Book This Episode 1: The Summer of Punk Rebooked Prelude

    Let’s go back to 2011, specifically June of 2011. CM Punk’s contract is expiring soon and he’s getting ready to have the biggest run of his career. On June 27th, 2011 CM Punk would cut a promo that would have the wrestling world buzzing for years to come. In his promo, Punk said that his contract expired next month and that he, the Number One Contender, would be leaving  WWE with the WWE Championship. He’d also go onto take shots at not only his opponent the following month, John Cena but other icons in the history of WWE. Whether employed by the company or not. He’d also tease defending his WWE Championship in Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling. Essentially he’d be a travelling World Champion, ala the territory days. Well, CM Punk did win the WWE Championship the next month from John Cena at Money in the Bank. However, what would happen after would disappoint wrestling fans more than anything else that’s happened in years. 

    How they bungled this storyline, I’m not entirely sure. Was it because of egos? Was it because certain people didn’t view CM Punk as a main event wrestler? Or was it because WWE just didn’t want to partner with other promotions? Whatever the reasoning, you don’t have the hottest act in the company lose to a part time wrestler who wears a suit half the time. In the very first season of Book This! We’ll be rebooking the Summer of Punk II from a fan’s point of view. We’ll be following this story through to Wrestlemania 28. 

    I’ll fully admit I don’t know everything, and I’m obviously just a fan but I’ll tell you how the story should have been. We’re going to start off the week after the Pipebomb and then book almost 1 year into the future. There’s a few obstacles in our way that WWE faced, but we’re going to swerve around them swiftly.

I have wanted to do a fantasy booking series for years and I'm finally doing it now and I get to rebooked one of my favourite angles in wrestling. I'm really excited for this and I hope that comes through in the writing of these blogs. Follow the Twitter and check the Youtube. Podcast coming soon!

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