While Punks contract negotiations were bad for his association with the New Nexus, they became the biggest story in the WWE in 2009. In June 2009, CM Punk interfered in a main event match out of the blue, took a microphone and completely blew everyones minds. Set to leave in three weeks after Money in the Bank, Punk cut a shoot promo the likes of which hadnt been seen in years in the WWE. Punk broke the fourth wall, and spoke out against ass kissers and backstage politics. It was a breath of fresh air, and one of the best promos in history, never mind for the year. The subsequent match with John Cena, and leaving with the WWE Title was amazing TV, and soon after Punk kept the ball rolling with some cutting promos in his feud against Triple H. The storyline with Triple H was an inevitable move after Punk's strong words against he and the McMahon family. The Summer of Punk was going strong, but somehow managed to fizzle out. All they had to do was keep giving Punk relevant, important matches while also letting him loose on the microphone. Keeping him off air, and having him confront the WWE at Comic Con felt fresh and exciting. Unfortunately when he went up against Triple H, the storyline lost its way somewhat. Although Punk continued to get the better of HHH and Kevin Nash on the microphone, he started to become a bit diluted. Although he had been strongly opposed to John Cena and HHH in favour of change, going up against Kevin Nash added nothing to this crusade for revolution. In the following months, things continued to lose excitement. While Punk could never be accused of being stale, the edginess that the story had a few months earlier was lost somewhere along the way. At one stage the storyline made CM Punk the poster boy for all those wrestlers in the past who had been overlooked for not being the right size, or for being underappreciated for their in ring skill. After a while, Punk became just another one of the roster and his pipe bombs became less and less frequent. Over the next few months, WWE failed to capitalise and led Punk into somewhat mediocre feuds with Del Rio and the Miz and within a years he was gone from the company that he should have been the new poster child for.
At one stage the storyline made CM Punk the poster boy for all those wrestlers in the past who had been overlooked for not being the right size, or for being underappreciated for their in ring skill. After a while, Punk became just another one of the roster and his pipe bombs became less and less frequent. Over the next few months, WWE failed to capitalise and led Punk into somewhat mediocre feuds with Del Rio and the Miz and within a years he was gone from the company that he should have been the new poster child for.