Superstar Spotlight Week 1: CM PUNK

[Schlomey]

CM Punk is easily one of the most beloved athletes and actors in the whole world of pro wrestling.

List your top 10 CM Punk Matches and Moments HERE.

[Schlomey]

Or just a ramble of why you love or hate him would suffice.

[jerichoholicninja]

I'm digging the beard.

[The Show Off]

I don't have enough for Top 10 matches but here's a Top 5...

1. CM Punk (c) v. Christopher Daniels (for the ROH World Championship, ROH The Homecoming)

2. Generation Next v. Jimmy Jacobs, John Walters, & The Second City Saints (Eight Man Elimination Tag, ROH Midnight Express Reunion)

3. CM Punk (c) v. James Gibson (for the ROH World Championship, ROH Fate of an Angel)

4. The Second City Saints (c) v. The Briscoes (2 of 3 Falls Match for the ROH Tag Team Championship, ROH Death Before Dishonor II: Day 1)

5. Samoa Joe (c) v. CM Punk (for the ROH World Championship, ROH All Star Extravaganza II)

[Schlomey]

I hate to admit it but I have not seen any of his ROH stuff before. I am very intruiged by the SCS. Would love to see some.

[The Show Off]

I hate to admit it but I have not seen any of his ROH stuff before. I am very intruiged by the SCS. Would love to see some.

Get any ROH show DVD from June 18th 2005 to August 12th 2005... That is the short period of time in which Punk was ROH champion, not only is he gold in that time period but all the shows are excellent. I own "The Homecoming" and "Fate of an Angel" both shows are great.

[Schlomey]

any way of getting them online...without paying for them?

[The Show Off]

any way of getting them online...without paying for them?

Probably, I don't know I don't get stuff online like that.

[James Steele]

November 26, 2006 - Survivor Series: Team DX defeated Team RKO in a Survivor Series Elimination match with a clean sweep!
(Shawn Michaels & Triple H & C.M. Punk & The Hardy Boyz beat Edge & Randy Orton & Gregory Helms & Nitro & Mike Knox.)

October 2, 2009--A Decade of SmackDown!:
Undertaker & John Cena & Triple H & Shawn Michaels beat C.M. Punk & Randy Orton & Ted DiBiase Jr. & Cody Rhodes.

January 29, 2010--WWE SmackDown!:
Triple H defeated C.M. Punk w/Luke Gallows & Serena by DQ

January 31, 2010--Royal Rumble: C.M. Punk entered the Rumble at #3 and briefly dominated before getting eliminated by Triple H.

[legendkillerRKO]

cm punk-raven cage match from back in ROH

[Xero]

cm punk-raven cage match from back in ROH

This was the first Punk match I ever saw. Thought it was amazing and Punk's promo was great.

[Mr. Nerfect]

I love the way CM Punk takes his real-life beliefs, and he manages to actually rotate them slightly, and uses them as a way to make him loathed in his job. He's a born performer, and it's actually a really admirable thing to do for your art, in my opinion. Like Chris Jericho, he's one of those guys who when he decides to play a heel character, will make himself loathed to the point where it almost seems impossible for them to be liked.

In a PG-WWE world, CM Punk's character is sort of a bizarre outcast. At the very essence of his message are truths that children would be best to learn about -- but at the same time we are meant to hate him for it, and he's got this bizarre "Christ figure" thing going on about him. It's all fairly sensitive stuff, and I appreciate that the WWE have let him do this.

I also think the man had a lot of hurdles in his career. It's all childish bullshit, but being the indy darling that he was, and even using a Pedigree off the top rope when he was outside the WWE is the sort of stuff that does lead to doghouse jokes. I'm not nearly surprised the guy has done well, but he's managed to secure himself as a crucial part of WWE programming so flawlessly. And he's managed to remain much the same as he always has been. He's one of the few pure joys in professional wrestling. The dude has not had many "lows."

Survivor Series 2006 remains such a surreal moment to me. In fact, a lot of moments with Punk feel that way. Sometimes I'm watching him, and it doesn't feel that this should be flying in the WWE. But it is.

Imagine this guy in the Attitude era. His heat would have been TREMENDOUS. CM Punk vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin, to me, is a dream feud. Following pretty closely by CM Punk vs. Rob Van Dam. We got Punk vs. Jeff Hardy, though, so that's something. I just wish that Punk had someone in the WWE currently that really represented the culture that Punk loathes.

[KIRA]

Raven Vs. CM Punk Dog collar match was just awesome I was hooked after that

[Schlomey]

Any chance of a youtube link up in this bitch for any of these great match selections?

[St. Jimmy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp3BGyuRy_8 (no embedding)
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