10 Mind-Blowing WWE Facts About Shawn Michaels

5. He Buried Punk

CM Punk nose down
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Shawn Michaels claims this incident didn’t happen, but if you’ve seen him in interviews ,his memory can be quite terrible when controversial things come up. Perhaps that’s out of convenience. Two former WWE writers, though, say they witnessed Shawn Michaels and Shawn Michaels bury CM Punk behind the scenes while he was just getting a tryout with the company.

Court Bauer first brought up the story on his old podcast. When Michaels was doing media interviews for his book he was asked about it. He claimed he didn’t even know who Bauer was, which seems like a bit of a stretch as they were both in the company at the same time. Bauer also claimed that they worked on multiple segments together. So again, either a terrible memory or a convenient one. Alex Greenfield, another former WWE writer, backed up Bauer stating that the incident in question did happen:

“It was Shawn, Triple H and Arn (Anderson). They just f****d Punk up! I don’t know if they knew who CM Punk was, because I certainly didn’t…They cut his work apart, they really buried the guy.”

Even if Hunter and Michaels weren't full-on trying to tank the man's career, you can at least say their eye for talent may have been a bit off.

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