BOAD: CM Punk Pipebomb 2026
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What makes CM Punk’s 2026 pipe‑bomb better than the original?
Welcome to Busted Open After Dark. I'm your host, Tommy Dreamer. CM Punk throws another pipe bomb, and it was better than the first, and I'm gonna talk about it right now. This is the Busted Open Podcast. I dare say another pipe bomb was dropped. Uh there was parts that I friggin' loved. There was parts that had me scratching my head and His previous promos, I've also been like, Why did he say that? I always tell you, I have to go by what I see tonight. That is my job, and not speculate, not, you know, this is what I would have done, though at times I have to be like, hey, you don't call your opponent fat or Or old. Why? Because of stuff like that and the things are due and sometimes you do you get lost in conversation.
Um Again, tonight I I felt was another pipe bomb. Um and Moser Borley, I wanna know Nation what you think, eight seven, seven, three, four, four, eight, nine, three, of the current direction. And I'm not talking behind the scenes because behind the scenes is now in front of the camera. Because something that happened on Friday, SmackDown, with Pat McAfee Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton has bled over to Monday, and from that weekend has everybody talking. But this was CM Punk delivering a pipe bomb towards Roman Reigns at first, and that's the part that I want to get to. First, the But again, the The current direction, 'cause it seems to be they're addressing some they're doing some stuff they've never done in the past.
If I could eat my own words from a couple of After darks. I think it was last week's After Dark. Um I do not think that one Vince McMahon might be coming back from uh to appear one more time at uh WrestleMania or anytime soon. Um so that would be one of those speculations because uh yeah, uh that's one. So uh I'm gladly to eat those words. Uh Um God, uh phenomenal. Saying a lot of things that like if you're blurring the lines, which a lot of times we do in pro wrestling, this was one of the best blur the lines.
How does Tommy Dreamer break down the line‑by‑line script of the new promo?
Is he shooting? Is he going off script? Is he just being CM Punk? But man, there were so many levels of the greatness that um he s he says, right? Um Um A lot of this also like we're we're delving into the past, you know, which is great when Roman was there. You know, it's like and CM Punk's like, hey man, you want to say this crap about me, however, like I paved the way for you. Um, that's been the back and forth, or you've been the part-timer, and like they've both had their equal fill. Um But Phil retorted amazingly tonight, even as simple as saying, like, you know, you're gonna boo me and cheer for him, I at least show up he don't. And even though that was addressed a couple of weeks ago, where you kind of like, yeah, Roman Reigns doesn't have to do these things.
Straight up uh I love the line of I have FU money. Um I wish I had FU money. Um I have F money but not FU money. And by what F money is or FU money is, I can, just like you said, I I had to leave the WWE um And I didn't care. Another amazing line that was not in that uh part of the promo was I'm not afraid of like burning bridges and blowing that up But because I know how to swim. And if there was ever a great line and I was just like, I wanted to text CM Punk and say, yo, dude, that's your next T shirt. Um, if there's anybody who you can talk about doing stuff like that and i it truly is cm punk and I don't think there's no there isn't. I can't say think. There's nobody that epitomized that saying with CM Punk.
And a lot of like this continued argument uh went from some of his older promos or Tell Me When I'm Lying. He's not. And They say the truth is sometimes the hardest thing to hear. I've lived it many, many times. Um And when you say controversial things, even though they're the truth, people don't want to believe it. And and that's okay. It's your choice.
Why does Dreamer think the promo blurs the line between reality and storyline?
This isn't One side of the story, or this is, you know, you're what is that saying? There's two sides to or there's three sides to every story: his, his, or hers, and the truth. CM Punk is talking a lot of truth here. Um, but it's also CM Punk's truth.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What makes CM Punk’s 2026 pipe‑bomb better than the original?
0:00–2:47
2
How does Tommy Dreamer break down the line‑by‑line script of the new promo?
2:47–5:21
3
Why does Dreamer think the promo blurs the line between reality and storyline?
5:21–7:58
4
What are the biggest “wow” moments and controversial lines in the pipe‑bomb?
7:58–10:37
5
How does the promo compare to past CM Punk promos and WWE’s current direction?
10:37–13:11
6
What impact could the promo have on ticket prices and WrestleMania sales?
13:11–15:23
7
How does the episode tie the pipe‑bomb discussion into the rest of Monday Night Raw?
15:23–17:45
8
What final thoughts does Dreamer share about the future of WWE storytelling?
17:45–19:36