Top 5 missed opportunities in WWE history
It has been more than a decade since John Cena became the face of the WWE with that title win at Wrestlemania 21. How ever, since that time, he has never been put in to a feud with the greatest superstar in the company, The Undertaker.Never has a Brock Lesnar vs Randy Orton feud happened either, despite the two breaking in to the company at the same time.There are countless other angles that have failed to see the light of the day due to the incompetence of the WWE Creative a la Austin vs Nash, Angle vs Batista and Cena vs Kevin Federline.. Oh wait, we did get the last one, and it was not a pleasant experience.This list looks back at the 5 times the WWE succeeded in making a mess out of a great opportunity.
#5 C M Punk
Let me give the WWE some leeway here – It isn’t entirely WWE’s fault that C M Punk chose to walk out of the show. As his best friend Colt Cabana says, Punk can really be a pain to work with.
But then again, if you cannot keep the one Superstar who has connected genuinely with the fans over the past couple of years, the company has to take majority of the blame.
Punk had gotten disillusioned with the product a long time back and most of the content in his infamous ‘telling the truth’ rant on Raw in 2011 was cold facts. How ever, the same promo had brought fans back to the WWE – It was a true Austin 3:16 esque moment.
Punk was inevitably placed on the top of the roster and was given the WWE Championship to run with – and he did an excellent job as champion for over 400 days.
How ever, even at the height of his popularity, never could he find himself in the main event at Wrestlemania – That’s right, the most popular wrestler on the brand and he wouldn’t be trusted to close the show.
Punk was justifiably tired of Cena and part timer Rock occupying the final match three straight years (Rock would cost Cena the match against The Miz at WM 27). When the Rock – Cena angle was finally done and dusted, Punk was looking forward to headlining Wrestlemania for the first time.
How ever, WWE had set up Batista vs Randy Orton at Wrestlemania 30 and Batista was scheduled to win the ill-fated Rumble match of 2014 where as Punk was set to be eliminated from the match by a run down version of Kane.
No wonder Punk snapped and walked out of WWE after the show. The Rumble was the biggest flop in WWE’s history with the fans clamouring for a Daniel Bryan entry and booing the face Batista.
The only man other than Bryan that the crowd would not have minded winning the Rumble was Punk, but the WWE Creative was too thick skinned to allow that.
Considering the number of times Triple H has finished off Wrestlemania, it seems incredible that Punk would not be allowed to do it even once. No wonder he left!!