Yes he is boring. The guy is extremely overrated (both by his own self and perhaps even moreso by his marks)
He's constantly coming out on his soapbox and says the exact same thing every week. He MIGHT change it up once every 5-6 weeks, but then the cycle continues. . .he just says the same crap over and over again.
Which would be fine. . .if he actually made it interesting, but he doesn't. Punk is terrible at filling in the space between a fued starting and the end of it. Everything in between is mediocre or just flat out bad. The only time it isn't is when he has a very high profile guy carrying the fued for him (Cena or HHH).
The problem with Punk (aside from his very redundant promos) is that he has low energy and speaks monotonously. He also botches any move that requires athleticism at about a 50% rate (corner knee move. . .they keep cutting the camera away every time now because he rarely pulls it off right anymore. Not to mention the elbow which he just butchers), but I disgress.
Ryback, a guy who barely speaks and hasn't beat anyone, is exciting for the crowd anyway. Why? He has high energy. . .he looks like he gives a shit. That's why it's not boring even if his squash matches have been redundant for months.
That's also why Cena stays over, much to the chagrin of "cool" underground smarks. The crowd eats that shit up. That's why Punk's "boring" to casuals. He's NOT special in the ring (yeah I said it), and his ace skill, mic work, gets boring because he speaks with a borderline dualtone voice (both sounding similar), and does not say much that's interesting at any point anymore.
You hear one Punk promo, you've heard Punk's promos for the next month. You occaisionally get a gem like his comments to AJ, but for the most part it's just drivel.
CM Punk just can't change it up enough to stay intriguing. Imo he's not only boring now, but been boring for nearly the entirety of his championship reign. At least 2/3rds of it, being as fair as possible.
Some folks might find Punk boring; he's engaged in a program that's different from everyone else's.... and if you're not into what he's selling, it might not inspire much interest.
We're used to wrestlers extolling themselves while putting others down; even good guys do that. Take Hulk Hogan: he'd fight on the side of truth and justice by smashing anyone who gets in it's way. Simple. Easy to understand .....and it didn't tax one's intelligence much.
Take Randy Savage: threatening in every word spoken in his constipated-sounding voice. (Yes, I remember hearing him). No need to guess his intentions; he was dangerous to everyone, including his allies after he turned good.
John Cena is easy to understand, too. He's good through-and-through. He doesn't praise himself or tell us anyone else stinks; he goes out and shows us.
Punk is different. He extols himself constantly ("best in the world!") He speaks of other wrestlers only in terms of how they pale in comparison to him ("I've given Cena shot after shot and he still hasn't gotten the job done.") Sure, other wrestlers speak of these things, but few do it as well as Punk.....really, it's surprising he was face as long as he was.
Still, there are only so many ways to tell us you're the best in the world. Punk was unique when railing against the WWE machine; his message has become somewhat repetitive if you're not fully into what he's up to. You need a long attention span to get the full flavor of what he's doing; he's not just telling us he's a great wrestler.....rather, he's telling us he's the only performer worth watching. While offering some grudging respect for Cena, Punk certainly doesn't praise anyone else. He thinks he's a nation unto himself. That's his gig, and no one does it better.
I don't think he's boring, but can see how other folks might, especially if they just skim the surface of his message without really listening to him.
I don't agree with your suggestion. Punk isn't saying anything that's deep or mentally taxing. He almost never does. He's just claiming he's the best wrestler in the world when he isn't. That's why he's boring. He's not even the best wrestler on the show, yet goes out and calls himself the best in the world. It's arrogant, pretentious bs. Any time he speaks about it, it's both irritating and boring since it's all untrue.
Most of the stuff he says is also hypocritical. And I am not speaking about just heel Punk, recent Punk, or even just on-screen Punk. Even during intewviews, the guy is just constantly contradicting himself and trying to come across as intelligent and noble when he just isn't.
The fact of the matter is, if you actually DO understand what he's talking about, you'd also understand how full of crap he is. So in reality, you have to be in the middle somewhere to actually like him.
If you don't know much about wrestling, he likely won't entertain you at all since he's boring, always on a soapbox every week whining, and does not look like a believable fighting force (unlike Sheamus, Cena, Ryback, Orton, etc)
If you do know about wrestling, aka being a smark, but aren't an intelligent person who can look beyond just what someone claims, then you might end up liking him if you buy into his bs at face value. These types of people will call other people "blind", or "haters", because they think what little they know about something trumps knowing more, because they know a little about it. Punk says he's the best, I like him the best, therefore he is the best. It's bad logic.
If you know about wrestling, are a smark, yet are also an intelligent person, you should understand what a hypocrtical and constantly incorrect piece of crap he is. Therefore you have gone past the point of being able to like him, and just find him to be annoying.
So yeah. . .didn't mean for my lengthy reply to seem abrasive at all, but I absolutely do not think it has anything to do with requiring intelligence to understand, requiring a long attention span, or has anything remotely to do with something he's trying to accomplish. Like I said, the guy is a hypocrtical ass. The more you actually know, the more obvious that becomes. He's just cool if you watch wrestling a not, know a little, and want to seem like you know a lot. So people back Punk and deny every fact that's put forth, and just cling to the belief that he's the best in the world just because he says so.
There's a difference between "favorite guy on show", and "best wrestler on show", and for some reason many fans can't seem to make that distinction. FAR from the best wrestler in the world. And imo, very undeserving of the long title reign.
