I haven't watched wrestling (Wrestlemania and the Rumble aside) for a good year or two, and I only saw the Punk promo because of this thread (yes!, I still drop by from time to time, thanks for asking).
Now, if there is ever any single thing that would entice me to start watching again (and I include the return of the Rock in that!), then that was it.
I haven't been able to muster much interest, if any, for in-ring promos since the early 00's, when week in week out each (both!!) shows opened with a twenty minute HHH promo (never mind the retrospective praise that he gets now because we realise in his absence just how good he is compared to most; that largely speaks volumes about how bad most are at cutting promos!, those used to bore us all to tears, come now, we all know this to be true!). I know that tradition continued, but it was around that time that I started falling asleep. Coupled with the near carbon copy main events on Raw and Smackdown at the time, it was... Wait, how did this happen.
Anyway, my point is that it was so refreshing to see a promo cut where the person giving it didn't use the *pause for dramatic effect* ad nauseam. I mean, my God, not to go back to HHH again, but holy...
As for what the Rock has to say on the matter, well, that's as may be, but he achieves nothing but proving Punk's point for him; the industry is bullshit because when a company has a near enough monopoly then money is all that talks. And you can read that for music, film, tv, whatever you want. This is why that anybody who came into their industry for the sheer love of the craft (Punk, the auteurs of cinema, folk bands and the like) hate it. Because the biggest sellers are never, never!, the most talented, or the ones to achieve the most in their field; the ones that are are the weak-watered-down-bullshit that has mass appeal to, let's face it, casual viewers and those that generally don't have a clue. It's even worse in the music and publishing world!, some of the greatest writers and artists have died in abject poverty while J K counts her millions. Punk has been successful, you can't deny that, but nowhere near in relation to his talent and how much he has put into his career.
And that just near enough breaks your heart.
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