10 Things We Learned From Something Else To Wrestle With: CM Punk
1. The Undertaker Disapproved Of Him Winning The World Heavyweight Championship
"Really?"
"Really?"
Did The Miz crib one of his most successful catchphrases from a real life verbal swipe dished out by the biggest hitter in the locker room?
The bewildered single word utterance was apparently The Undertaker's only response direct to Prichard after Punk won the title. Seemingly more incredulous than angry, it suggested imply that 'The Deadman' couldn't believe the company would dream of putting a top title on somebody he believed fundamentally nowhere near ready for it.
Punk had already been forced to work through numerous biases levied against him by Shawn Michaels and Triple H, and Prichard's note about those criticisms reflecting well on the upstart could probably be applied to this cutting appraisal as well.
When Punk won the World Heavyweight Title as a heel a year later, he was admittedly far more suited to carrying the Championship than he was in 2008. And yet, perhaps not by coincidence, it was The Undertaker who squashed him to take it less than two months after he downed Jeff Hardy in a bruising SummerSlam show-closer. It's little wonder Punk became 'The Voice Of The Voiceless' - he spent years shouting loud enough just to get himself heard.