CM Punk...an evaluation

[THE Madcap]

posted this in the wrong bit...

I'm trying real hard to like CM Punk/not wish he got pushed under a bus, so I'm going to do an evaluation on him. Feel free to chip in and help a brother out...

Bad:

- Horrible grease-weasel hair
- Potential gold heel gimmick gone wasting
- crap finisher
- Terrible on the mic
- sloppy worker
- Awful world title reign
- Awful world title reign to be repeated
- Others more deserving of MITB case
- has no real gimmick
- lip piercings are dangerous


Good:

- I like his entrance theme, it has made my gym playlist
- I like his taped fists tshirt

that is all.

 

[TwistofRKO]

Yup. Sums it up for me.

Don't hate the guy, but I don't like him anywhere near as much as I used to. You have to get behind wrestlers and their roads to the title, and he is kind of "given" everything too fast.

 

[Rusty]

I like Punk.

Great gimmick.
Great in ring skills.
Great entrance theme.
Loads of potential and could be a legitimate main event if pushed right this year.
Underrated mic worker, despite rarely getting the chance to use his mic skills on TV.
Is a lot more interesting with the MITB Briefcase.
A decent babyface finisher.

The negatives are:

He's a babyface, therefore he must be hated by the IWC.

 

[THE Madcap]

I like Punk.

Great gimmick.
Great in ring skills.
Great entrance theme.
Loads of potential and could be a legitimate main event if pushed right this year.
Underrated mic worker, despite rarely getting the chance to use his mic skills on TV.
Is a lot more interesting with the MITB Briefcase.
A decent babyface finisher.

The negatives are:

He's a babyface, therefore he must be hated by the IWC.

some interesting points, not willing to debate about him, otherwise i would have posted in the Smackdown forum, but question for ya, were you a fan of his indy stuff?

I'm not a face hater btw... faces I like include Triple H, Cena, Kofi Kingston, MVP, Batista (but only when I see him live, hard to explain...), John Morrison, Evan Bourne etc...

 

[Rusty]

some interesting points, not willing to debate about him, otherwise i would have posted in the Smackdown forum, but question for ya, were you a fan of his indy stuff?

I'm not a face hater btw... faces I like include Triple H, Cena, Kofi Kingston, MVP, Batista (but only when I see him live, hard to explain...), John Morrison, Evan Bourne etc...

Actually no, I've seen only one indy match in my life. It was CM Punk vs Homicide, I think. It wasn't anything special like people claim ROH to be.

And I was being sarcastic. I'm not in a serious mood for some reason today lol.

 

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

And there was me thinking your CM Punk evaluation would be summed up in one word. I know mine would of....

 

[Uncle Sam]

- Horrible grease-weasel hair

Turns me on.

- Potential gold heel gimmick gone wasting

That's a myth. He's actually a very mediocre heel, especially in comparison to Jericho and Edge, whereas he's almost as good a face as Jeff Hardy.

- crap finisher

No worse than the Attitude Adjuster or the punt.

- Terrible on the mic

That's just a lie.

- sloppy worker

He's not nearly as sloppy as people seem to think he is. Certainly, there are sloppier wrestlers who go under the radar. Hardy, for one.

- Awful world title reign

"Awful" doesn't mean "full of awe". The word you're looking for is "awesome". The man was a better underdog world champion than John Cena and Rey Mysterio combined. More interesting too.

- Awful world title reign to be repeated

He'll be a stronger face this time. People will still find a reason to moan. Probably because he won't turn heel.

- Others more deserving of MITB case

If Christian and MVP aren't going to be on SmackDown!, then no.

- has no real gimmick

Who the fuck does? It's clearer than most.

- lip piercings are dangerous

I'll give you that one.

- I like his entrance theme, it has made my gym playlist

It's alright. Probably one of the better themes, but that's not saying much.

- I like his taped fists tshirt

Ribs are better.

 

[Coco]

Punk doesn't suck on the mic and Flair and Triple H's first reigns weren't exactly hot shit either if my memory serves me right.

This man gets my faith.