– CM Punk chants were ongoing both before and during RAW. The chants took place during various segments and matches including Randy Orton’s opening segment, the cage match between The New Age Outlaws and The Rhodes family, the Titus O’Neil vs. Zack Ryder match and more. The chants went on during the Superstars taping as well. A few WWE Superstars attempted to squash the chants, including Randy Orton speaking very quickly during his opening promo and Ryback using heel tactics to get heel heat on himself at ringside during the Sheamus vs. Curtis Axel match. It could have been a lot worse as the Omaha crowd seemed to die out at the show went on. Can you blame them?!
– Speaking of Punk, it doesn’t look good for his future in WWE. It’s been reported that Punk has yet to answer or reply to any of Vince McMahon’s attempts at working things out. WWE continues to scrub all traces of CM Punk from its product. As seen on last night’s RAW, CM Punk has been removed from the “Then. Now. Forever” montage that airs at the start of WWE shows. He has been replaced by Kane.
Footage of CM Punk talking about Paul Heyman was also removed from WWE’s video package hyping the “Countdown” series that will air on the WWE Network.
Punk’s image has also been removed from the WWE App home screen and he’s been pulled from his WrestleMania AXXESS VIP signing (replaced by Ric Flair).
Morale backstage at RAW last night was said to be lower than usual after CM Punk walked out of the company. Many of the wrestlers felt like Punk was the main guy to speak up and voice his opinion when he didn’t agree with something. There is talk that WWE officials are saying that WrestleMania 30 has a lot of potential, but the locker room “is not necessarily seeing that right now”.
