CM Punk Names WWE Survivor Series 2006 As One Of The Greatest Days Of His Career, Says He Became Pat Patterson’s Guy

Survivor Series was one of the greatest days of CM Punk’s career.

As CM Punk was discussing his career on the newest episode of What’s Your Story? With Steph McMahon, he looked back at the 2006 WWE Survivor Series pay-per-view.

In the traditional five-on-five Survivor Series Elimination match, Punk teamed with Jeff Hardy, Matt Hardy, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H to defeat Adam Copeland, Shane Helms, Johnny TV, Mike Knox, and Randy Orton.

Punk said he became the late Pat Patterson’s ‘guy’ after the match. Patterson felt the heat/comeback spot should go to Jeff Hardy because he did not think the crowd would know who Punk was. Punk credited Adam Copeland for being in favor of him getting that spot.

After it was decided to give the moment to Punk, and Pat saw how the crowd reacted, he apologized to Punk and then became someone who advocated for Punk. Punk said it was one of the greatest days of his career.

“Pat’s there and Pat’s like, ‘Okay guys, this what we do. We get the heat on Jeff, we get the heat on Jeff, we get the heat on Jeff’ and that little f*cking voice in my head was just like, should get the heat on me, and Edge, to his credit was like, ‘Ah, I really think we give it the kid,’ or it’s either get the heat on him or give him the comeback. I can’t really remember. There’s some mechanical device in the match where I was like, I can’t just stand here in this group of f*cking people and raise my hand (and) be like, I think it should be me. So I just kind of sat there… and Pat, ‘Ah, no. It’s Jeff Hardy. They go crazy for Hardy. They don’t know who this kid is,’ blah, blah, blah, and I was just like, from his perspective, he’s not wrong. I had no ill will towards Pat. I was just like, ‘Well, no, he’s f*cking right. It’s Jeff. They’ll go f*cking banana for Jeff,’ and I think they eventually agreed and they gave me the moment or whatever like that, and then, after the match, he came up to me, he was like, ‘I am so sorry. I had no idea they know who you are! Oh my God, they love you!’ From that point on, I was Pat’s guy, and I was like, ‘F*ck.’ I really earned my money that day. A super cool f*cking moment and yeah, I wasn’t mad at Pat but it was just one of those instincts in my head that always just, like, I don’t know, I’m feeling something. Pat knew me for four months, and he looked at me, he was like, ‘No. Jeff. Jeff’s the babyface,’ and so, that was one of those days. One of the greatest days of my career honestly because it’s like, I felt like I earned Pat’s f*cking love, you know?” Punk continued, “Yes, it was (hard to earn Patterson’s love)… But then I would start asking him questions about Ray Stevens and sh*t and he’d be like, ‘You know Ray Stevens!?’ And I’d be like, ‘Yeah.’ Then I get to nerd out with Pat, and I’d be like, ‘Oh, Harley said one time –’ ‘You know Harley!?’”

Punk is the new Undisputed WWE Champion. He defeated Sami Zayn on the 7/6 Monday Night Raw to become champion.

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