10 Wrestlers Who Seriously Started To Believe Their Own Hype
2. CM Punk
Give the man credit, CM Punk knows how to irk people. His most recent victims are both Vince McMahon and Triple H, who were reportedly left furious by the man's assertions during his series of interviews in late-2014 with Colt Cabana. Pretty much calling out both McMahon and Triple H as guys who really don't know what they're doing, Punk came across as wholly tempestuous and arrogant during the shoots. It's pretty challenging to see what CM Punk wanted from WWE, because the company pretty much bent over backwards to accommodate him any way they could. In 2011, the wrestler was frustrated by not being portrayed as the top star in the promotion, and felt he deserved better treatment. Giving him everything from more money and more control, to his own private tour bus, Punk still wasn't happy. Even when WWE made him the longest reigning WWE Champion of a generation, he still didn't seem satisfied, which is pretty confusing. A lot of Punk's frustration seems to stem from never main eventing WrestleMania, but the fact is that he comes across as a cocky and cheeky individual, one who has mistaken self-belief for being outright ungrateful.
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