Will ALL IN Change WWE More Than CM Punk’s Pipe Bomb?
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CM Punk spoke with such earnest hope when he warmly shared a sentiment during his WWE DVD box set about how he couldn't change the world - or at least the company - sitting on his couch in Chicago. It was his primary rationale for signing the new contract in 2011 that would ultimately be his last. With one foot already out of the company, he kicked down doors with his other after being given the closing moments of an otherwise turgid edition of Monday Night Raw.
'Raw Roulette' was the theme; a night in which the fate of all WWE Superstars was decided by the spin of a wheel as if that was somehow different the other 51 weeks of the year. Once a groundbreaking organisation, the company was by this point biliously spitting out content rather than producing it - something Punk alluded to in his iconic 'Pipe Bomb' promo. He knew he was a spoke in the wheel, and knew that wheel was part of a machine careering headfirst into creative oblivion.
But he stayed. He really couldn't change the company from his couch in Chicago, but he presumably didn't ever imagine others having a really good go at it a few minutes down the road from that very same couch. On September 1st, he could literally only watch as they gave it their best shot.
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