10 "Buried" Wrestlers Who Weren't Actually Buried

3. CM Punk (Night Of Champions 2011)

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It looked for all the world like another classic case of Triple H doing Triple H things, the ultimate politician politicking his way into the momentum of a more relevant performer. CM Punk did the work before Triple H and his old buddy Kevin Nash swooped in to leech off the excitement. Insert your own comment about maggots and burials wherever you see fit.

The Summer of Punk should have absolutely been booked differently but was CM Punk really buried by Triple H on that fateful September night? Of course not. This is a classic example of fans crying 'burial' when what they mean is 'the wrong man won'. Punk wasn't buried. Should he have won? Absolutely, but he wasn't irreparably damaged in defeat.

Quite the opposite, in fact. Punk continued to make a name for himself in the main event scene, and two months later he embarked on a WWE Championship reign that will be remembered for generations. Buried men don't win world titles within two months of the supposed burial, and they certainly don't subsequently hold that title for 434 days.

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