19 Things WRESTLING Wants You To Forget About CM Punk
18. The Backstage DX Burial
A well known rumour about CM Punk's WWE tryout was confirmed by multiple sources a decade after the fact, with current MLW head honcho and former WWE writer Court Bauer having been there in person for DX members Triple H and Shawn Michaels not being particularly kind about 'The Straight Edge Superstar' as he was out in front of the live crowd.
Speaking on the Bauer & Pollock podcast, Court said;
"One time, Triple H along with HBK buried CM Punk. I think it was his 2005 tryout," Bauer said. "Maybe he didn't know the name, and wasn't familiar with who it was but they buried him." Bauer said that he, Vince McMahon, and then-head of talent relations John Laurinaitis were all present as it was going on. They, along with Triple H and Shawn Michaels were in the Gorilla position watching Punk's tryout at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. "They annihilated his look and his work and I'm like 'you just sunk the guy in front of the Chairman!'....They were shredding this poor guy."
Obviously things would change (and change again, and change again, and change again) over the years between the two sides, but few wrestlers ever had as many hurdles to jump over to make it in WWE than the 'Voice Of The Voiceless'.