10 Most Infamous WWE Royal Rumble Controversies
10. CM Punk Is Done With WWE (2014)
Might as well start big.
Watching the 2014 Rumble back now is a masochist's dream. Batista's win was booed out of the building, fans wanted Daniel Bryan bad and CM Punk was visibly done with all things WWE. Throughout his whopping 49 minutes in the match, Punk looked like he'd rather be anywhere else.
Behind the scenes, he was close to the edge. Punk could see what was coming at WrestleMania XXX (a loss to Triple H), and he wanted nothing to do with it. So, 24 hours after pulling his pained body through the Rumble, he called it quits and told both Vince McMahon and Trips that he was going home.
There's no way he was chipper backstage at the Rumble. Punk was miserable, wanted off the road and didn't like the thought of being overlooked during the most lucrative period of the year. The fact he was outright laughing through some spots on the pay-per-view says it all.