I think the rumors of Punk's smark-fanbase demise are vastly over-exaggerated. I've seen very very little in the way of complaining about him outside of here, and even then the complaints are usually more about how he's been made into the sort of typical WWE boring baby face when he was such an awesome heel/tweener.
Well, as someone who counts himself as a smark, I'd say that I don't dislike Punk at all, I'm just bored as hell with his current character/direction.
There's a trick to finding out who the real "face of the company" is at any given moment. Look for the guy who is in the most boring situation month in and month out. Right now, that's CM Punk.
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