CM Punk: Can We Put an End to the Nonsense?

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CM Punk is one superstar whose name has been bandied about for the past few weeks. This is most notably because he is engaged in a feud with R-Truth, a mid-carder, and many believe that Punk is joining that group of superstars again.

Can everybody take a step back for a brief moment?

I personally find this whole issue rather irritating to say the least. Punk is a top heel who has been involved in the title picture essentially since Wrestlemania, when we received weekly promos showing him attempt to cash in his Money In The Bank briefcase.

The WWE clearly recognises his talent, and anybody who says otherwise should take some time to think logically.

Firstly, CM Punk is the man who defeated Jeff Hardy in a ladder match at Summerslam. More importantly, this was in clean fashion. The most adored superstar in WWE was beaten fairly by a heel with massive heat, quite rarely seen in today's era.

Secondly, CM Punk then went on to defeat Hardy in a Cage match the next night on Smackdown, once again in clean fashion, causing Hardy to quit the WWE. The WWE recognised a superstar who had the abilities and plausibility to defeat and end the career of Hardy.

Hardy, whether you love him or not, was debatably one of the most profitable, if not the most profitable superstar in WWE. The fact that he was beaten fairly by Punk twice showed the faith that WWE has in this performer.

Now, can somebody please tell me why WWE would suddenly lose their faith in a superstar into whom they have entrusted so much?

CM Punk is simply respected enough by the WWE to be seen as a man with enough talent to engineer another superstar's rise to stardom.

The man in question, R-Truth, is enjoying a certain amount of adulation from the crowd at the moment. Thus, it should be stated that Punk is doing his job very well.

The fact that Punk survived to the remaining seconds along with Orton in the recent Survivor Series traditional elimination match shows the fact that the WWE has not lost their faith in the man.

Randy Orton, the name usually at the tip of everybody's tongue, including my own, is engaging in an almost identical feud at the moment on RAW.

The fact that he is the name on the tip of everybody's tongue ensures that he stays firmly in the limelight, regardless of whether he faces Kofi Kingston or MVP or any other mid-carder.

CM Punk does not have the luxury of such recognition and status, and thus the wrestling population believe him to be relegated to the bench, so to speak.

This is the man who has twice won Money in the Bank, so let us not think for one second that he is a mid-carder again.

I am personally willing to give this feud a chance to develop, and the fact remains that if it doesn't, Punk will likely be back in the championship frame.

This enigmatic heel will undoubtedly have the World Heavyweight Championship around his waist before long, and all of you who have spoken too soon will have to eat your words.

Thanks, Mark.

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