Scott, I listened to the CM Punk podcast last evening, it was tremendous. CM Punk really brought to light how awful the current regime and the "corporate era" is. 2 interesting things were brought up during the podcast.
- He told off Triple H about ruining his 2011 momentum.
- He forced change of the Wrestlemania 30 plans by leaving, as Daniel Bryan was NOT booked to wrestle for the WWE Title.
- He forced change of the Wrestlemania 30 plans by leaving, as Daniel Bryan was NOT booked to wrestle for the WWE Title.
Clearly even CM Punk himself was upset about jobbing to Triple H and then proceeding to be 50/50 booked including losing to Truth / Miz when he was "white hot". So many people tried to argue that he wasn't buried when clearly he was, and Punk himself was even bitter about it.
Clearly Daniel Bryan was going to be "Daniel Wyatt" for at least a few months. A Daniel Wyatt action figure was even planned which are made months in advance. Daniel Bryan being in the Mania main event was clearly never the plan despite many anti smarks arguing that it was.
Wait, CM Punk did a podcast?
Kidding.
The HHH story really felt like vindication for me personally, because I was screaming about how it was a burial of him and I had to hear all the "Blah blah blah didn't hurt him kicked out of three Pedigrees wins and losses don't matter" nonsense. Nice to hear that Punk himself agrees. Also, Vince McMahon declaring that RANDY ORTON V. BATISTA would be "the biggest Wrestlemania main event of all time" is the kind of comedy you can't pay the TV monkeys to write.
All that being said, how much money would there now be in a Wrestlemania main event of CM Punk v. HHH in a match where you're pretty sure Punk might shoot on him?