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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