A possible reason Undertaker went over Punk

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Source: Wrestling Observer


- Word going around the WWE locker room is that the reason CM Punk lost the World Heavyweight Title last night is because of heat on him stemming from an incident on the recent European tour.


The story goes that there was in issue with how Punk was dressed and The Undertaker said tried to nicely tell Punk that he was the World Champion and was representing WWE overseas so he should dress better. Punk said something to the effect of “what about John Cena?”


This got back to WWE management and they took it as Punk thinking he was a bigger star than John Cena. Then the decision was made to take the belt off Punk at Hell in a Cell and put the match as the opener. It is noted by Dave Meltzer that this may not be exactly how the story went down but it’s how it was told.

The problems with Punk and losing the title has been the talk of the SmackDown locker room for the past two days. As noted last night before the show, several on the SmackDown brand were under the impression that Undertaker was winning and he did. There are some who are wondering why Undertaker was given the title considering his limited schedule and health problems with the feeling that it was too soon to take the title off Punk.

Word is that WWE is planning on going with a Batista vs. Undertaker feud for the World Heavyweight Title.

If that's true then WWE is hypocritical as hell.

How is this not good enough...


but this is?

[Thr33XWA]

Hypocritical isn't even the word. Just plain stupid is a bit more fitting of this situation. As if it hasn't been obvious that WWE weren't too high on Punk because he was popular before he even set foot in the company, this just proves it yet again. I don't condone him for saying what he said though mind you, you should never compare yourself with someone else, but how WWE handles it in the usual fashion is as self-centered as you can get. And now where they were finally giving someone aside from their "old & slightly old guard" a legit push, we now have the potential of Batista Vs. Taker for the umpteenth time.

As much as I like them, Batista and Taker have been more banged up the last two years than they have been their entire careers, and because Punk makes a comment that I could guess was in no way a serious jab at their "golden boy" Cena, we have to endure them in the ring, not nearly at the same level they once were, as the main event feud of Smackdown.

Proof positive that the current incarnation of WWE is nothing but a popularity contest.

[mrfeelnothing]

At the moment this is just a rumor. The way I see it, I believe Taker was going over Punk regardless. It's HIAC and it was the Undertaker vs CM Punk. That is the Undertaker's match, not many have went over him in that match so I didn't really see Punk doing it. It was just noted in the WWE magazine that Vince was pretty high on Punk and he did already have the belt multiple times and won big matches at WM. Just saying don't buy into the rumors until something is proven.