WWE: 5 Potential Reasons The Rumble Broke CM Punk
2. His Rumble Elimination
Yeah, its part of a storyline. Sure, its just because of the angle. Yet, Punks Rumble performance and elimination in the closing minutes became a microcosm for his entire WWE career. All of Punks grievances were embodied as he carried the Rumble match for nearly 50 minutes, only to be falsely eliminated (by terms of the Rumble rules) by a wrestler who had already been eliminated earlier in the match. With only Roman Reigns, Sheamus, and Batista remaining with him in the ring, Punk rolled to a corner, only to have Kane emerge from underneath the apron and pull Punk over the ropes to the floor.
Its impossible to tell where the storyline with Kane and The Authority was going to lead, but its fascinating how so many of the stories that surround Punk seem to blend fantasy and reality. Punk has let it out here and again that he feels he should have main evented a WrestleMania by now. Strangely, here he is, booked into the final four of the Royal Rumble match. Hes just carried the brunt of the action and hes left in the ring with the recently returned Batista, the freshly returned Sheamus, and the guy thats pegged for the future, Reigns.
Yet again hes on the cusp. Hes right at the point of getting to where he believes he belongs. Then hes yanked out of the match by a borderline fledgling character at this point in Kane. Its as if he was literally pulled back down from where he wants to be to where the WWE perhaps thinks he should be.