he would demand more attention and more power after beating the company's golden boy.
But Triple H can't have that happen and he knows that if Cena is champion, he will bow down to anything and everything he says. Cena will be his proverbial whipping boy while Punk would keep trying to defy his orders.
After Punk's victory at SummerSlam, Hunter sent that text to Nash and ordered the hit, knowing full well that he had Del Rio prepped and ready to cash his contract in on Punk.
Hunter, knowing full well what was going on the entire time, did a remarkable job acting like he had no idea what was going on the entire time.
Nash, Hunter and John Laurinitus have been in on this together since the beginning. They brought Punk back not so he can ignite change, but so they can deny him that very dream.
They believe the status quo is set and Punk would ruin everything they were trying to accomplish. Enter John Cena's heel turn.
Yes, you've all been asking for it for years now and it's finally here. Cena becomes Hunter's right had lacky and does whatever he's told while still giving the same "It's in the companies best interest and I always listen to my boss" routine.
Hunter goes so far that he even orders Cena to cost Punk match after match, including winning dirty (dirty for Cena's standards) to retain his title.
What about Del Rio? He has a purpose too doesn't he? Yes he does, except not as major of one as he would like to think.
While he thinks that Hunter was merely trying to get the title on Del Rio, in actuality he knew that Del Rio holding the title meant it would be easier to give the title back to Cena.
If Punk were the one to face Del Rio at Night of Champions there is no possible way Del Rio would be able to defeat Punk, making it even harder for Cena to get the title back, already going 0-2 in their title matches against each other.
Punk goes on to win his match at Hell in a Cell, and with his victory comes his reward: the re-hiring of Miz and Truth to join him in his quest for change.
Those three will continue to join up (and all become tweeners in the process) and fight the fight against the Corporate Agenda. Miz and Truth will become tag champions and Punk will become WWE champion again.
Cena will be on the side of Triple H and Kevin Nash, doing exactly as he's told and loving every minute of it (not like when he was with Nexus and reluctantly did what he was told).
There is a conspiracy in the WWE, it's a conspiracy against change.
Punk wanted change and it took the conspiracy to come into full affect. Change is sometimes scary, but in this case it is oh so exciting.
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