Jeff Deliverer of Mail
Money for nothin, chicks for free
There are times when WWE Creative, or the performers , Vince or whatever...come up with a terrific story between two wrestlers and put them in the Main Event at a PPV. Recently the long story of Daniel Bryan finally overcoming The Authority at Wrestlemania was damn good and had a big hero ending. That story was long and had elements ( real or written ) of controversy surrounding Batista , HHH , Randy Orton , Daniel Bryan and even C.M Punk leaving the company.
But that's not the golden build, the perfect storm in my opinion. Rewind your mind to four years ago.....
Money in the Bank 2011. John Cena vs C.M Punk for the WWE Heavyweight Championship.
The build for this lower slot PPV was genius. With John Cena laying in a heap in the corner of the ring with a destroyed table under him on RAW ...C.M Punk walks up the ramp, he turns and sits down and rocks the WWE with a straight from the heart , off the script rant against everyone in the upper office of WWE. It was a moment where you watch with raised eyebrows and say to yourself, " Holy shit, he can't say THAT ! ". It was known as the now famous pipebomb promo and turned C.M Punk into a hero of the people, the voice of the voiceless.
Over the weeks we get C.M Punk making Vince McMahon apologise to him, we get C.M Punk calling John Cena " The New York Yankees " followed by a real punch to the cheek by Cena to Punk. ( most likely written in punch, but it connected ).
The set up ends like this....C.M Punks contract expires at midnight at Money in the Bank , if he wins the WWE Championship off Cena he's going to leave the company with the title. McMahon is in panic mode and tells John Cena that if he doesn't retain the title at the PPV then he'll be hearing the words , " You're FIRED ! ".
Oh, another little addition to the match...its in Chicago. C.M Punks home town.
The match itself delivered as you could almost see fingers of electricity all over the place. It ends with McMahon and Laurenitis coming down and attempting to pull a Montreal Screw Job move on C.M Punk , but Cena breaks the hold and plows Laurenitis and tells Vince that he will win his way....he immediately gets a GTS entering the ring. The home town hero wins to a big pop...Vince demands Del Rio to cash in his briefcase but Punk kicks him and escapes through the crowd with the belt after blowing Vince a kiss.
Awesome, you can't top shit like that. It was a flawlessly executed build and kudos to all involved in it.
BONUS : Unusual botch count to the match . C.M Punk - 8 or 9 glaring botches... John Cena only 2 or 3. I guess it was nerves. The mood was just electric.
But that's not the golden build, the perfect storm in my opinion. Rewind your mind to four years ago.....
Money in the Bank 2011. John Cena vs C.M Punk for the WWE Heavyweight Championship.
The build for this lower slot PPV was genius. With John Cena laying in a heap in the corner of the ring with a destroyed table under him on RAW ...C.M Punk walks up the ramp, he turns and sits down and rocks the WWE with a straight from the heart , off the script rant against everyone in the upper office of WWE. It was a moment where you watch with raised eyebrows and say to yourself, " Holy shit, he can't say THAT ! ". It was known as the now famous pipebomb promo and turned C.M Punk into a hero of the people, the voice of the voiceless.
Over the weeks we get C.M Punk making Vince McMahon apologise to him, we get C.M Punk calling John Cena " The New York Yankees " followed by a real punch to the cheek by Cena to Punk. ( most likely written in punch, but it connected ).
The set up ends like this....C.M Punks contract expires at midnight at Money in the Bank , if he wins the WWE Championship off Cena he's going to leave the company with the title. McMahon is in panic mode and tells John Cena that if he doesn't retain the title at the PPV then he'll be hearing the words , " You're FIRED ! ".
Oh, another little addition to the match...its in Chicago. C.M Punks home town.
The match itself delivered as you could almost see fingers of electricity all over the place. It ends with McMahon and Laurenitis coming down and attempting to pull a Montreal Screw Job move on C.M Punk , but Cena breaks the hold and plows Laurenitis and tells Vince that he will win his way....he immediately gets a GTS entering the ring. The home town hero wins to a big pop...Vince demands Del Rio to cash in his briefcase but Punk kicks him and escapes through the crowd with the belt after blowing Vince a kiss.
Awesome, you can't top shit like that. It was a flawlessly executed build and kudos to all involved in it.
BONUS : Unusual botch count to the match . C.M Punk - 8 or 9 glaring botches... John Cena only 2 or 3. I guess it was nerves. The mood was just electric.