CM Punk put John Cena and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson on blast with an X-rated rant on Monday Night Raw.
‘The Best in the World’ opened the show, which came just 48 hours after his great rival shocked the professional wrestling world with a heel turn at Elimination Chamber.
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After he won the namesake match to set up a main event at WrestleMania 41 against Cody Rhodes, Cena flipped the script and aligned with The Rock.
With the help of Travis Scott, he brutally attacked the Undisputed WWE Champion after Johnson signalled for him to do so, leaving Rhodes a bloody mess.
Cena’s actions have been the talk of the sports entertainment world over the last couple of days, and it didn’t take long for an irate Punk to address both him – and The Rock – after storming to the ring on Raw.
“This is going to be a lot of fun, I’m liable to get us cancelled off of Netflix right now,” he began.
“Listen up Dwayne, you bald fraud. You think because you’re on the board of directors, you’re immune from criticism? Well, you don’t know who you’re dealing with.
“You are dealing with the best in the world. Middle aged and crazy, I walked back into the WWE after ten years and literally marched through hell to receive opportunities at the big dance.
“And you, Mr. Midlife Crisis, just decide to walk in when you feel like it and hide behind the fact that you think you’re a bigger star than everybody here.
“I would love to say all of this to your face, but you have not graced us with your presence to do your bull****, to hit your arm, to pretend that you care about this business that gives you goosebumps.”
After delighting fans by describing The Rock as ‘Mr. Midlife Crisis,’ Punk then turned his attention to Cena.
The pair were the last two standing inside the Elimination Chamber on Saturday night, but it was Cena who went on to win after locking in an STF submission move on his opponent – thanks to an assist from Seth Rollins.
Reacting to the match on Raw, Punk continued: “I have never been so desperate to sell my soul, and that brings me to you, John Cena.
“Well now, we can all see through you. You stole something from me in the Elimination Chamber. A match, that after 20 years of hustle, loyalty and respect, I gave you the benefit of the doubt when you didn’t qualify.
“I thought what you did in the past secured your future. But you’re not going to fool me twice.
“Now everybody sees what I’ve known all along, that you’ve been selling all these people, and all these kids, bull****.
“Who gave up inside the Elimination Chamber? It wasn’t me, you’ll never see CM Punk give up on his dreams of main-eventing WrestleMania.
“Ironically ‘Mr. Never Give Up’ – you gave up on yourself. You gave up on all of these people, all those kids. The joke is on you, I’m going to see you down the road.
“I’m going to get my hands on both of you bald frauds.”
In a legendary three-minute rant, Punk cooked both The Rock and Cena on the mic, proving there was nobody better to respond to the latter’s landscape-shifting heel turn at Elimination Chamber.
“An absolute all-time great opening to Raw. CM Punk was legendary,” one fan wrote, responding to the segment.
“That was f***ing great,” another said.
“CM Punk is gonna be on a generational run heading up to WrestleMania,” a third concluded.
While it is not yet clear how Punk will fit into Cena’s storyline heading into the biggest show of the year, his segment led to some fans speculating that the pair go toe-to-toe further down the road, at SummerSlam.
