5 sensational backstage incidents involving CM Punk in WWE you should know following his return

#2 Paul Heyman almost cost CM Punk his job

The relationship between Paul Heyman and CM Punk is no secret. Heyman is almost like a mentor to Punk and was one of the few backstage officials who backed CM Punk from the very start.

However, it was this enthusiasm by Paul Heyman that almost led to CM Punk losing his push. Bruce Prichard revealed on Something to Wrestle with that one of the reasons Vince McMahon did not like CM Punk was because of the outright favor Heyman showed towards Punk.

Not only this, when Paul Heyman was released from the company in 2006, many believed that Punk would follow suit. Reports stated that Heyman had wanted Punk to eliminate Big Show in the Elimination Chamber match at December to Dismember but he ticked off The Chairman with this suggestion which ultimately led to Punk being eliminated first in the match.

It is interesting to note that both Paul Heyman and CM Punk were responsible for putting each other in jeopardy albeit, unintentionally.

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#1 CM Punk targets The Miz

While The Miz is usually the one taking shots on other people on-screen, it was a completely different scenario off the screen.

CM Punk was very vocal ahead of WrestleMania 27 criticizing The Miz and essentially opining that The Must-See WWE Superstar did not deserve to main event WrestleMania and that it should have been him facing John Cena instead. While The Miz did have his retorts, he refrained from making any snide comments against the Straight Edge Saviour.

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