CULT OF PERSONALITY | The Summer of Punk Story (Full Storyline Documentary)

CULT OF PERSONALITY | The Summer of Punk Story (Full Storyline Documentary)
It’s been said before by Paul Heyman that all wrestling fans really want is to believe in something that’s real, to have their suspension of disbelief carried for just long enough so as to make them forget what they’re seeing is predetermined. And that’s part of what made WWE in 2011 so special as, for the briefest of shining moments, fans believed in something again, and that something was CM Punk. Yes while wrestling might never get that elusive boom period again, there was no one who came closer to sparking those fires once more than the Chicago boy, capturing the attention of audiences, both already watching and lapsed, to create a moment in time that’s still talked about to this day. So how did it all happen? Well join us today as we take a deep dive into the entire angle from start to finish in Cult of Personality: The Summer of Punk Story.
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[@wrldstqr]

can you do a aj lee documentary please?

[@oneorganization501now2]

Kazuchika okada

[@stormshadowproductions1660]

Can you please do a Miz video

[@tajunoor1311]

No Gimmicks needed the Chris Candido story

[@tajunoor1311]

Who better the Chris Kanyon story

[@KingPolo_84]

You are the most underrated wrestling content creator ever.

[@WRESTLEWITHANDY]

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[@hulkhogan934]

RAM RAM POLO, *BROTHER* .

[@reubenngwenya3058]

@@hulkhogan934 I'm a huge fan of yours

[@Smitty207]

By far these are the best wrestling videos ever

[@mycahjofficial]

*WWE (as the usual) dropped the ball on this storyline so hard. I remember how 11-year-old me was so highly invested in the storyline. From CM Punk dropping that infamous pipebomb, to the build up to match at Money in the Bank between Cena and Punk and even the match as well everything from the beginning was just pure perfection. And then WWE decided to kill his momentum by making him lose the Triple H which was super pointless. SMH.*

[@theghostreckon316]

And drop the belt to the rock [Who was a part timer]

[@Hunkzilla]

And inserting Kevin Nash into Punks orbit

[@GameBreaker1055]

It's always the same story only that it somehow becomes worse and worse.

[@icyprincey]

They buried him because he was dissing the McMahon family during the infamous pipebomb promo.

[@GameBreaker1055]

@@icyprincey nah, Vince told him to let it all out. Vince has no issues with getting insulted if it draws money. And the pipebomb sure did.

[@sethfreakinrollins9889]

Crazy to think CM Punk would have never left WWE in the first place, if he had gotten the one thing he had been wanting all along, a Mania main event. (The account in the reply section is not me).

[@mycahjofficial]

WrestleMania 29 would’ve been the perfect time for CM Punk to get his ‘Mania main-event. But unfortunately WWE decided to end his historic 434-day title reign in the most disappointing way possible by making him lose to The Rock just so they could have him and Cena go at it again which made that whole “Once In A Lifetime” match complete nonsense.

[@GameBreaker1055]

@@mycahjofficial I mean, he did get his Undertaker match, which arguably WAS the main event of Wrestlemania at that time. Honestly, between defending a belt in the final match of the show against two wrestlers with no momemtum and taking on the streak, Punk honestly had the match with the better audience.

[@sethfreakinrollins3029]

@@mycahjofficial I'm low key glad CM punk lost to The rock because Rock vs Cena was the match of the century

[@sethfreakinrollins3029]

@Read This Comment 👇🏻 because I don't work and just comment hunnyy 💅

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

@@mycahjofficial and the funny/sad thing is that they could have still build a blockbuster main event by having Rocky (the Hollywood A-lister and WWE legend) vs Cena (the company man) vs Punk (the indy rebel), which would have add the additional benefits of: (1) not being a mockery of what was marketed as the "Once in a Lifetime" event just the year prior; (2) not making the outcome as obvious as it turned out to be; (3) not making one of their biggest money-making stars leave while still in his prime.

[@judylewis5494]

A big CM Punk fan since his debut in WWE . He will be " The Best In The World " to me forever and always 🙏🏻❤️🙂

[@judylewis5494]

@Mark Christian you have your opinion and I have mine .

[@christhornycroft3686]

The best promo in the business at the moment. There are a few great ones, but he's at the top. He may have lost a step in the ring (9 years away will do that), but he's still a huge draw and rightfully so.

[@seanmwhite121708]

There’s so many angles and storylines that have let us all done and I believe you won’t let us down!

[@aviralbhatt1664]

When I was a kid I hated Punk that's how well he played his part as a heel! ♥️

[@2011cactusjack]

It worked for me. I hadn’t watched the WWE for years prior to this. It was my favorite year but then after he left, I remembered why I quit watching them. More of the same, rehashed garbage.

[@angelow2562]

I’m happy that MITB 2011 was the last time we heard Killswitch Engage’s this fire burns 🔥(in WWE), cause that entrance and pop was perfect. 💯

[@juandolivera98]

KZbin needs a Lance Cade bio! Underrated and mostly forgotten

[@Shaneray1]

I never did stop watching wrestling hell still havent haha but CM punk single handedly made me fall in love with it again i was a fresh teen and it was great to have wrestling "be cool" for 2 important parts parts in my development

[@mjbalistreri]

10 years later and I still can’t believe how badly WWE screwed up the follow up to the pipe bomb and title win.

[@My19812011]

3.50 it was Shawn Michaels who saved CM Punk’s career in WWE and was spoken about by Dave Lagana, Heyman had very little stroke in the company at that point and being a “Heyman Guy” hurt Punk more than helping him but Shawn Michaels always had Vince’s ear and went to bat for Punk

[@Kritacul]

If this truly was a scripted storyline, it is one of THE best that the WWE has ever put out. And we may not see another one like this for a long time.

[@Matt-cr4vv]

I honestly totally forgot how bungled this story was following him winning the belt at MITB because I just think of the pipe bomb so fondly. But looking back at how awesome things were once MITB ended and the potential it had, and then thinking back that he genuinely was out the door until the final moment to commit long term his disdain makes a lot more sense. He came to the event having signed a two day extension to get through the event and didn’t sign a true contract until hour into the actual event. And you have to imagine all the proooses that were made to win him over and that he may have allowed himself to believe that it would happen. Then once he’s signed the dotted line they have him return immediately, have him lose the title in a lame as hell way, and then feud with Kevin Nash of all people. And then when he can’t even get cleared he gets to lose to HHH without much of night. Then he has to back HHH on TV before he wins back the title and goes on his run. And while having a record run more PPVs than not he wasn’t headlining the cards then he gets thrown to the rock, undertaker and Brock. So I can get it to an extent. You were finally ready to leave after being disappointed in not being seen at the top level, probably get promised the world to finally get you to sign on again and then you’re a second tier top guy, getting a run many would envy but always being second fiddle and how much at that point he must have wished he had just left.

[@anasshahid224]

CM Punk one of the all time great wrestlers of the modern era, his matches were always entertaining, whenever he spoke on the mic, he made sure you listened , so charismatic, the Summer of 2011 with the Pipe Bomb, MITB match with John Cena in Chicago were some of the best highlights of the last decade of WWE, CM Punk truly a legend 👏👏👏👏

[@kennysan2870]

When i was a kid i don't really like bad guy heel but i love cmpunk and hisntitle reign

[@strategic1710]

Vince will never understand that he will always be the heel. It started with the screw job. To be a face people have to be able to relate to something, anything, about you, and Vince might be the most unrelatable person on the planet. He’s probably a top 3 all-time heel though.

[@jernigan007]

exactly.... the suspension of disbelief. and he nailed it. 434

[@Andulvar]

People only showed up because they heard about the free icecream bars.

[@Hunkzilla]

Alberto Del Rio is easily the most unover main eventer in WWE history. No boos and no cheers . Just criekets!!

[@GameBreaker1055]

That's because he was obviously not meant to ever actually get the title. They probably had planned for him to have a failed cash in against a face.

[@Hunkzilla]

@@GameBreaker1055 The only cheer he ever received was when he beat Big Show for the World title in a last man standing match. That was literally the only time fans gave a damn about him

[@thenastiestmofo]

you mean the women beater???

[@Hunkzilla]

@@thenastiestmofo Yep. That guy

[@TRYNNaBETOM]

I love CM PUNK

[@Prinxe14]

It would be more exciting if he returned longer than two weeks. If Vince can have Lesnar show once or twice a year then, surely he could have made Punk show after a few months to add more spice to the storyline.

[@omarianmcclain]

Cm punk is one of my favorites

[@karmaprakhar6855]

Make HANGMAN PAGE NEXT 🤠🐎

[@queenofcartoons9151]

I love cmpunk😭❤️

[@kingfu9647]

Nice video... Val Venis story would be interesting to

[@danielproctor5237]

Great video, thanks!!

[@dimpochoudhury1073]

Main reason why WWE fans transfer themselves to AEW fan now

[@ItsShaz1]

THIS IS A TEST THE TEST STORY

[@edge7799]

Thank you for posting this😉✌️

[@behradmotahari1245]

cm punk ❤️

[@MultiRammstein1990]

James Gibson aka Jamie noble was the guy beat him for the title

[@bealgates8594]

Man I’m mad all over again for Punk

[@STEPHENisSTEPHEN]

There will never be a more real storyline than the summer of punk. Now wrestling fans are watching every type of wrestle news channeling before they can even decide if it’s a work or shoot

[@Hunkzilla]

This summer of punk thing could have easily brought Buzz to the entire Wrestling industry if only WWE worked with the other promotions to give the "Punk leaving WWE with the WWE title "more teeth . Fat chance of that ever happening. However ,Can you imagine the buzz seeing Punk defending the belt NJPW or ROH or TNA or CZW and so on . Have Punk defend the belt at these promotions for atleast 4 months . This would have been the biggest event in wrestling since the debut of the NWO . ... and then they could have had him return to the WWE in time for Survivor series to face Triple H , who has taken it upon himself to win back the WWE belt from Punk. Oh well , a fan can only dream ....

[@iamjabby3688]

3:18 im i think he is still narrow minded 😂

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Well I guess we don't have to worry anymore

[@bhm6677]

“Back then” Vince had a narrow idea of what a wrestler should be? When did this change?

[@SamuelDuplessis12]

Never, it has never changed, just look at NXT 2.0 for example.

[@thebandit0256]

They shouldn't left Wednesday then that's why they got a reboot

[@Philthorn]

@@thebandit0256 just because you lost a ratings war doesn't mean that you lose everything that made you watchable

[@Punk_is_idol]

Because of cm punk indie wrestling got bigger exposing it to the casual wwe fan. I remember going to local shows with less than 100 people now they’re packed houses

[@jtgthesecond9269]

all those years ago where The Summer of Punk got started in the first place Kevin Nash never faced CM Punk one on one oh well it's Ok 🙄🙄😊😊

[@agedinthesun6689]

We are in a boom period again.

[@sibabalemdzeke]

Why are some parts of the video blurry?

[@rhysvandermerwe8205]

If you have a CULT OF PERSONALITY than watch this video about CM Punk By Wrestle With Andy This is one of my favorite storylines in Wrestling Ever Hi Wrestle With Andy can you do Sabu or The Whole Raven Vs Tommy Dreamer Angle Thanks for Always Phenomenal Content Wrestle With Andy

[@HarambetheWhite]

Ehhh he became a poster boy after Chris Benoit killed himself and the ugly rumor of drugs peaked its head. WWE used him to promote the whole drug free policy. That's when he became ECW champ and then gained money in the bank etc

[@lexkanyima2195]

So ?

[@eXDee360]

Imagine if Punk was another jacked up guy that fits the Vince's ideal champ persona. This story would have been a lot different. Somehow every failed bodybuilder ends up a wwe champion while people did wrestling the right way just end up jobbing for big guys. That's WWE in a nutshell

[@sarveshjalootharia1603]

Seth is modern era HHH inserts himself into main event feud.

[@bryanmorrison2396]

Still do this day once the mic got cut n the mby 2 sentences before thats wen Vinve went fae "good shit" to "SHIT CUT IT CUT IT" 😂😂

[@danielmatuka4885]

Top 10 CM Punk Moments 1. 2011 PipeBomb promo 2. Defeat John Cena for the WWE title at Money in the Bank 3. Match Against Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam 2013 4. AEW debut 5. Contract negotiations segment in 2011 6. Feud with Jeff Hardy 7. First Money in the Bank cash in (2008) 8. Match Against The Undertaker at WrestleMania 29 9. (2009) Money in the Bank victory 10. Feud with Chris Jericho

[@antg2183]

Feud with Jeff Hardy is kinda low. Dude had massive heat for not only ending his “career” but when he came out dressed as him….yea dude was a mega heel for that one

[@lexkanyima2195]

His performance at The Royal Rumble 2014

[@TheCanadianFire]

Cabana did NOT beat Punk for the ROH title

[@JasonJordan198]

Was that Batista at 4:41?

[@lexkanyima2195]

Mason Ryan

[@AAVVVAAADDAAAKAAADAVRAAA]

See what's funny is the CM punk is no bigger than Shawn Michaels but yet Shawn Michaels is hell there's one of the best of all time being a small guy but CM punk does the same thing like that's what I don't get

[@GameBreaker1055]

Punk is TALLER than Cena for crying out loud!

[@rashidhasanrafi]

Moral of the story - Triple H actually is the worst🙂

[@superjohncenanick4729]

Request Please Do The Roman Reigns Transformation To The Tribal Chief

[@ElGamerCosplayer]

The "CM PUNK" chants were LOUD when he faced Cena for the title in Chcago, how can they see how over he is and still bury him a couple of weeks later? Yeah, such a missed chance

[@RyanGriffiths28]

15:27 did he actually wear that top😂😂😂

[@Freshmarketflesh]

It looks like AEW tried to do the WWE summer of punk thing but couldn’t because what happened in all in 2023. I still hope it’s a work tho. I know it’s not tho.

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

LOOK IN MY EYESSSSS

[@dominicchesterman2107]

Between Vince's silly ideas and HHH doing a Hogan and screwing over all other wrestlers to put himself over, i can't believe anybody bothers with WWE anymore. I tried a bit of NXT a couple of years back but all the good wrestlers get put on the main roster and given rubbish storylines (Kevin Owens etc) or are let go out of their contract (Keith Lee etc). Hope AEW provides some decent competition now.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Funny how 2022 is full of surprises am I right?

[@ewhite5810]

Back then? Vince still only cares about 6'4" muscle men.

[@lexkanyima2195]

Duh

[@snapwilson316]

Aw, why'd you have to do Mason Ryan like that, that was mean.

[@jaredcoleworld3650]

Can you do aj lee?

[@eldestructivochico5063]

Who is here after he made his WWE return?

[@VERDICTInsanity]

Punk should be at the BACK of the thumbnail, because he took a backseat to his own storyline

[@George_Pig1]

20 year old me watching CMPUNK rain

[@bryanmorrison2396]

N the fact vince let him hold it so long he obv had gd plans for punk. But buisness is buisness n the rock n cena even tho no my cuo of tea numbers dnt lie. He would obv got his main event at mania. Alot is sour grapes some wld kill for his WWe run

[@tunji_9321]

Dang watching this video made me realize that the booking in WWE was just as bad then as it is now. Who was in the room when making this storyline that suggested a 52 yr old Kevin Nash be apart of it? And even now they have storylines about a golden egg!! Lol damn Vince please retire!

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

He just did lol

[@MultiRammstein1990]

Cabana beat punk in his last ever roh match

[@tehjboney4249]

CM Punk should’ve beat John Cena at Money In The Bank and then leave for an undefined amount of time leaving RAW without an WWE Champion,WWE would decide to book a tournament to crown a new WWE Champion with the finals seeing Rey face off with Miz in which Rey defeats Miz to win his first WWE Title.Cena would be reinstated later night and instead would get his title shot next week where the match would be interrupted by a returning Punk allowing Rey to roll Cena up for pin and retain the WWE Title.SummerSlam would see a Triple Threat match occur where Punk,Rey,and John would have an Undisputed Title match where the match would end in Punk defeating Rey and John to be announced as the Undisputed WWE Champion.Punk and Rey would have a fair one on one match at Night Of Champions where Punk would defeat Rey but only after John interfered in the match.Punk and John would have their war at Hell In A Cell where Punk would defeat John for the WWE Undisputed Title and retain.John and Punk would have a rematch at Survivor Series and this would see an absolute shock occur where John sides with Vince and another screw job occurs at Survivor Series with Cena winning the WWE Title once again.Punk and Cena would have a TLC match at TLC where Cena would defeat John after some interference from HHH(reluctantly)who was doing what’s best for business and nailing Punk with a SledgeHammer.HHH and Punk would have a match at Royal Rumble with it being named a Street Fight by Vince McMahon with Punk defeating Triple H.Punk would win the 2012 Royal Rumble and would continue his path to WrestleMania 28 and the WWE Championship.Punk would defend his WrestleMania WWE Title match against other competitors inside of the Elimination Chamber and this would see him survive.WrestleMania 28 would instead be a Triple Threat match between The Rock,John Cena,and CM Punk for the WWE Championship with Punk defeating Cena and Rock to regain the World Title.

[@bryanmorrison2396]

If WWE hadnt been PG a think mcmhaon wld of ran with it. But mby not as a tgink he was sick of his moaning even tho hed been mitb few title runs n a record titke run.

[@k9ii848]

triple h always try to inject himself and ruin the wrestlers momentum hes so selfish cm punk was doing great he was the hottest thing they forreal lost him and will forever regret that

[@lexkanyima2195]

It is not that bad

[@NonExpertKnowItAll]

HHH tried to bury Punk because he couldn't stand him getting over like Austin. So they kept booking him under to the chosen stars, including his lame ass self.

[@davidjackson8756]

In my opinion WWE died and sucked after CM Punk left. Roman Reign is doing his thing now. They dropped the ball with Bobby Lashley.

[@GameBreaker1055]

I wish Roman Reigns was doing any kind of thing at the moment... But after looking pathetic for months now, he is now defending his title against a guy not even from his brand...

[@davidjackson8756]

@@GameBreaker1055 yeah

[@Philthorn]

@@davidjackson8756 that's what happens when you put the smoke only on one guy

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

Well what do you think now?

[@emypetcu]

Punk was always skinny fat …

[@KegOfMeat]

Pfft Punk is not era defining

[@vonbirddog2713]

I cant believe Vince even pushed this dude with that corny pepsi tattoo his physique wasnt anything special either ...just dont get it.

[@nanaadjoapeasah4356]

That sentence makes me think you are gay

[@Zxlxya]

The Third Summer of Punk has been a huge let down also. Man fell off

[@GZP1023]

Over rated since day one. The fact his "pipe bomb" is what hes best known for says everything. Move stealing, complaining, big mouth.

[@meshalfirst]

I wouldn’t call him talented

[@h.rdfd.]

Stone Cold Steve Austin The Saviour CM Punk The Stone Cold 2nd Coming Kevin Owens The Stone Cold 3rd Coming

[@cyrus2546]

Guy doesn’t deserve to be in the same paragraph as Steve Austin let alone same sentence.

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

There's only one Stone Cold Steve Austin

[@ajtheva6694]

"He texted himself" That's Vince McMahon logic right there.

[@FaysalIsGoated]

2:52 Correction: It was actually James Gibson(aka Jamie Noble) who defeated Punk for the ROH World Title. Colt Cabana was the one who beat Punk in his last ROH Match.

[@dizzidazegaming]

Gibson had one of the best moments. While Punk was talking crap, James just casually walking out, taping his hands in full view of Punk, then blasting for the ring. You knew then, that James was going to be ROH's hero for the Summer of Punk.

[@ronaldkhupe7608]

To be honest, 2011 was definetly the summer of Cm punk, his feud with John cena was awesome along with triple h, Kevin Nash and Alberto del rio

[@dontheavatar]

All except how most of those matches ended

[@wilfulbuckle13]

This could have been the best storyline in the world. Just think if they had actually had Punk go to other promotions and defend the belt and beat their top guys. While wwe could of actually had a good tournament to crown a champion and have Punk comeback and ruin the finals. It could have been so amazing.

[@Alan-oj3ps]

I really thought 2011 was going to bring in the next wrestling boom period. We had a set of new main eventers like Christian, Henry, Truth, and Del Dio. And silly me thought Punk would be the new Austin leading the way. Unfortunately RAW became the HHH and Stephanie show. That's when myself and millions of others started to change the channel. I already endured the Triple H and Steph love fest during the Attitude era.

[@wuggychugs]

loving these documentarys man you are very good at these andy keep it up love your channel so much!

[@benespinosa6725]

The Summer of Punk in WWE Was such a missed opportunity the Summer Of Punk in ROH Was 10X Better IMO

[@neonprotegewrestling9147]

The trilogy with Joe was seen by Mick Foley who recommended them to WWE, small addition of details

[@solascriptura-e7t]

How ridiculous that "mercurial Vince" was still so hung up on "big, sweat men".... quickly forgetting the success of Mr. Perfect, HBK, and Bret Hart. SMH

[@hhtptai]

Quite telling how John Cena was able to do the job when it mattered but Triple H wouldn't.

[@sparks2spare782]

I think HHH’s current woes are karma finally coming back to bite him for all the scum bag things he did to other wrestlers over the years.

[@ROMANTIKILLER2]

@@sparks2spare782 just a pity that so many other talents are actually the ones paying on his behalf by losing their jobs... so not much of catartic karmic retribution.

[@weneedhim526]

cena did what? he never lost to punk clean in that 2011 run, and he beat punk back like twice, you should see how undertaker, the rock, and randy orton put new talented guys over, especially clean, thats the right way

[@hhtptai]

@@weneedhim526 I said Cena did the job. I didn't say clean but at least he did the damn job.

[@My19812011]

That year Cena lost to Miz, Punk and Del Rio in big title matches. In his run as THE guy I don’t think anyone lost more than Cena did as a whole.

[@skirk248]

"Back then" Vince changed?

[@ItsShaz1]

RAINMAKER THE KAZUCHIKA OKADA STORY

[@mr._entertainment_ilikeemjay]

Best documentary maker❤💯

[@tomKATT92]

It sucks because it could have been SO MUCH BETTER! It started really hot, with the Pipebomb and Cena MITB etc, but then ... yeah just got worse after that really. Edit: Also great content as always!

[@rileygill539]

have you thought about making an undisputed era documentary?

[@nathantturnert1631]

Yep

[@adhdbags3121]

Punk actually lost the RoH title from James Gibson in a multiman match. He fought Cabana in his farewell match.

[@arunrawat4298]

I always say cm punk is the most influential and impactful star after 2010s decade.

[@UrEmemi]

It was 3 or 4 pedigrees not 1. He kicked out 2-3 times out of the Pedigree. Check your facts

[@timevans5000]

Why'd you focus on Mason Ryan so much. Did him dirty 😂

[@lancethefilmguy9392]

They also told some Revisionist History by saying the late 00s were a dark period for WWE. In actuality (other than the Beniot Incident) it was an Underrated time

[@tuikatoa8266]

He’s back