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Watch V: John Cena’s Pipe Bomb and CM Punk’s Rap Promo

The rivalry between John Cena and (one of my favorite pro wrestlers of all time) CM Punk in 2011 is one of my top 10 favorite pro wrestling feuds of all time. Everything that happened in that story—the buildup, the Pipe Bomb promo, their legendary WWE Championship match at Money in the Bank—is perfectly executed. So, upon learning that Cena plans to retire this 2025, I truly hoped that “The Greatest of All Time” and “The Best in the World” could reignite their rivalry.

After that shocking John Cena heel turn, facing Cody Rhodes for the WWE title at WrestleMania 41, battling Randy Orton on Backlash, facing his “biggest fan” R-Truth at Saturday Night’s Main Event, interfering in the Jey Uso/Logan Paul world title match on the same night, and the Cena/Paul vs Rhodes/Uso match at Money in the Bank, on the June 9, 2025 edition of Monday Night Raw, CM Punk confronted Cena and challenged him for the WWE Championship. Cena said yes, but the match will happen on Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia.

On that episode of Raw, my hope for another chapter in the John Cena/CM Punk feud became reality, but this time the alignments changed: Punk is a face and Cena is a heel champion. Since then, it has been only a few weeks, but the buildup to their Night of Champions match is fucking spectacular.

What are the best parts of the buildup? Firstly…

Song of the Moment LXXXVII: The Union Underground’s “Across the Nation”

Move to the music, play that fucking music!
The Union Underground’s “Across the Nation”

Whether I’m drunk or sober, if you ask me what is the best theme song of WWE’s Monday Night Raw, my answer will always be “Across the Nation” by The Union Underground. The song’s hard rock instrumentals and rough vocals blend perfectly with WWE Raw and the Ruthless Aggression era (one of my favorite eras of WWE)—it sounds so ruthless and aggressive.

Papa Roach’s “…To Be Loved” and Shinedown’s “Enemies” (my second and third favorite WWE Raw theme songs) also have the raw (no pun intended) energy fitting for the red brand, but the aggression that “Across the Nation” brings to the table is just incomparable. And tonight, it’s my Song of the Moment.

The Union Underground’s “Across the Nation”.

Now let me drink my Jack & Coke Zero and move to the music. See you in the next post. Cheers!

Header image: Tima Miroshnichenko of Pexels. Edited in Adobe Photoshop 2025.

Published on June 13, 2025 at 10:35pm. Edits were made at 10:43pm.

10-Minute Warning CLXXVIII

OK. What should I share here in under 10 minutes?

Today at work, I had only a few tasks, and I finished them with ease. It has been weeks since the last time I only had a handful of workload, and I’m relieved.

So, work’s over, my parents ran many errands, and I’m all alone in the house. What should I do?

Then the sadness started to sink in. I can feel this is the kind of melancholy that I experienced almost a month ago—alone in the house, with my thoughts, and with or without my favorite Jack & Coke Zero. And usually, when I feel this kind of sadness, I would just dwell on it but I would also not do anything rash.

But today, I did not feel like drifting in the darkness for long. Instead, I watched a few films on Netflix: Back in Action (a spy action comedy film starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz) and all of two Extraction films (starring Chris Hemsworth as mercenary Tyler Rake.) The impromptu movie marathon (plus the sirens I heard that reminded me of the greatest mathematician of all time, Scott Steiner) distracted me from the sadness.

In other news: I’m really tempted to have my favorite Jack & Coke Zero tonight, but I need to resist. Drinking said drink is my Friday night ritual, and I don’t want to ruin that. Not tonight at least.

…and my time’s almost up. See you in the next post.