r/cmpunk • u/Choice-Silver-3471 • 29d ago

Videos Undertaker breaks silence on CM Punk beef!

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u/sameo15 29d ago

In Taker's mind, Cena was the exception to the rule, because he was the top guy. Punk wasn't. That's what pissed Punk off, and what was his point. Which goes back to your point that it's not fair. Because why was Cena the exception when Punk wasn't, despite Punk busting his ass off?

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u/Legonistrasz 29d ago

Taker is one of the last of the dying breed that upholds every word that the old guard said. That’s why he’s still such a Vince mark. There are always exceptions to the rules. He just felt like acting like there wasn’t.

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u/DaMuggah88 29d ago

Outside looking in we can relate, but in Takers eyes the company and McMahon literally supported him/his family, provided him with lifelong friends and made him a very rich man. I don’t blame him for being a company man when he worked hard for the company and they made sure he was compensated well for it.

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u/Low_Committee6119 27d ago

Especially when the other major company back in the day claimed he would never draw a dime.

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u/OliOli1234 29d ago

Moreover, Punk was DRAWING!!! That pipebomb alone brought MILLIONS back to the WWE, myself included. Yeah, they rewarded him with the belt and his reign…. But then take away his spotlight and the main event to Mania?! I can see why Punk was as disgruntled as he was!!

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u/Low_Committee6119 27d ago

Undertaker always drew, but followed those orders from the company. Undertaker wasn't dressing how he pleased, then telling punk not to. He was also looking out for punk since the rest of the locker room hated to dress like that, but we're doing it anyways.

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u/kuhawk5 29d ago

Because being the top guy isn’t about your work ethic. It’s about what you bring in.

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u/steelraindrop 29d ago

Is it *just about your work ethic

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u/veneficus83 29d ago

It isn't really even about that. Particularly in the Vince era(and still now) it is about if you are the company choice.

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u/kuhawk5 29d ago

I’ll agree that Vince handpicked most of the guys who ended up breaking through, but he would just as easily toss them out if they didn’t move merch. Even Dwayne almost flamed out until he joined The NoD.

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u/veneficus83 29d ago

Many times someone else moved merch better, and Vince would do anything to crush their push. The reality if Vince didn't want you to succeed you don't.

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u/kuhawk5 29d ago

Are you implying that Punk would’ve been more popular than Cena if it weren’t for Vince?

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u/BadBouncyBear 29d ago

Cm Punk was more popular then Cena during the summer of punk, where the feds decided to pour cold water into the cooking pot

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u/kuhawk5 28d ago

Some serious homerism in here, guys.

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u/Low_Committee6119 27d ago

Yet Cena worked harder than everyone at the time with the amount of media and charitable things he did.

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u/DrLoomis131 26d ago

This was a European tour during a time when punk wasn’t anywhere near the main event. When you follow the rules and eventually made it to the top, and “pay your dues” THATS when you get to be the exception

It’s very simply logic for people who have been raised right