Post by -Lithium- on Jun 27, 2016 16:31:42 GMT -5
This was WWEs chance to present a product that could be in some way better than the boom periods. You could compare it to the Attitude Era or the 80s and say "this is much better". CM Punk during this short time was better than those characters and different enough to be the face of a new, better era. Someone like Cena never head that movement. His character is incapable of surpassing those characters because he's not different enough, so few adult fans would ever prefer him and he just is a reminder of whats lost. Punk in this time was a guy adults could look at and be reminded or aware of what has been gained.
Also, unless WWE was just monumentally stupid, Summerslam 2011 was just them trying to cut out Punks legs from under him. His character was head and Punks August-November 2011 should have never happened. There was absolutely no reason for Del Rio and Superman to trade the title over that time. Cena AGAIN couldn't put over Punk clean at Summerslam. He loses to Conway Pop circa 2011 after a return that f***ing NO ONE wanted with Kevin Nash. Punk is pinned at NOC, a Triple Threat at HIAC, and takes the pin in a tag team match against The Miz and R Truth while teaming with the guy in charge of the WWE. The big rebel TEAMS with authority and has to be the one to take the pin. Either WWE was unfathomably stupid or they did it on purpose to stop his momentum since was easily head and shoulders above everyone on the roster in terms of performance, reaction, and character at the time. For all of Vinces horseshit about "brass rings", NO ONE in the modern era grabbed it with more intensity than CM Punk that previous summer.
I think the best thing Punk did long term was kick in the door for guys like DB and Owens. Without Punk, the fans may have not realized they just had to refuse to give up on Daniel Bryan and WM 30 would have ended with an awful Orton-Batista match...
Also, unless WWE was just monumentally stupid, Summerslam 2011 was just them trying to cut out Punks legs from under him. His character was head and Punks August-November 2011 should have never happened. There was absolutely no reason for Del Rio and Superman to trade the title over that time. Cena AGAIN couldn't put over Punk clean at Summerslam. He loses to Conway Pop circa 2011 after a return that f***ing NO ONE wanted with Kevin Nash. Punk is pinned at NOC, a Triple Threat at HIAC, and takes the pin in a tag team match against The Miz and R Truth while teaming with the guy in charge of the WWE. The big rebel TEAMS with authority and has to be the one to take the pin. Either WWE was unfathomably stupid or they did it on purpose to stop his momentum since was easily head and shoulders above everyone on the roster in terms of performance, reaction, and character at the time. For all of Vinces horseshit about "brass rings", NO ONE in the modern era grabbed it with more intensity than CM Punk that previous summer.
I think the best thing Punk did long term was kick in the door for guys like DB and Owens. Without Punk, the fans may have not realized they just had to refuse to give up on Daniel Bryan and WM 30 would have ended with an awful Orton-Batista match...