10 Best WWE Storylines Of The Last 5 Years

In some ways, the Summer of Punk storyline of 2011 is a case of “What may have been.” From CM Punk’s hasty return to his questionable feuds with Alberto Del Rio and Kevin Nash, there was enough bad in The Summer of Punk to understand why some consider it a failure.

But while the angle may not have reached its full potential, it’s hard to deny that from the time CM Punk cut his pipe bomb promo to around the moment he returned after Money In The Bank 2011, this story was as captivating as any that wrestling has ever produced. While few believed CM Punk would really run away with the company’s belt in tow, the angle itself was told so far out of the usual WWE style (including Punk’s surprise visit at Comic Con 2011 to taunt Triple H) that for the first time in a long while there was genuine intrigue surrounding what exactly would happen next.

Years later, it’s easier to remember the Summer of Punk for everything good it gave wrestling fans rather than the bad. Perhaps that’s the way it should be remembered.