A New Era

I don't think I can picture modern-day WWE without CM Punk. This guy has it all. He is the first real badass in the league and now he's gone. If you haven't heard already, CM Punk quit the WWE this week. In an interview from about a week ago, Punk spoke about his chance of leaving and said he didn't want to make a decision until his contract expires in two months. He has toyed around with the idea of leaving before, and has trained with legendary Brazilian jiu jitzu competitor and instructor Rener Gracie. All of the speculation surrounding Punk's leaving comes down to two main ideas: poor story lines, and barely any sniff at a championship.

When the New Age Outlaws teamed up with CM Punk for match with The Shield, Triple H was helping out some buddies. By letting them walk out on the match and letting Punk get triple power bombed by the Hounds of Justice, the N.A.O. got a shot at the tag-team title and won against the Rhodes Brothers, who look to be fizzling out at this point.

Boom. Right there is a key stage in the decline of Punk's interest to stay with World Wrestling Entertainment. What I think to be the final straw in his participation in the WWE was the Royal Rumble this past Sunday on pay-per-view. (To check out my predictions and take on the RR, click here.) When Kane announced that The Straight Edge Superstar was going to enter the match at #1, he wasn't too entertained. His chances of winning were around 1%. Being the badass he is, he stayed in the match for almost 50 minutes, before being eliminated by Director of Operations Kane, who, by the way, was already eliminated in the match. Kane would proceed to choke slam CM Punk through the announcer's table. Insert sarcastic cheer here.

pictured from the left: (front row) Jimmy Uso, Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, Daniel Bryan (back row) Jey Uso and Goldust stand together after Punk and Bryan teamed up for a two v. two tag team mtch vs the Wyatt family. Luckily for The Best and The Beard, they recieved help from the Uso's, and The Rhodes Brothers. 

The Best and The Beard was a short-lived tag team that consisted of Punk and Daniel Bryan. They fought for a few months against their various enemies such as the Wyatt Family and The Shield. Since the two superstars have had conflicts with both the Shield and the Family, it only seemed right for the two to tag up. Phillip Brooks and Bryan Danielson (the two real names of Punk and DB) have had a sincere friendship in their years together in the WWE, so when Daniel Bryan wasn't entered in the Royal Rumble, Punk had an issue with that. When the 30th contestant Rey Mysterio entered, the crowd was in shock. Everyone thought Daniel Bryan was going to be the 30th contestant and win the Royal Rumble to get a main event at Wrestle Mania, with all due respect to Rey, Bryan should've been in that spot. CM Punk didn't like that Daniel Bryan was treated unfairly, and he shouldn't; Daniel Bryan is Superstar of the Year as voted by the fans! Even WWE Hall-of-Famer Mick Foley had some interesting things to say on the Rumble and Punk's departure (Foley's tweet on Punk Foley hits tv with baseball bat as promised. Foley's tweet on Bryan not winning the Rumble).

With all of that in mind, CM Punk will still be my favorite Superstar of all time. He is a role model to many as well as a great wrestler. I wish him the best of luck in MMA and hope to see him back in the WWE soon.

My "Super" Review

Ladies and gentleman, I would like to start off this post by congratulating the Seattle Seahawks on winning their first Super Bowl and the first championship in the city of Seattle since the the 1979 Supersonics. I was pulling for Seattle the whole time. No I'm not a bandwagon fan, I just wanted to have Seattle win the Super Bowl after the Eagles got eliminated by New Orleans. Plus I have always found an interest in the Seahawks, whether its their logo, or Marshawn Lynch, I just like to see the Seahawks succeed.

I will have to give a thumbs down to the commercials this year, I wasn't impressed by many, except the Beats by Dre commercial featuring rapper Kendrick Lamar, I am a fan of his so seeing him was pretty cool, but that was followed up by a Beats by Dre Beats Music commerical with Ellen DeGeneres as that one bored me a tad. So there is my two cents on that, and with that aside lets get to the game.

GAME TIME!
You knew it wasn't going to be good from the start for Denver with the botched snap to Peyton Manning on the first play of the game. Knowshawn Moreno was tackled in the end zone for the safety. But with that in mind, Peyton Manning needed to step up and be the MAN (see what I did there?) and get his team back on top. It doesn't help when your star quarterback throws two picks. But the Denver D did a solid job through the first half of the first quarter but that doesn't mean much when the other team drops 29 points in the first half to your none. Here is a fun fact: this year's Broncos are the first team to not score a TD in the first half of the Super Bowl.

JUKEBOX AND BOOP BOPS
The halftime show this year was good. Better than expected. Bruno Mars isn't one of my favorite singers but he did a good job with the live band and the drums in the beginning were inviting and fun. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have always been a favorite of mine. When my mom was pregnant with me, she went to a RHCP concert, so you can say I have liked them for a while. They were bouncy and energetic and provided the rock edge to Bruno's clean pop style. The fireworks at the end was a good way to level the slow ballad Just the Way You Are. All in all thumbs up for you Bruno.

AND WE'RE BACK!
Luckily for the sake of saving Colorado's sanity, during the 4th quarter Peyton Manning set up a 14 yard pass for a TD and completes the 2-point conversion. During the season, Denver only set up one 2-point conversion and succeeded. This was a smart play because if DEN could score three quick touchdowns off a pick or something of the sort, they would have a point to spare from the 2 points.

The confetti pours down on Russell Wilson and the champion Seattle Seahawks. A surreal moment for the second-year quarterback and the face of the franchise. Keeping his cool, when asked how does he feel, he says, "Amazing." Way to put it my friend.