What year was CM Punk the best in the world?

[GOAT]

Certainly not between 2006-2010 with guys like HBK, Jericho, Undertaker, and HHH still working full time. The only time he had an argument was during that short stretch in the Summer of '11 when he was cutting those promos bytching about not being featured as a top guy. But then the GOAT's Rock, Taker, Jericho, and HHH came back and he was relegated back to that 5th or 6th spot.

Bryan passed him up in 2012 and he nosedived to the point where he was in a WM program with Kane before he left.

 

[Silkk]

When he was the champ paired with Heyman

 

[thevarangian]

Every year.

 

[I-Hate-You]

:hulkshrug:

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

So, we just gonna forget about those 434 days?

 

[Riley Escobar]

But then the GOAT's Rock, Taker, Jericho, and HHH came back and he was relegated back to that 5th or 6th spot.

I see you trying that game

 

[StatUS]

I dunno but he's still getting chants. At some point the fans thought he was the real deal.

 

[Heelish]

Same year Jay-Z was the GOAT

But seriously, I'd say 2011

 

[El Cocodrilo]

What year was CM Punk the best in the world?

1978 to 2014

 

[GOAT]

I see you trying that game

How so? Which one of those guys isn't better than Punk? Jericho is like a better version of Punk (same skillset, but better in every area) and Rock, HHH and Taker outshined Punk at Mania, the biggest show of the year, in his prime.

 

[El Cocodrilo]

How so? Which one of those guys isn't better than Punk? Jericho is like a better version of Punk (same skillset, but better in every area) and Rock, HHH and Taker outshined Punk at Mania, the biggest show of the year, in his prime.

Rock is definitely top 3 GOAT status, but at no point in his LAST run did he outshine Punk. HHH's match with Taker was not close to as good as Punk's match with Taker either.

 

[Riley Escobar]

How so? Which one of those guys isn't better than Punk? Jericho is like a better version of Punk (same skillset, but better in every area) and Rock, HHH and Taker outshined Punk at Mania, the biggest show of the year, in his prime.

Rock is definitely top 3 GOAT status, but at no point in his LAST run did he outshine Punk. HHH's match with Taker was not close to as good as Punk's match with Taker either.

^^

Punk/Lesnar was also far far better than either Taker/Lesnar or HHH/Lesnar...or does that not count in this discussion

 

[GOAT]

Rock is definitely top 3 GOAT status, but at no point in his LAST run did he outshine Punk. HHH's match with Taker was not close to as good as Punk's match with Taker either.

In his 2013 run? Maybe not, but Bryan was already ahead of Punk at that point. Rock clearly outshined him throughout the lead up to WM28 and had a better overall match on the show.

And HHH's match with Taker was every bit as good as Punk's. The crowd was hotter, and at one point HHH made you believe he had a real shot at ending the streak (at least the casual fans) with the superkick/pedigree combo. The storytelling in that match was ridiculous.

 

[The Great One]

Never.

 

[krackdagawd]

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