7 Huge Ways WWE Has Changed In The 7 Years Since CM Punk’s Pipe Bomb
3. "Doofus Son-in-law."
Triple H seemed to revel somewhat in diluting CM Punk's believable rage just by constantly shoving his big nose in the way of it. Following Punk's magnificent Money In The Bank 2011 battle with John Cena, 'The Game' joined the story as a new authority figure that rapidly lost the dressing room by inexplicably won in a match against 'The Voice Of The Voiceless'.
Laboured confusion alongside Kevin Nash helped cool a potentially white hot 'Summer Of Punk' sequel, but Hunter rarely looked half as flustered as his animated father-in-law in the face of Punk's threats.
Worse for Punk still; since the original 2011 speech in which he feared for the company in Hunter's hands, it appears as though the former multi-time Champion may be the only one to be able to save it from the death grip of his increasingly bewildering boss and father-in-law.
The genuinely magic NXT has proved his worth as a booker, the Performance Center his commitment to the future (or a future, at least), and numerous repaired relationships his keenness for diplomacy for the good of WWE's control of wrestling history.
In short, things seem steady away with the "doofus" after all. Few, in fairness to Punk, could have predicted he'd be of such pedigree.