The internet exploded yesterday after a TMZ “reporter” got a statement
from CM Punk, suggesting that after finding himself dissatisfied with the
shenanigans at the Royal Rumble on Sunday, he is suddenly leaving the WWE.
Yes... a man who wrestled in legion halls and high school gyms for $20 a
show out of his sheer love of wrestling is now thought to be suddenly turn his backing on history's largest and most iconic wrestling franchise. Reports claim
that after the Rumble, CM Punk told Vince McMahon that he was going home to
Chicago and apparently he doesn’t plan on performing any live events in the
upcoming weeks. His contract though, has
him bound to the WWE until July.
I'm not one to argue with TMZ as a perfectly credible “news” source but
I feel that maybe if you ask a professional wrestler about the outcome of a
predetermined event and their prospects towards future predetermined events,
then they may just answer in character to uphold the story line that paints CM
Punk as the frustrated and oppressed rogue who's caught endlessly squirming beneath
the heel of The Authority. Or
maybe he is just that pissed off that on short notice Batista was suddenly
written in to win the Royal Rumble and headline WrestleMania. He has every right to be pissed off. Yet the way in which Punk was eliminated from
the Rumble still hangs strangely overhead and has yet to be addressed.
Cm punk has been relegated to somewhere near the middle of the card
while the WWE pumps some of their other superstars into the limelight.
However, during his time where he isn't in competition for any major
title, WWE's writers have him struggling against a corrupt and vengeful
authority, overcoming staggering odds and constantly proving that he can defeat
two or three other wrestlers at the same time. Maybe, just maybe, the WWE
and it's writers have that special kind of creative foresight to have all this
happening to Punk so that he can remain a fan favorite and a tested and proven
warrior without distracting from their other superstars' title runs.
Maybe this is why the WWE has events such as the Elimination Chamber Pay
Per-View for just such an instance where someone who hasn't had any clear shot
at the title, yet has proven perfectly capable of making a run at it, can
finally get just such a chance. Will
Kane, Stephanie or Triple H step out Monday and finally address the debacle
that cost CM Punk the win at the Royal Rumble which if not rectified will set a
precedent for all future Royal Rumbles that a wrestler once eliminated may
still interfere freely with the outcome?
The rumors already abound that Triple H may be dusting off the old
tights for a fight with Punk at WrestleMania and Triple H has had a penchant
for making men wrestle for their jobs lately. However, I've also found it
odd that since uniting the belts they are still making poor Randy Orton lug two
straps around. If the championships are truly combined, why is this not
signified by a single belt? Could it be because they may end up separated
again soon, perhaps with one going to a little, bearded man that we all know
deserves one and the other going to some frustrated fringe dweller that defied
all the odds to suddenly surprise us all by winning it?
I know that you’re frustrated. We
are all frustrated. With the launch of
the WWE network looming on the horizon, the folks pulling the strings at WWE
know that now is the time to make those creative moves that don’t sit quite
right with us. They know what they are
doing, and so does CM Punk. When it comes to the rumors of CM Punk's departure
from the WWE, I can only assure you of this... Like most of the world’s greatest people, CM
Punk is a Cubs fan and Cubs fans know heartache and frustration and we even
know someone occasionally reaching over where they shouldn’t and costing us a championship,
but we keep coming back stronger and crazier.
Keep that in mind. Whatever
happens with CM Punk, he’s always going to be the best in the world.
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