Thread: Poor Poor Punk...
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Old 03-06-2007, 11:26 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by FourFifty
The three hit combo Punk does came from KENTA, same with Go 2 Sleep.
The chlostline/bulldog combo came from Matt Hardy, who I think got it from Raven.
Chris Jericho was doing the double underhook backbreaker before Punk did Welcome To Chicago.

I'll give props where they are earned, and no wrestler that I've seen has earned as much, and lost as much in my book as CM Punk. He's great, full of potential, love his promos, taking his life style and turning it into his persona is awesome makes him look real.
For every bad thing I have to say about Punk, I have a good thing to say.
The dude is full of potential, I cannot stress that enough. The dude is also getting mildy screwed over. WWE is dropping the ball on him and in my eyes WWE is somehow has the logic to blame Punk.

Punk just needs to do one thing to make me cheer for him again, and I'll be marking out like there's no tomorrow. Until then, I don't care.
The striking combination is what? A few blows? It's not like CM Punk took his screenplay and adapted it without permission.

The Go 2 Sleep is a fireman's carry into a roundhouse kick isn't it? That must have taken years to come up with.

Did Jericho invent the butterfly backbreaker? I'm sure it must have existed before him. I'm sure I've seen Roderick Strong do it, too. After all, he is "Messiah of the Backbreaker".

The clothesline and bulldog would be classified as separate moves, and yes, Hardy and Raven have both done them in that order, but the clothesline and bulldog predates both men.

Besides, one of Punk's greatest feuds was with Raven, and he played his follower in TNA. He probably knows the guy really well, so him using it is probably a shout-out to the guy.

If moves being stolen somehow was an issue (and it isn't, but anywho), Punk at least does it in a tone that pays homage, or that seems inspired by those wrestlers. There's nothing wrong with emulating a wrestler's style, or using moves which you yourself didn't invent.

I appreciate you trying to use reason, and I understand that it's a personal reason you don't want to get behind him, but I think it is a bit unreasonable to really take points off a guy before he didn't invent the move. Kurt Angle didn't invent the Ankle Lock, does that make his career mean nothing?
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