WWE Survivor Series 2012: Confused much?

With the Survivor Series a little under a week away there seems to be a lot of opinion on the outcome of the WWE Championship match. Instead of leading his team against a irate Mick Foley's team, CM Punk will now have to deal with Ryback AND John Cena on Sunday night.

This brings up all sorts of questions;

What will the outcome be?
For me, it seems likely that they can keep the belt on Punk and keep Ryback strong by having Punk pin Cena for the fall. No matter how you get to this result, Cena will have been beaten by Punk again - something Punk will no doubt call upon in future promos. This will not affect Cena's claim to the throne at TLC though. This will then lead to a nothing match at TLC as Punk can win without pinning whoever his opponent is.

What happens with the traditional survival match now?
This match has nothing to it now. No Punk means Foley has no place being around. He has no beef with Ziggler (and in any case, why would he switch his focus to Zig instead of getting revenge on Punk?). It just appears that this match has gaps to fill and they're trying to fill it with whoever's left.

Unfortunately, this is going to be a train wreck. If they had led with this idea of Ziggler captaining a team then people would care. Now that it seems to be 'plan b', it just confuses/angers the fans. It reeks of being another desperate move.

Ziggler's role?
Being in the traditional survival match means that Ziggler has to 'steal the show' as best he can in a new match. Before the change in plan in the last couple of weeks it seemed that Ziggler would face Cena as a result of the awful Cena/AJ/Vickie witch hunt.

The WWE have missed a major opportunity here. Ziggler beating Cena clean would do wonders for the current 'Mr Money in the Bank' - it would give him so much credibility heading towards cashing in that briefcase. It could've also pushed Ziggler up to 'Main Event guy' - and maybe the chance he needed to stay there! Even if he'd have lost (more likely) it would have been a step in the right direction for Ziggler.

Who's in the teams?
Out go Ryback and Punk; in comes Ziggler to captain the heels. Miz quits on Raw and is replaced later in the show with Wade Barrett (should've already been in the match from day one). That leaves Ryback's spot left to fill and with not many big names to fill that void it seems that an unlikely name will - The Miz. This is my prediction (as well as many others) and I think it's the right move if they want to push through a face turn. It's also about the biggest name they could put in the match that could save it.

Storylines intertwined?
The other confusion with these change in events is what happens with each storyline? Cena is still having issues with Vickie/Dolph AND is now in the WWE Championship match - two feuds come together? Or will they pull Dolph away so that he can focus on the 5 on 5 match? Or is it all set up so that Dolph can screw Cena out of the title and begin an intense feud?

Hopefully we get some clarity tonight on Raw.