The point is George would not have allowed himself to be squashed for an entire match, before winning thanks to someone else.
The finish put all of the heat on the evil ref and none on Punk. Its like Tully Blanchard said in his shoot about managers. He would never allow JJ Dillion or Baby Doll to directly interfere in a match. Because they would get the heat, not him.
That was a shit finish because it put all the heat on the evil ref and took the focus off of the World Champion. It would have been better to let Punk get a flash roll up and fast count. At least that way, Punk seems competent. You can still have Ryback kill the ref and Punk.
Honky Tonk Man was never squashed that badly. Not counting where he actually lost the belt.