Punk's pop?

[Kane Knight]

Originally Posted by Ruien Okay I see the joke everywhere, what happened with Punk and him getting a huge pop? Or maybe no pop at all?

It's mostly a "joke" because it's really disingenuous to say that CM Punk outpopped DX. It's precipitated on a rather phony notion. I even notice that the Youtube videos of the event are generally carefully framed.

But the major points:

• CM Punk wasn't in competition with DX, so to say he outpopped DX is kind of, well, stupid.
• Punk got his name chanted...After the crowd fucking exploded for DX. At Michaels/Hunter's "command," you can see almost the entire crowd jump to its feet and cheer. In fact, the clear visible response rules out any real possibility of the response being dubbed. So he didn't really outpop DX, at best, he stood as a contemporary and a second choice.
• Based on the above, it'd be easy enough to say that Punk was riding an already hot crowd, which is definitely true. He did NOT get that kind of response when he first came out, before DX. Punk gets a single big pop which is largely an estrogen pop, and then nothing that outdoes the Hardyz, let alone DX. That's not to say that the chanting wasn't impressive, but...
• We're talking about an incredibly smart city which was considered Punk's "backyard," albeit not his hometown.

It's mostly that in relation to the claim, the facts make it look stupid as fuck, but then, it was a statement made by Noid, who I'm convinced is a 13 year old girl just discovering herself sexually. It would explain why he gets so tingly for Punk.