10 Wrestlers That Couldn't Hide How Much They Hated Their Jobs
3. CM Punk (The Original NXT)
As usual, CM Punk was right to feel like he was having the piss taken out of him. As usual, the consequences of this brought dark comedy into an increasingly flavourless product.
Mirroring the views of several of the established roster stars that were asked to take up a coaching role on the original iteration of NXT, Punk was pretty p*ssed off that he had to work an extra show, and decided to exhibit that anger through his odd couple pairing with Darren Young.
It's so easy to visualise how the two were paired that it borders on pathetic. Young's character was that of an easy-going party animal. Vince McMahon and his cronies must have been howling with laughter at the prospect of him having to "learn" from the sardonic 'Straight Edge Superstar'.
Punk's visible anger in the first few weeks was so pronounced that it felt as though an angle was eventually forthcoming, but this was the original NXT, not the one eventually patterned in the style of the 'Voice Of The Voiceless'. His visible fury was just that, and not even transferrable - the affable Young wasn't believable as a scowling Nexus member a few months later.