CM Punk Will Beat The Undertaker At WrestleMania XXIX

[Rated_R(ob)KO]

None of you want to hear it or admit it but, it will happen. CM Punk has risen to be established as one of the major top players in THE 'E right now. Company face or not, there's not very many people ahead of him on the food chain currently. Hell, he's one of only five guys that have their own company provided tour buses for crying out loud. I know the IWC has been crying foul since he's lost his Championship and that actually brings me to my point...

Backstage it's known that CM Punk speaks his mind, doesn't bow down and makes snap decisions. It's been THOROUGHLY documented at this point... hence why I believe that he had to get something after losing the WWE Championship. His run was legendary in the fact that no one else has accomplished it. Stone Cold, The Rock, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, John Cena, Randy Orton... none of them in this generation have pulled off what the brass felt that Punk could pull off.

I believe that the only way CM Punk agreed to face The Undertaker was if he were to be the one to end the streak. You have two options, be the man to beat Undertaker or be the man to lose to John Cena or The Rock at Wrestlemania... I'd choose Undertakers streak any day of the week personally. Now, I'm not saying that this is exactly how it's going down backstage but I am saying that Punk got something out of losing that Championship and just a match isn't worth it. Undertaker or not.

CM Punk's accomplishments are insane at this point... and this win will establish fully everything about him. Two time money in the bank winner (Once being at the 25th Anniversary of Wrestlemania.), Won the WWE Championship at the 25th Anniversary of Survivor Series, retained through the 25th Anniversary of Royal Rumble (And 26th.), Was WWE Champion for the 1,000th and 20th Anniversary episodes of RAW, not to mention WHC, ECW, Intercontinental, Tag-Team Champion as well. His list will continue to grow and The Undertaker will be next on that list.

Best. In. The. World.

[AWrestlingGod]

I'd love to see Punk end the streak, but I feel once the streak ends Undertaker retires, and I remember hearing rumors that Undertaker has a few more Wrestlemania's in him. I believe he will have a streak match against John Cena next year. But if Undertaker is ready to retire, I would welcome a CM Punk win. But I wouldn't mind it if WWE could build a younger star, and had him beat Undertaker maybe at Wrestlemania 31. But still if CM Punk wins it would be great, to see his hard work pay off. (Though being one of the longest reigning champions in the last decade, still speaks volumes, and makes him a sure-fire hall of famer)

[Wade Barrett 1979]

I think he will too. I don't really want to see it happen but if this has been Taker's own choice I can see Punk going over him.

[Robstar]

I don't understand why you're speaking as if Punk had some sort of entitlement to the WWE championship and so they needed to bargain with him to "give it up". As if he was somehow holding some sort of trump card on the company and it using it as a bargaining chip to get what he wants. You're not one of the few people left that actually believes Punk was going to leave WWE with the championship - as if he could take it anywhere and write his own ticket and get paid who knows how much, are you? Because that idea is pretty ridiculous.

Punk might have a say backstage in WWE and I suspect he politicks on a HHH level but when it's all said and done, Undertaker has more. If anyone decides the streaks fate, it's him. I don't believe even Vince could tell him to do it if he didn't want to, otherwise he'd walk. I firmly believe that because he doesn't need WWE at this stage.

Despite your equation that I may not agree with, I do have a level of agreement on the outcome of it; that they may give it to Punk. Or indeed, that Undertaker will LET him have it. I mentioned this earlier today in the Raw Peel that I could seriously see Punk being the man, in spite how I might feel about ending the streak which matters diddly squat.

I just wonder if they do this, what next for Punk? How much higher can they fly with him before the inevitable burn out? Because nothing - nothing - lasts forever.

[Rated_R(ob)KO]

I don't understand why you're speaking as if Punk had some sort of entitlement to the WWE championship and so they needed to bargain with him to "give it up". As if he was somehow holding some sort of trump card on the company and it using it as a bargaining chip to get what he wants. You're not one of the few people left that actually believes Punk was going to leave WWE with the championship - as if he could take it anywhere and write his own ticket and get paid who knows how much, are you? Because that idea is pretty ridiculous.

Punk might have a say backstage in WWE and I suspect he politicks on a HHH level but when it's all said and done, Undertaker has more. If anyone decides the streaks fate, it's him. I don't believe even Vince could tell him to do it if he didn't want to, otherwise he'd walk. I firmly believe that because he doesn't need WWE at this stage.

Despite your equation that I may not agree with, I do have a level of agreement on the outcome of it; that they may give it to Punk. Or indeed, that Undertaker will LET him have it. I mentioned this earlier today in the Raw Peel that I could seriously see Punk being the man, in spite how I might feel about ending the streak which matters diddly squat.

I just wonder if they do this, what next for Punk? How much higher can they fly with him before the inevitable burn out? Because nothing - nothing - lasts forever.

I'm speaking in a speculative manner. I do know that Punk held his contract for hostage and I do know it was all due to the name and licensing. There were a lot of real world repercussions that happened in 2011 when everything "played out" on TV the way it did. They borrowed a lot of what was going on behind the scenes to add fuel to the fire so to speak. And since then Punk has had the upper hand in many ways... I know that Undertaker asked specifically to work with Punk this year and obviously Punk accepted it.

I believe that a deal had to go down backstage is all. I believe politicking played a larger part than we may even realize. The truth is, none of us are creative, none of us are VKM so we'll never know all the finer details. But I do know that something had to be done.

[AWrestlingGod]

I don't understand why you're speaking as if Punk had some sort of entitlement to the WWE championship and so they needed to bargain with him to "give it up". As if he was somehow holding some sort of trump card on the company and it using it as a bargaining chip to get what he wants. You're not one of the few people left that actually believes Punk was going to leave WWE with the championship - as if he could take it anywhere and write his own ticket and get paid who knows how much, are you? Because that idea is pretty ridiculous.

Punk might have a say backstage in WWE and I suspect he politicks on a HHH level but when it's all said and done, Undertaker has more. If anyone decides the streaks fate, it's him. I don't believe even Vince could tell him to do it if he didn't want to, otherwise he'd walk. I firmly believe that because he doesn't need WWE at this stage.

Despite your equation that I may not agree with, I do have a level of agreement on the outcome of it; that they may give it to Punk. Or indeed, that Undertaker will LET him have it. I mentioned this earlier today in the Raw Peel that I could seriously see Punk being the man, in spite how I might feel about ending the streak which matters diddly squat.

I just wonder if they do this, what next for Punk? How much higher can they fly with him before the inevitable burn out? Because nothing - nothing - lasts forever.

Yea that's a lot of what I was thinking, if Punk beats the streak, and just had one of the longest WWE Championship reigns in history what's left for him to do. I mean if Stone Cold wants to come back I can see those two work one more match at Wrestlemania, but other than that I don't see what Punk would have left to accomplish.

[Rated_R(ob)KO]

I don't understand why you're speaking as if Punk had some sort of entitlement to the WWE championship and so they needed to bargain with him to "give it up". As if he was somehow holding some sort of trump card on the company and it using it as a bargaining chip to get what he wants. You're not one of the few people left that actually believes Punk was going to leave WWE with the championship - as if he could take it anywhere and write his own ticket and get paid who knows how much, are you? Because that idea is pretty ridiculous.

Punk might have a say backstage in WWE and I suspect he politicks on a HHH level but when it's all said and done, Undertaker has more. If anyone decides the streaks fate, it's him. I don't believe even Vince could tell him to do it if he didn't want to, otherwise he'd walk. I firmly believe that because he doesn't need WWE at this stage.

Despite your equation that I may not agree with, I do have a level of agreement on the outcome of it; that they may give it to Punk. Or indeed, that Undertaker will LET him have it. I mentioned this earlier today in the Raw Peel that I could seriously see Punk being the man, in spite how I might feel about ending the streak which matters diddly squat.

I just wonder if they do this, what next for Punk? How much higher can they fly with him before the inevitable burn out? Because nothing - nothing - lasts forever.

And to answer the bolded, Punk himself stated that he wouldn't be wrestling past 2016 or 2017. He's saved more than enough money to live happily for the rest of his days.

[AWrestlingGod]

And to answer the bolded, Punk himself stated that he wouldn't be wrestling past 2016 or 2017. He's saved more than enough money to live happily for the rest of his days.

If that's the case, and CM Punk has a lot of pull backstage, I wonder if he can get his retirement match to be against Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania. That is legit the best way for Punk to go out. Our have another match with Cena of course.

[Robstar]

I'm speaking in a speculative manner. I do know that Punk held his contract for hostage and I do know it was all due to the name and licensing. There were a lot of real world repercussions that happened in 2011 when everything "played out" on TV the way it did. They borrowed a lot of what was going on behind the scenes to add fuel to the fire so to speak. And since then Punk has had the upper hand in many ways... I know that Undertaker asked specifically to work with Punk this year and obviously Punk accepted it.

I believe that a deal had to go down backstage is all. I believe politicking played a larger part than we may even realize. The truth is, none of us are creative, none of us are VKM so we'll never know all the finer details. But I do know that something had to be done.

True that that storyline reflected what was really going on, but I still think Punk does the business. For jebus sake, if he lay down for Cena, what's a loss to Undertaker going to matter? When it comes down to it, Punk doesn't mind losing as much as his fans mind him losing. Not that the WWE would pay attention to it but they are wringing Punk dry. He'll be a spent force within 3 years if the make him Icarus. Still, doesn't mean it won't happen.

And really, wouldn't working with Undertaker at Wrestlemania be a good enough deal in itself? There's far more interest in an Undertaker match than a WWE or World title match anyway. They're giving Punk the chance to work with the REAL top guy (and everyone knows he is) and that would be reward enough. That's my opinion.

[Robstar]

And to answer the bolded, Punk himself stated that he wouldn't be wrestling past 2016 or 2017. He's saved more than enough money to live happily for the rest of his days.

I will believe it when that happens R(ob). Too many people hang on because they don't know what else to do. (but maybe that 3 years I mentioned will be enough. Time will only tell)