The Summer Of Punk | Wrestling's Worst Booking

Punk signing his WWE contract on the ROH Championship is a moment that doesn't get talked about enough anymore. Even for a work it was a big deal at the time.

Cashed in on Edge, not Batista, but Batista did destroy Edge prior to this, so it kinda works out.

The fact that from 2010 and 2011 wwe had two of their hottest storylines that could have gotten them popular again in the Nexus and the cm punk’s summer of punk storyline only to manage to screw and botch them both is a testament to how straight GARBAGE vince’s booking was.

I never got the Kevin Nash running in angle at summer slam 2011. Like, it was so random and didn't make sense. KEVIN NASH?!?! That's like having Papa Shango return at this year's WrestleMania to put a curse on Cody at the end.

Even to this day, it’s still stings how WWE COMPLETELY SCREWED UP The Summer of Punk which had so much potential to be one of the greatest storylines in the companies history. CM Punk was the hottest thing going in WWE considering the fact that the product at the time was so unbearable to watch. It was the perfect lightning in a bottle moment and they decided to screw up by a having washed up has-been Kevin Nash who absolutely had no business being a part of the storyline on the first place. Sure Punk would eventually went back to the WWE Championship later that year, but it just didn’t have that same spark because of the fact that the company failed to strike when the iron was hot and Punk’s momentum was completely squandered.

kevin nash has a podcast where is talks about cm punk all the time. 😂 i’m sure some missing details you described are in that podcast.

It’s too bad Matt Damon wasn’t booking at this time, would’ve been killer if he did

2024 will be the true summer of Punk

Apparently a lot of people don't understand why WWE sent "new" talent to OVW, FCW, NXT, etc. As an OVW alumni, I can tell you it's to teach them on how to work in the "WWE Style"; how to work the cameras and stuff like that.

Am I the only one to noticed Simon has gone from looking like Cesaro to turning into Perry Saturn? Where'd your neck go?

The summer of punk getting ruined is why it’s never a good idea to have an active member of the roster also helping running things behind the scenes…..lookin at you Paul Levesque….

"Kevin Nash WTF? I thought he was dead lol"

Thats pretty much when i left watching wwe

Jorts are never not funny AF 😅🤣

Won't call it the worst,most of us remember it fondly

Simon ❤❤❤

Never should been a summer or punk. He should’ve went away with the belt until either Survivor Series or Royal Rumble They could’ve built up the World Heavyweight championship and used that as the top belt. Either survivor series tournament for the title or royal rumble for the title. Punk returns Champion vs Champion at Mania

they really should have booked this much smarter. Let Punk leave for like 2-3 months after Mitb and keep the hype around him and Cena. Cena beats Rey at Summerslam for the title, afterwards Del Rio cashes in. Del Rio vs Cena have 1-2 PPV Matches like they did anyway around that time, and then before Survivor Series Punk returns and you build Team Punk vs Team Cena or something like that, but NO Triple H had to bury Punk's hype. Punk still went on to being Champ afterwards but Summer of Punk was misbooked.

With the benefit of hindsight, WWE should've at least put the belt on anyone other than Del Rio.

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