Because of HBK now CM Punk still in WWE !!!

Because of HBK now CM Punk still in WWE !!!

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*Who saved C.M. Punk's WWE career in 2007?-Former ECW head writer Lagana details "den of negativity" surrounding Punk at the time*
C.M. Punk's WWE career might have been saved by WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels, according to former ECW brand head writer Dave Lagana in a blog on IWantWrestling.com.
Lagana recalled that at the end of 2006 and beginning of 2007, there was a "den of negativity that existed" among the WWE agents regarding C.M. Punk. At a creative meeting in early 2007, Michaels, who was consulting with Lagana on the direction of the ECW brand, spoke up about Punk.
Vince McMahon was scheduled to appear on ECW for the first time in the start of a new storyline. He was going to rid ECW of it’s “Original” stars and make the way for a “New Breed.” The meeting quickly turned into another CM Punk bash fest. My role was to run the meeting but dare not speak out of turn on the veteran agents. This was how the previous months meetings had gone but this day was different. It was a new voice in the room that changed everything. “Um, if you don’t like something the kid is doing, why don’t you work with him to fix it...instead of killing him.” That voice belonged to Shawn Michaels.
Lagana said he was able to get Michaels's input on the weekly ECW shows, thoughts on current talent, and provide a voice in agent meetings. Lagana said in the meeting where Michaels indirectly defended Punk, Michaels noted wrestlers like him and Undertaker wouldn't be around forever and they needed to develop the future. Lagana added, "Punk wasn’t pushed strong that week or even the next week but the ship had turned. Punk was positioned better from that point forward."
An additional intriguing aspect of Lagana's blog is from the ECW December to Dismember PPV in December 2006, which bombed creatively and financially. Lagana noted Big Show wanted to enhance Punk in the Elimination Chamber match, but Vince McMahon balked at the idea:
While Lashley was going to be the “man” that night winning the title, there was a pitch by (Paul) Heyman to have C.M. Punk and Big Show start the Chamber and for Punk to eliminate the Big Show with the Anaconda Vice. Big Show was behind the idea and felt it was the right move to make. ... If you’ve seen the match, you know this didn’t happen.
In 2006, Vince McMahon looked at Punk and “didn’t get it.” Plus, when you have Paul Heyman pushing heavily for you in that environment – you get the stigma of being a 'Paul Heyman Guy. I had the stigma because I worked with Paul on every run he had on creative from 2002 – 2006. Punk suffered for those sins and that night in December, he did not make the Big Show tap out. The agents who didn’t like him made sure the audience would not get a moment from C.M. Punk that night; Punk was the first man eliminated in the match.
Paul Heyman recalled similar circumstances in an interview with the U.K. Sun in February 2008:
My opinion was to start the chamber off with the Big Show saying: "I'm a seven foot tall, 500lb giant, I'm gonna mow through every one of you." And the first to take him on would be Punk. Playing to the fact that UFC is so hot and in the public consciousness, Punk chokes out Big Show in the first round of the Elimination Chamber, four-and-a-half minutes in, and now the champion is out.
Vince hated this. He especially hated the fact that Big Show liked it... (Show liked it) because he was making a new guy! Big Show is so underappreciated in terms of how smart he is to the business, and how willing he is to make new stars