WWE veteran questions the timing of CM Punk's Punkanomics promo: "You're gonna come out the following week clowning" (Exclusive)

Former WWE head writer Vince Russo discussed his problems with CM Punk's PunkLife promo. The star delivered a stellar act on SmackDown this week.

John Cena was on SmackDown, cutting a promo about how he had already won the matchup against Punk, and Night of Champions was a formality. However, his promo was interrupted by Punk walking out to Cena's old Basic Thuganomics theme. The Best in the World mocked Cena with his own version of Punkanomics and verbally annihilated the 17-time champion.

This week on BroDown, Russo pointed out that Cena physically harmed CM Punk last week before cutting a vicious promo. In response, he felt the Straightedge Star's insults seemed pale. The veteran writer explained that John laid out Punk for the entire segment, and all the Straightedge Star could do was rap.

"So now this is the follow-up week, this is it, this is the go-home, right? Cena's music and entrance, he goes out there, and all of a sudden they hit Cena's music again, and CM Punk comes out with Punkanomics. His hat's turned around, and he's doing the old Cena gimmick. I'm watching this, and Dutch, I didn't mind this, and it was entertaining. But bro, he left you lying last week. He knocked you out with a belt, he put you through a table, and you're gonna come out the following week clowning. And like I said, don't get me wrong, it was entertaining, but I don't know if I would've done that in this spot." [From 25:28 onwards]

The excitement is at fever pitch for Night of Champions. It will be interesting to see which star walks out of Saudi Arabia as the Undisputed WWE champion.

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Edited by Prityush Haldar