Will ALL IN Change WWE More Than CM Punk’s Pipe Bomb?
There were no half measures taken by Punk during his instantly iconic address. Mindful of the vastly expanded internet audience, he specifically targetted widely-loathed company quirks, savaging Vince and Stephanie McMahon and Triple H as flawed gatekeepers of the day, John Laurinaitis as the disastrous emperor of tomorrow, and Paul Heyman as the stifled and suppressed past-master. He said "wrestling". He peered down the fourth wall to wave at friend Colt Cabana. He referenced New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring Of Honour by name. These weren't red wires being errantly pulled at by a bomb disposal amateur, they were homing missiles masquerading as air strikes.
With every mention of something from the known naughty list, Punk clutched further at the heartstrings of his own audience. He turned the volume up in his echo chamber so loud that it smashed its walls and the WWE glass ceiling. It was so powerful that by the time the company made it to his Money In The Bank 2011 final destination, the journey simply couldn't conclude there.
A famous night in Chicago couldn't be the end of the story when it was the start of a revolution.
Sound familiar?
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