Introduction

In recent weeks, Chris Jericho has said and done some awful things to WWE Champion CM Punk. Could it all be the result of karma? Is The Straight Edge Superstar finally paying the price for his past? Take a look back at some of Punk's dastardly deeds that he perpetrated not too long ago.

karma: the force created by a person's actions that some people believe causes good or bad things to happen to that person
      - Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Punk orchestrates a brutal Nexus initiation

Raw: Jan. 10, 2011
As a leader in his Straight Edge Society, then The New Nexus, CM Punk had no qualms about dishing out pain and suffering to anyone who didn’t see things his way. In perhaps one of his most vicious moments, he and fellow Nexus members brutally welcomed in a new member with an initiation session that is painful just watching.


SmackDown, July 30, 2010
In another painful moment, Punk and his Straight Edge Society minion executed an ugly attack on Big Show. With the odds stacked against him, even The World’s Largest Athlete could not find a way out of this one, as Punk repeatedly stomped Big Show's hand into the steel ring steps. When The Straight Edge Society took on Big Show at SummerSlam, Punk gloated about the attack by wearing a T-shirt with the words “I Broke Big Show’s Hand” emblazoned on the front.

Raw: Oct. 11, 2010
Beating Evan Bourne in a WWE Bragging Rights Qualifying Match wasn't enough for CM Punk. After the bout, Punk brutalized his opponent outside of the ring, resulting in a torn rotator cuff requiring surgery which kept Bourne out of action for months.

Punk mocks Jeff Hardy

SmackDown: Sept. 4, 2009
There certainly wasn’t any love lost between CM Punk and Jeff Hardy. On the Aug. 28, 2009 episode of SmackDown, Punk beat Jeff Hardy in a World Heavyweight Championship Steel Cage Match, requiring Hardy to leave WWE. One week later, Punk taunted the WWE Universe by emerging dressed just like Hardy – complete with face paint – to remind them that Hardy was gone for good.

Punk drops a "pipe bomb" on WWE and the McMahon family

Raw: June 27, 2011
Sporting a “Stone Cold” Steve Austin T-shirt on Raw, CM Punk delivered one of the most blistering diatribes ever. Angry that he wasn’t getting the attention he deserved, Punk blasted everyone on his list, including John Cena, The Rock, the WWE establishment and Mr. McMahon himself. His now infamous “pipe bomb” speech was only stifled when the mic was cut off by WWE technicians, but his words resonated and left scars still to this day.

Punk has harsh words for Stephanie McMahon

SummerSlam 2011
After EVP of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis demanded an apology for Punk's "Pipe Bomb” on Raw, The Straight Edge Superstar encountered Stephanie McMahon. Looking one of WWE’s biggest authority figures in the face, he had no problem reminding her that he called her "idiotic" and refused to shake her hand . Following his irreverence to such a high ranking WWE official, Punk beat John Cena later that night to become Undisputed WWE Champion.