The truth is not as foreign a concept in fake wrestling as you might believe. Throughout the years the wrestling world has benefited from a little truth in every storyline. At the end of the day the absurd never sells because it, of its own accord, cannot relate to the people.
But the truth is filled with real human emotion and life altering consequences. It’s got morality and ethics. It’s about the blurred lines between good and evil, and how we all blow both of those lines. The truth often shows that there is no pure heel and no pure face.
This past month, the WWE took the idea of truth to another level. They blurred the lines so well that even the mainstream media had to pick up on it. Starting with CM Punk's scorching promo on RAW three weeks ago, the WWE fans were treated to something that they don’t always get: the truth.
This was all made possible by a storyline that, at its essence, was rooted in the truth. Whether CM Punk was signed to an extension, or if he was signed to a long term deal, the truth was that MitB was the last contracted night for CM Punk.
Sure, it was doctored a bit, perhaps all those feelings weren’t the honest to goodness feelings of the Straight Edge Superstar, but his overall message was something that wrestling fans have been buzzing about for years: the company is broken in many ways.
All CM Punk did was say what no one was being given the opportunity to say.
Vince McMahon is a bully to some extent. He’s a man who has always loved the freakshow aspect of his product. He’s pushed the behemoths, the muscle bound freaks who populate the locker room.
Vince McMahon has never shined a light on athleticism, but rather size and brute strength. It’s what has made guys like John Cena and Triple H household names. Not that they didn’t take the ball and run with it, but that they did so because they were given the opportunity to do so.
CM Punk was just telling the truth.
The idea that John Cena got his push because he was a corporate butt-kisser is a little in that shade of gray area. What comes first anyway: the opportunity, or the butt-kissing? There is not always a set order.
Besides, Cena has moved a large quantity of merchandise in his day and if he weren’t packing the building with the core audience then he wouldn’t be headlining shows. Still, Cena has been the golden boy for so long that all his rhetoric about being the underdog feels a little over the top.
CM Punk was just telling the truth.
Then, last night, with the crowd in Chicago absolutely insane for the main event CM Punk took the belt from Cena. Even in a moment that we all understood was scripted, there was a bit of truth.
With McMahon looking for the bell to be rung (a look back at a very real event in Montreal) and with McMahon calling for Del Rio to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase, and the look of urgency on Del Rio’s face, it was all made to look real.
CM Punk gave the fans what they had been looking for. A person to stick it to McMahon, a straight shooter that could speak his mind because he understood just what was the pulse of the WWE fan.
McMahon is a bully, he is a man who lets his ego get in the way of his better judgment. CM Punk gave the fans a moment they would never forget.
He took the one thing that McMahon couldn’t hold on to and brought it with him as he blew a kiss to McMahon, which is the proverbial middle finger, and walked out the champ.
CM Punk gave the WWE a thrill of a lifetime. He figured that what the fans wanted was a chance to have the lines of reality blurred and the stakes of what they were watching to be raised. The CM Punk storyline was filled with that raw emotion.
It had greed, jealousy, anger, and now confusion, and if you are a John Cena fan, sadness. It’s been a great ride all made possible by the truth.
It’s a powerful thing.
Source : www.bleacherreport.com
