CM Punk - From Good to Bad
It didn’t matter if he was the manipulative leader of The New Nexus who had tortured men like Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio and John Cena. CM Punk was already a cult hero in the eyes of many sports-entertainment fans. The Straight Edge Superstar was an agent of the counterculture, a beacon for change and, in many ways, a modern day “Stone Cold” Steve Austin.Perhaps, then, it was no surprise when The Second City Savior sat cross-legged on a stage in Las Vegas in a “Stone Cold” crewneck tee and delivered the most famous sports-entertainment speech since Austin himself coined “3:16.” Denouncing WWE’s backstage politics, letting loose his workplace frustrations and directly targeting WWE brass, Punk became a hero to anybody sick and tired of going to work. But when Punk punched out, he took the WWE Title with him.
