Daniel Bryan is better than CM Punk in every way

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Originally Posted by Narcevious Mingo You really think he's way better? I need some context here. The Rock is way better than Alex Riley on the mic but I wouldn't say he's WAY better than Jake Roberts. He might be better depending on who's evaluating but WAY better? Punk/Bryan are both pretty comparable to each other. To say one of them blows the other one out of the water in any area seems a bit exaggerative. To me Punk is probably better on the mic because he "gets" subtle nuances and understands context more than most people in professional wrestling. To say that he relies on shoots too much may have some weight to it, but it's more because he understands people and he understands what people want to hear while still being a great performer. Vince Russo did tons of shoot promos right before WCW folded and they were mostly pretty awful aside from the initial shock value. What Punk does is definitely more than shock value, in my opinion. It's less about shoot and more about honesty. If his version of the truth happens to involve something real, he simply doesn't exclude it. I've never felt like he's gone out of his way to shoot on people for no reason or just to get fanfare. At least not anything I've seen him do. Bryan is particularly good on the mic lately but he's never really been known as "that guy," and there's a reason for it. He's really evolved as a performer since his stint in WWE and he continues to evolve every week. I think he really came into his own during the "Team He'll No" period. His promos lately have been solid as fuck but they are some of the first really stand out promos I've seen him do. He seems like he's evolving at a pretty rapid rate as far as mic skills go, but Punk has a much larger body of solid promo work than Bryan. Even Bryan's promos over the past couple of weeks are a little clunky at parts here and there. When he gets emotional, he immediately starts yelling instead of building into it a bit more like Punk would probably do. I know it's nitpicking a bit but it is the difference between a stellar promo man and a really good promo man. Like I said, both are pretty comparable to each other and I wouldn't go out of my way to passionately sing the praises of one over the other but if forced to give an answer, I'd say Punk is probably a better promo man and Bryan is probably better in-ring.

People who watch magicians want to know how they do their tricks. People who watch wrestling want to know how they do their "tricks". Punk is the magician who tells people how they do their tricks. It's easy to do, and it gets old fast.