On the June 27, 2011 episode of Raw, CM Punk cut a legendary promo that essentially became his "Austin 3:16" moment. The "pipe bomb", as it became known, saw Punk rant about John Cena's place within the company, Vince McMahon's making him jump through hoops to get to where he is, his lack of commercial endorsement on WWE programming, and The Rock being given precedent over him on numerous occasions. Punk then criticised the fans for hassling him for autographs, and said that he intended to leave the company with the WWE Title when his contract expired, where he might go defend it in New Japan Pro Wrestling or Ring of Honour, to which he added a hilarious shout-out to Colt Cabana. He continued that Vince is "a millionaire who should be a billionaire", who surrounds himself with yes-men, and though the company should be better off when he's dead, it's just going to get taken over by "his idiotic daughter and his doofus son-in-law and the rest of his stupid family". To sell that the segment was in fact a real "shoot", when Punk began to tell a personal story about Vince, his microphone was cut off. It's a terrific segment and one of the most brilliantly daring things the WWE has ever allowed a talent to do, to vent all the frustrations that fans and superstars alike have had with the company and its creator for years. Which moments from CM Punk's WWE career most made you shout, "WTF!?" over the years? Shout them out in the comments!
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