The CM Punk Situation

I'm a huge CM Punk fan. He's one of my all time favorites with Triple H and Edge. I like his look, his in ring style and of course, his epic mic skills. When he suddenly left after the Royal Rumble this year, I was pretty bummed. Regardless of what and how, Punk was one of the top guys in the company and one of my favorites. I was upset by his departure because it was right around Wrestlemania season and I was really looking forward to Punk finally beating Triple H on the grandstage of Wrestlemania and getting the win he should have got at Night of Champions in 2011. Alas, the match never happened and of course, Bryan went onto to Wrestlemania to have one of the biggest nights in Wrestlemania history, defeating Triple H, Batista and Randy Orton all in one night. That's a pretty impressive feat. I haven't really had a chance to really talk about this because I really didn't have a reason why Punk left but now that I've taken the time to listen to his podcast and his side of the story, I just wanted to weigh in on some things he said during it.

The first big thing I want to focus on is the fact that Punk said he came up with the idea for The Shield. They were suppose to be a group that helped him out and such and that he was going to feud with individually AFTER Wrestlemania 29 so Punk would have some type of direction. In The Shield, he wanted Ambrose, Rollins, and Chris Hero, or, Kassius Ohno. The WWE machine wanted Reigns apart of the group and Punk went with it because he understood the group needed a pretty boy as he said. Let's just take a moment to process all of that. Could you imagine the group under the wings of CM Punk? The group would've been even better than they turned out to be. And it would have led us to some amazing PPV matches between Punk and the members. Punk says for whatever reason, it didn't happen like that though and we all see what's happening with the members of The Shield now. I believe that everything does happen for a reason but I would've like to see Punk with The Shield. I originally thought they were going in that direction when they kept helping Punk out in title matches but whatever.

Punk also talked about the move many wrestling fans didn't like in 2013; The Rock ending the 434 day title reign. Punk talked about how he tried to tell management that it was the wrong move and to at least have Punk involved in the WM29 match between Cena/Rock or have him face Taker with the belt on the line in the main event, which would have worked PERFECTLY by the way but the powers at be didn't want any parts of that and shot him down. The Punk/Cena/Rock Triple Threat main event really wrote itself. They all faced each other during this time period and it would have been a much fresher main event than the one we got. I understand Rock had to get the championship during his run, but come on! It was a perfect Mania match up. Even better than that was Undertaker VS CM Punk; Title VS The Streak. Those kind of matches always worked for Taker in the past. His 23 match with Batista was great and my love for the Edge/Taker main event match at 24 is known. Undertaker is one of the biggest names in WWE history. As a big name, I believe you deserve to get one last title reign. All they had to do was to have Taker beat Punk and then Taker could've dropped it the next night in some type of shady fashion to Punk. Cheap, but the fans would've loved it. And it's another match that wrote itself but alas, we got Punk/Taker in a meaningless but fantastic one-on-one match, which led to more and more frustration from Punk who was tired of losing to part timers.

After hearing everything Punk had to say, I feel bad for the guy. All the people who are harassing him because he 'quit' make me sick. The guy is human, he's prone to things like pain, feelings, etc. He's not some robot or sideshow freak for everyone's entertainment. At the end of the day, he made a decision that he felt was best for him and his wife. There's life AFTER wrestling everybody and Punk was looking at that. And with WWE, there wasn't a future for him. Do I miss Punk? Hell yes, especially since apparently, WWE is now focusing on the future stars more and more. Guys like Reigns, Wyatt, Ambrose, Cesaro, and Rollins are leading the charge followed by the NXT 5. All of those guys could have used someone like CM Punk to learn from and to have fantastic matches with. It really sucks as a true wrestling fan to see that.

Other than that, I wish Punk the best in his life. Hopefully, he'll do something else besides stay at home, like movies or TV shows because I generally like the guy as an entertainer. As a fan, I finally have closure. I didn't deserve it and Punk didn't have to tell us but I'm glad I got it. Now, it's time to look to the future of the company. A future that shines brighter because Punk had the balls to speak his mind and I like to believe that SOMEONE in the powers to be realized Punk wasn't as crazy as they thought, though they'll never admit it. Long live CM Punk