CM Punk: 6 Reasons His Return Will Be "Bad For Business"

6. Punk Becomes A Hypocrite

One of the main reasons Punk left is because he's fed up with the creative direction of the company, specifically their reliance on returning stars. For the past few years now, superstars from yesteryear have come out of the woodwork and gone straight into a spot on the card at Wrestlemania, especially the ones who go straight into the headline match. Since Wrestlemania 25, returning talent has included Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, Ricky Steamboat, Bret Hart and The Rock three years running. And this isn't even including people like Brock Lesnar or The Undertaker (no disrespect to The Undertaker implied there, but its somewhat hypocritical of everybody to whinge at part-timers coming to fill up the Wrestlemania card, and when 'Taker does the same thing, we're all cool with it) While Wrestlemania always has a touch of nostalgia running through it, having someone who hasn't been in active competition for years as the main event three times in a row is a joke. But we mostly swallowed it because it was The Rock, who is undeniably a star in this industry. Same goes for everyone else mentioned there. But this year, it was Batista who came out of retirement, straight into a Rumble win, and straight into the title picture at Wrestlemania. And despite what Big Dave would have you believe, he is not in the same GALAXY as The Rock in terms of star quality. This past year building to Wrestlemania 30 has been all about Daniel Bryan, and instead of getting him in the title match, Batista comes in and blatantly steals his spot. WWE had finally gone too far, and Punk let them know. For the men and women in the locker room, Wrestlemania is the Superbowl. It is the biggest event on their calendar, it is the reason they bust themselves up and work hard and travel around the country for over 200 days a year, all for the chance to get their "Wrestlemania Moment" that will go down in history. And to work that hard all year and then not be on the card so that someone who was wrestling in 2002 can have a match is understandably a very bitter pill to swallow. But if Punk comes back before Wrestlemania, you know as well as I do that he's going to be in one of the big matches, maybe even close the show. And that will definitely build some resentment among his wrestling colleagues. Punks dream and one unaccomplished goal is to headline Wrestlemania, and it should have happened already during his championship reign. Is it a mistake on WWE's part that he hasn't been given this opportunity yet? Definitely. But if he gets a headline match as a result of his actions this year, all it does is reinforce the idea that becoming a headliner at Wrestlemania is as simple as leaving and coming back.