10 Reasons WWE Fans Are Still Chanting CM Punk’s Name
6. He Was Easily The Companys Top Merchandise Seller
The WWE Universe loves WWE merchandise. While yes, for as much "Yes Movement" paraphernalia was associated with Wrestlemania XXX, CM Punk's merchandise sold with such frequency that the company gladly made UFC-style event tees for Punk, as well as the famous t-shirt associated with his "pipe-bomb" rant about wanting a CM Punk WWE Ice Cream Bar. While yes, Punk is as simple and punk rock as punk rock can be, you would never know it for the number of Chicago-flag adorned t-shirts STILL haunt WWE live event venues while the wrestler they're associated with reaches 200 days on his (permanent) wrestling sabbatical. Chanting Punk's name probably is as much hoping that he'll emerge from under the hi-def TItan Tron wearing a new zip-up hooded sweatshirt for as much as it's hoping for an exciting wrestling encounter.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
