Hail the Villain
Cm Punk’s change from Face to Heel is finally complete and with that, the Anti-Hero of the WWE, is now the Villain… or is he? Beating up Lawler in a cage, walking out of a match, and Driving away with Paul Heyman, The Second City Savior was still cheered in his home town, and while that may seem natural, even bad guys get home town respect no matter what they do, it should also be noted that Punk said the The City fire that destroyed part of Chicago nearly a decade plus ago was the best thing to ever happen to the city, and he was still cheered, so Chicago turning on Punk is like Ric Flair not going through divorce (Trophy Earned : Topical Humor Joke). But with that all out of the way, it now comes back to one major factor… What is CM Punk?
To say Heel, it is almost automatic, he is demanding respect, and taking advantage of the weak, and causing chaos where he goes, his refusal to face Cena in the ring, and his constant verbal attacks on anyone in the ring. However whatever happen to the Anti-Hero, the voice of the voiceless… well to keep it simple and sweet The Rock happened. Yes While I am a fan of the Rock, it is hard to deny that after Wrestlemania 28, where I was with the Millions, (and Millions) of The People, rooting for him to kick Cena’s ass, and actually win on the biggest stage of them all… but to get a WWE title shot right off the back, at Royal Rumble. He makes 6 shows a year, if not LIVE VIA… Taped message, (You point out the stupidity in that statement all you want) but it is one to get a match against the Current company’s face, it is another to get a title shot for doing nothing recently with the company, I understand good publicity, and I respect what the Rock did, but he isn’t there everynight, busting his ass taking a beating each week to deserve a title. Punk had to do the Promo heard around the world, and threaten to leave the company to get his shot.
So now Rock shows up, one night, and get his wish granted by the magical vince fairy because The Rock was part of the last good era of WWE, what many call the Attitude era, well Vince wouldn’t have to rely so hard on the past if his product didn’t revolve around his political views. No It is time to stand up for this generations great talent, The Talent like CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, and Kofi Kingston. But unfortunately we don’t see that Respect, The fans, like the sheep they are, constantly follow the past and never learn from the future, that is why we still have the likes of Hulk Hogan still around, and his style of wrestling, yes believe it or not, his style is still there poisoning the wwe. His poison is in the form of John Felix Anthony Cena.
Respect is a word not used for todays product, The talent used today is constantly belittled and treated unfairly, A Great Champion Like Daniel Bryan, having Hug a Giant Red machine, AS CHOSEN BY THE VIEWERS! New Comers like Ryback having Goldberg chants, to Jack Swagger forcing himself to leave by being misused, from being Cole’s lackey, to being Ziggles back up, to being used for nothing, He is a Former Money in the Bank Champion, and Former world heavy weight Champion, and an All American American, should be treated with a bit more Respect, but the worst crime comes full circle…
The WWE Champion. CM Punk since Wrestlemania 28 The Champion, the Crown jewel of the WWE tower, was not in the main event. Summerslam, Money in the Bank, Extreme Rules, For fucks sakes, OVER THE LIMIT, The Main Event at Over the Limit was Cena Vs John Laurinaitis, who would not even be a thought if it wasn’t for the Promo heard around the world, Pay per view after Pay per view, retaining the WWE title, for around 300 Days. Passing The Rock, The UnderTaker, Kurt Angle, John Bradshaw Layfield, Respect is a key factor here, and The WWE is not Respecting Their Champion, so what you call a Heel, I call Heal! CM Punk is here to Heal the WWE! The Second City Savior is now the Savior of the WWE! He is here to get the Respect that the CHAMPION Deserves and SHOULD get!
It is time to Hail the Villain, it is Time to Root for the Champion, a well respected Leader of the people! The Leader WWE Needs! The Leader WWE Deserves! RESPECT! It is a two way street! and as seen, if CM Punk needs to bring the fight to the street, He will!
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I think Punk is more of a Bret Hart 1997ish character where he’s hated in all parts of the country except where he’s from.
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Actually unsure of this, he is in Canada this week, and unless he does something Directly to Bret Hart, expect loads of cheers for him.
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Great column, Tim. Glad you’re back in the writing mood!
I agree really, nothing for me to disagree with. I guess the reason for no ‘respect’ with Punk was due to him being the second top babyface. Cena being the top, always main eventing. WWE for some reason are afraid to take main event spotlight off him. People say ”it’s part of a storyline” but that’s unlikely IMO.
I know you’re a big fan of Kofi, and I am too. I would like to see him involved in more ‘Kofi Rage’ like he had with Orton. He really shun from that feud. Bryan has respect, and CM Punk does too, it’s just WWE have a really odd way of showing it.
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A Really Odd way, as Heyman tweeted, WHY is the CHALLENGER on the poster for Night of Champions!, Cena is the Challenger, PUNK is the Champion, HE SHOULD BE ON THE POSTER! It is called Night of Champions, Not Night of Challengers!
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Yeah, that is disrespectful. Personally I don’t take much notice/care for posters but I see your point. If you go back through previous WrestleMania’s (pre WM 25 I suppose) their was matches like Rock/Austin behind the WWE/F title match, same when Rock faced Hogan. I really want to know the reasoning on why the titles lost so much value. And why Cena is bigger than the titles. It makes no sense. Cena has nothing to fight/wrestle for as he is bigger than WWE’s most prized possession.
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A few times the titles can take a backseat, only a few, Rock V Cena, WM28, fine, Generation V Generation, The Attitude Era, VS The Universe Era, fine, but pay per view, after pay per view, The champion is not on the poster, and when it comes to NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS, The WWE Champion is not seen, this is a bad sign indeed, that THE BEST in THE WORLD, is being treated like a second card rookie. MITB last year, CM Punk defeated Cena, SUMMERSLAM, CM Punk once again won, as far as I see it, CM Punk 2, John Kent Cena, 0.
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Well you’re right and since Punk is heel now, I was hoping he’d get more respect in the sense he isn’t second to Cena as a face. He’s now Cena’s ”villain”.
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He is Cena’s NOTHING, Cena is just a stepping stone in his way, Punk tied the whole face thing, and it wasn’t working, lack of respect and constantly being pushed aside for “better” matches…It is time for Punk to stand up and take action, the best way he could, with Pipebombs,
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Well in wrestling terms he is Cena’s villain. He’s what The Rock was to Stone Cold. At least he should be. Top face vs. top heel. A major championship involved. NOTHING should go wrong in this ‘feud’ and hopefully Punk will receive the respect he deserves from it.
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Unlike the Rock, he won’t be granted title shots for making a 2 night showing. Punk has earned his shots, and that is why he the TWO time MR Money in the Bank, and Current WWE champion, Former World Heavy Weight, and Former ECW champion, despite being WWECW, he still will go down as one of the few who gathered all three WWE top titles. While Cena will go down as making them silly little spinner belts.
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Punk’s just an insecure character. Hail the hero!
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Insecure, he knows what he wants, and what he wants to do, and knows what he is, he is the BEST IN THE WORLD, nothing insecure about that.
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Nope. Insecure.
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Infinity!
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Well said, Perfectly said actually!!
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^That was me >,<
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