by Hanley! » Sep 07, '16, 3:44 pm
Not sure I'd have him on my top 10 wrestlers of all time list. His booking rarely helped him, outside of a handful of golden moments, he didn't get the prolonged run on top that he deserved, and in terms of in the ring stuff he wasn't as good as people made out.
However, he'd definitely be up there near the top of my list for the greatest wrestling talkers of all time. I think he was a better promo than a lot of the guys that people usually talk up. He was better than the Rock, Austin, Jericho, Triple H ... almost all of the Attitude Era guys really, although you could make an argument for Foley.
My list would probably change from day to day, but if you asked me right now I'd probably rank him as my second favourite promo in wrestling, second only to Jake Roberts.
Overall, it's hard to judge how high up he ranks in terms of the greatest of all time. But he was great, for sure. He was special. He should have been the face of the company for a few years, and he never got that chance. I think a lot of people have been trying to convince themselves that Punk wasn't that good now that he's gone from the company. The truth is, the product has missed him pretty badly.