The Importance of Being Punk

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for the former WWE Champion, Paul Heyman’s “reassociation” with Brock Lesnar could be the best thing to ever happen to CM Punk.

On his journey to earn respect, Punk attached himself to the hip of one of the sleaziest managers in wrestling history. That, combined with poor creative decisions with his character, tarnished the last half of his monumental 434-day WWE Title run. Along that journey he went from an uber cool anti-hero to a Hollywood Hogan-esque weasel villain. Sure, he still worked hard in the ring, but the endings of his matches became predictable bores. Many of his promos became insightful bitch fests. Gone were the well-spoken pipe bombs he earned a reputation for.

Again, not all of it was his fault, but somewhere in the middle of his biggest success, he lost something.

CM Punk lost his unpredictability. The coolest thing about Punk has always been his spontaneity. The thought that his mic may get shut off simply disappeared. After Heyman joined the cause, everything that involved the champ felt so much more methodical and forced. Punk’s whole essence comes from the music of the same name. He’s not a commercial vagabond or a poster boy for a cause. In a way he’s similar to Jeff Hardy, an enigma, an uncontainable burst of energy in the ring. Punk, unlike Hardy carries that ability on to the mic. Through this process, he becomes a character that you never understand, but you want to. That “wanting” is what makes him cool. It’s his biggest selling point.

Simply put, rockers don’t need bald men holding their belts.

They carry their own trophies and burdens alike.

It’s time for Punk to walk the lonely road, the only one he should have even known, once again.

Let Lesnar get spoon fed.

Punk has already proven he can survive on pork and beans if he has to.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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