Blame game

LOS ANGELES - Headed into SummerSlam, the one question on the minds of every member of the WWE Universe was “Will CM Punk or John Cena be the Undisputed WWE Champion after SummerSlam?” Audible dueling chants of “Let’s Go Cena!” and “CM Punk” heard worldwide on Monday Night Raw and WWE.com polls showed WWE fans split almost evenly between the pride of West Newbury, Massachusetts and the Second City Savior. Either way, history was going to be made at SummerSlam. However, an unforeseen series of events have etched neither the name CM Punk or John Cena into the history as the current Undisputed WWE Champion. That honor belongs to the Mexican aristocrat, Alberto Del Rio. (RESULTS| PHOTOS)

Like their previous in-ring meetings, the main event saw John Cena and CM Punk not only share the support of the WWE Universe at the sold out Staples Center in Los Angeles throughout the match but also the offensive advantage. Triple H’s three count that cost John Cena the Undisputed WWE Championship was obviously erroneous due to Cena’s foot being on the bottom rope but was it intentionally so? While this question alone marks a mystery, it is only the first of series of queries.

While a few @WWE twitter followers did predict that Alberto Del Rio would cash in his Money in the Bank contract, nobody could have guessed that former WWE Champion, Kevin Nash would play a part in altering WWE history. The question is, why did Nash attack newly crowned Undisputed WWE Champion CM Punk? Did Nash know that Alberto Del Rio would cash in his Money in the Bank contract and pick the bones left behind to claim the gold? If Nash did know of Del Rio’s opportunistic intentions, why would Nash want to help Del Rio fulfill his self professed destiny? The first answer that comes to mind is money. Alberto Del Rio has lots of it but after a 20 year legendary career of his own, Nash probably doesn’t need the cash.

If greed wasn’t Nash’s motive, did WWE COO Triple H give Kevin Nash, his long time Clique running buddy this opportunity to shock the world and re-enter the limelight by costing Punk the title on a globally televised stage? After all the insults hurled the way of he and his wife, Stephanie McMahon by the Straight Edge Superstar, Triple H probably won’t be losing any sleep tonight over the arguable injustice that Punk suffered. While the look of look of shock and disbelief on the face of Triple H would indicate he had no knowledge of either Kevin Nash’s or Alberto Del Rio’s actions, The Game’s Hall of Fame career proves he can be dangerously duplicitous.

Speaking of WWE Executive Vice President of Operations, Stephanie McMahon, why was the daughter wife of new Chief Operating Officer at SummerSlam to begin with? Despite her well wishes to CM Punk early in the evening, (PHOTOS) was Stephanie at SummerSlam hoping to watch CM Punk lose the most important match of his career or to go even further and cause Punk’s loss? Was that what Stephanie and her husband were speaking about moments before the main event? Is this the rebirth of the McMahon-Helmsley Era in the very same city where their marriage was shockingly revealed? Was this a bad night for COO, Triple H or did this evening’s events play out in the ring exactly as they had in The Game’s mind before SummerSlam?

While we may never have definitive answers to all of the questions surrounding Alberto Del Rio leaving SummerSlam as the Undisputed WWE Champion, one fact is indisputable; this was the most contentious SummerSlam in WWE history.