DTRT Wrestling News correspondent Vanessa and I had a little side bet riding on the CM Punk vs The Rock match at Royal Rumble. The bet was this, if Punk won I had to write something nice about Punk – if The Rock won then Vanessa had to write something nice about The Rock.
The Rock took the WWE Title from Punk, so Vanessa lost the bet. Or did she? She made a very valid point, both wrestlers actually won with Punk pinning Rock before The Chairman of the Board, Mr McMahon, restarted the match which allowed Rock to pin Punk.
I hope you followed all of that.
Vanessa suggested and I finally agreed that we both should write something so here I go with my story on Punk.
No matter how I feel personally about Punk, no one can take from him that if you judge a champion by the length of time they hold the belt, no one in the modern era held it longer than CM Punk. While there are many that will debate whether he is the “Best in the World” or not, I’ve always gone with it’s the hardware that matters and Punk had the hardware for 434 days.
As far as The Royal Rumble match with The Rock goes, Punk helped carry the match while The Rock showed definite ring rust. I personally wish The Shield wouldn’t have gotten involved, so that there would have been no controversy to the match’s ending, but that’s the way things go in the world of professional wrestling.
Vanessa, you have every right to be proud of Punk and his historic title run, and as for him being a heel – his is now really the best in the world right now. Coming from me – that’s a compliment!
Ed Boston
Co-Founder; DTRT Wrestling News.
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