Is Mick Foley right about CM Punk?
On Raw, Mick Foley confronted CM Punk over what he believes to be a
disturbing transformation in the WWE Champion under the guidance of Paul
Heyman. Was Foley's assessment of The Straight Edge Superstar on the
mark? Has Punk lost sight of the very spirit that carried him to the
top?
What happened to CM Punk?
The
Hardcore Legend unleashed the most scathing critique of Punk yet,
exposing what — in Foley's mind — has been a disturbing transformation
for the WWE Champion
.
Just more than a year ago, the self-proclaimed “Voice of the Voiceless”
kept millions of WWE fans hanging on his every word as he railed
against what he perceived to be injustices in WWE. As Foley proclaimed
on Raw, Punk's movement stood out as something special.
Yet Foley
pointed out that the Punk of today feels like a vastly different
individual, someone who bullies WWE referees, accepts victories
regardless of whether they feel cheap, and all the while demands respect
from anyone and everybody that crosses his path. With Paul Heyman
firmly in his ear, The Straight Edge Superstar has shown no reverence
for his greatest opponents or the WWE icons who have paved the way for
him, such as
Foley and Bret "Hit Man" Hart The Punk that cares about the silent majority has appeared to become the Punk who only cares about himself.
Foley
urged The Second City Savior to reverse his course, to stop listening
to Heyman and to go back to the bastion of change reminiscent of the
"Summer of Punk." But it isn't as simple as The Hardcore Legend makes it
seem. It's quite possible that this is the real CM Punk we're
seeing now, and before he was just putting on a façade in order to get
what he desperately wanted: the fame, the attention and the spotlight
that instead went to Superstars like Cena and The Rock. Now that he's on
top of the world as WWE Champion, perhaps Punk has a different
perspective on matters.
Then again, maybe this is all just part of
Heyman's devious bidding as he tries to assert complete control over
The Straight Edge Superstar. The 2011 version of Punk surely wouldn't
have called members of the WWE Universe "jerks" and then later attacked
Foley like he did on Monday night .
Is Punk's recent string of controversial actions just an extension of the original ECW founder's influence?
Despite
Foley's pleading, Punk chose not to accept Cena's challenge to a match
at Hell in a Cell, and wound up with a lead pipe to his stomach from the
injured Cenation leader. The old CM Punk never backed down from a
battle, but this Punk is seemingly more concerned with counting the days
of his WWE Championship reign than he is about actually defending his
title.
Judging by what we saw from Punk as Raw came to a close, maybe Foley was right about him after all.Hours Ago
Source : WWE.com
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