Punk confronted two of the most important energy hitters on the microphone and struck each of them out with nasty pitches. Bear with me on the baseball metaphor.
Coming off Punk’s pipebomb promo, the construct to Cash In The Financial institution in Chicago was reaching a head. The celebrity would face John Cena in a closely stipulated match. If Punk received, he’d go away the WWE with the WWE Championship and John Cena could be fired.
In a last-ditch effort to re-sign Punk, Vince McMahon took issues into his personal fingers, negotiating a brand new contract with him reside on Monday Night time Uncooked a couple of days earlier than MITB. Vince was as brash and smug as ever till Punk reminded him who held the leverage.
Punk bodily pushed his boss (a provision within the contract), demanded he deliver again WWE ice bars (nonetheless want these!), and even dropped this dandy: “Vince, I’ll kick you within the nuts and also you’ll smile at me and prefer it, and present me some respect!”
Shortly after, Cena joined the fray, and Punk misplaced it at his rival’s declaration that he had misplaced sight. Punk hit Cena with a harsh fact about his character and place inside the wrestling enterprise: The ten-time champ, who prided himself on being the underdog, was now the alternative. Cena was now not like his hometown group, the underdog Boston Crimson Sox. As an alternative, he’d change into the detestable New York Yankees. See? Baseball.
Cena took exception to the insult and punched Punk, inflicting him to retreat to the identical place he reduce his pipebomb promo weeks earlier. Sitting on the ramp, he revealed:
“I’m glad you simply punched me within the face John… as a result of it hit me like a bolt of lightning precisely why I now not wish to be right here. It’s as a result of I’m uninterested in this. I’m uninterested in you. I’m simply drained.”
With that, Punk stated that after Sunday night time (Cash In The Financial institution), the corporate might want to say goodbye to the WWE title, say goodbye to John Cena, and say goodbye to CM Punk.
BOOM. That’s the way you promote a narrative and a ca n’t-miss occasion in entrance of (as Punk referred to them) the George Steinbrenner and Derek Jeter of the WWE. Extra baseball! This Punk efficiency is usually misplaced within the big shadow of the pipebomb, however you would argue it’s simply as efficient. And epic.
