10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About CM Punk

3. "You Have A Vagina" Was Very Controversial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPV9xjq6IcA This was one of those videos that became very popular among internet fans. It was taken from a house show in Adelaide, Australia on July 4, 2011. That date is after Punk's famous Vegas speech, but before he won the WWE Title at Money in the Bank 2011. Punk was shown arguing with some men at ringside. We couldn't see them, but based on the dialogue that's obvious. The two men were yelling at Punk about picking on women, so Punk sarcastically said "yeah that's why I'm picking on you." Then Punk uttered this line: "You have a vagina!" He followed that up with another taunting phrase: "Nice fauxhawk, you homo." The tone in which he used a homosexual slur was not acceptable. The story became a bigger when TMZ posted the video. WWE released a statement about it: "WWE does not condone this type of language or bias and we reinforce that with our talent who are independent contractors." To his credit, Punk apologized for the incident on Twitter: "I€™m glad TMZ posted that video because everybody needs to be held accountable for their bulls**t, me included. What I said was bulls**t. I€™m embarrassed. I own up to being a total douche in this situation and I offer a sincere apology to anybody I hurt with careless words." While the incident was controversial, it didn't change WWE's plans with Punk. They still put the WWE Title on him at Money In The Bank in Chicago 13 days later as well as signing him to a new three year contract around that time.
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