Can we say that CM Punk was a midcarder before the pipe bomb?

As far as my memory and knowledge takes me, CM Punk was the dark horse. He was like Rusev of today (Loved by the fans but still booked as a heel), the pipe bomb shot him the top of the card. He was always kept as the spare wheel, midcarder. read more

Six years ago today, CM Punk delivered a promo on WWE's Monday Night RAW that would change his life and career forever and it has since gone down as one of the best promos of all-time. The 'pipe bomb' promo. read more

Also, On Youtube there are few video's of CM Punk's pipebomb out of which the most watched one is This with 3,632,434 views. For comparison, I think there was a feud going at that time cena vs rock and there was a rap and rock concert episode. read more