Both his matches with Savage Wrestlemania 7 and Summerslam 92 were terrific. Booker is right, Warrior was carried to a great match but it takes skill and ability to be carried!
Punk has always been a good median for me. I’d always go back and check out my favorite WWE guys work on the indies and a good majority of Punks work was one of those that would make me proud to be a fan of his and of wrestling in general
This is the reason that all these years later a guy like Cornette still loves CM Punk, he understands wrestling and the business with nuance that indie wrestlers don’t have anymore
He argued his point very well. This was around the time I first came across CM Punk and first saw ROH a year earlier (never followed it closely or a huge fan but respected it and it did feel refreshing). I respect Punk. No doubt he was talented but never one of my favourites. He came across as different, original and unique. Had good matches and promos but I was never a CM Punk guy. I did respect his straight edge style. A couple of years later in early 2005 I met him at a UK Indy who, a few months before he signed with WWE. He didn't come across anything like he does on this video(which if affable and endearing). He was a dick with a huge chip on his shoulder and a mild prima donna. Admittedly, I was not in a good place in my life as a young 23 year old and was struggling with confidence(had graduated from University about 6 months earlier and was working 2 part time jobs and was struggling with finding permanent work and a career as well as other issues and low wellbeing). He might have thought I was awkward. AJ Styles(arrogant but polite), Christopher Daniels, Mick Foley, Samoa Joe, RVD, Matt Hardy, Eddie Guerrero, Bret Hart, Jeff Jarrett even the Ultimate Warrior were far more congenial (I met them at UK super shows and comic cons, wasn't marking out, circa 2004-06). My opinion on him not entirely doing it for me as a wrestler or not being a Punk guy was long before this meeting. Its interesting how many people I've met who share the same sentiments including son indy promoters in the UK during the same time period. On the flip side met a few who said he can be very personable too. However, he's still a big star and so over. Kudos to him.
I think people took the locker room leader line out of context. He was the WWE champion at the time and top 2 in the company. He felt it was on him as also other WWE champions do be the best champion they possibly can be. What that means is showing up and not taking days off, doing tons of media, avoiding alcoholic/ performance enhancing/ drug issues etc. Because of his success, he continued to open doors for guys like Seth Rollins and Daniel Bryan. Guys who arent body builders and "short". Just like Shawn Michaels and Eddie Guerrero etc did for him.
Wow...gotta say this just makes a lot of people look and sound stupid....it makes sense now why things dont work out with Vets in AEW, completely new generation being led by the rejects of the past generation
I never even heard anyone say there was heat between them but even so that's like saying there was no heat between Shaq and Kobe. Of course years later they're going to make up and move on.
@@CatsClaw44Taker has addressed it numerous times as has Punk. There was never any beef between them. They're not friends, but they're very cordial and respectful towards each other and can have a conversation with each other when they share the same space. The problem with internet smarks, is that when people say "We're not friends", they automatically assume it to be they're on bad terms with a person. I have plenty of people that I am not friends with, but we're cordial due to our association with each other. Doesn't mean we're beefing, or doing shit behind each other's backs. Too many today throw the word "friend" around too casually.
