I'm pretty sure I discussed this last year, but I feel the need to bring it up again; exactly how much of a superstar CM Punk was when he came to power in 2011. That MitB pay per view, the one in which he set the world ablaze with the shoot and everything? Yeah, that MitB?
That did about 185,000 buys. Now, not bad by itself, but the year before was at 165,000 buys. Well, that's fine, it's a B Show, so what? At least it did an increasing number, that's something right? Well, maybe he'd do better at Summerslam; it's a major show, major audience, and he was facing John Cena, yet again.
That did 301,00 buys. Well, not so bad, right?
The 2010 edition did 350,00 buys.
Well, maybe it was an aberration, right? Surely, that would explain it? Punk caught so much attention from the media, so how did this year's Summerslam do?
Oh, just about 358,000 buys.
Look, if you want to argue CM Punk goes over because you think he's better, fine. But let's not build him up to be this raging success for the WWE, and the IWC. The juries still out on that, to be perfectly honest. And against a guy who had major success in Japan, and in America, and in a violent setting, with a guy whose matches were so brutal they invented something called the "Muta Scale"?
I need to really think about it
