WWE 2K15: 10 Famous Wrestling Injustices You Should Put Right
6. WWE's Ruined Summer Of Punk
For hardcore fans, CM Punk's 2011 pipe bomb may have been the most exciting happening in WWE for years - nothing has topped it since, perhaps with the exception of his untimely departure earlier this year. But even for the masses, the pipe bomb was a big deal. It signified the dawn of a new day and the birth of a new megastar, as it propelled Punk into the main event scene. Unfortunately, the WWE's handling of the Second City Saint following his WWE Championship win at Money In The Bank was complete idiocy. Punk was at the peak of his popularity in July, which the company decided to take advantage of by doing the following: Have him drop the WWE Championship to Alberto Del Rio at SummerSlam so Del Rio could headline WWE's tour of Mexico Have Triple H defeat him at Night Of Champions after interference from Kevin Nash - someone who Triple H, not Punk, would end up having a match with Put him in a Triple Threat Hell In A Cell match with Del Rio and John Cena - only for him to be pinned by Del Rio Pair him with Triple H for a tag team match with The Miz and R-Truth at Vengeance and have him take the fall for their team Luckily for Punk, he would reclaim the WWE Championship at Survivor Series (though this wasn't the main event) and hold it for 434 days. And while there's truth to the saying that the money is in the hero's chase and not his victory, WWE made Punk look avoidably weak at every turn.
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As a child, when I wasn't doing typical Australian things like fending off dingoes while riding in the pouches of kangaroos, I was watching wrestling.