‘The Voice of the Voiceless’ was the most powerful statement CM Punk made last night in his segment with Vince McMahon. While it didn’t get chants in the stadium or trend on twitter like WWE Ice Cream Bars, it was mighty powerful and put into prospective Punk’s frustration with the company, as well as ours – the fan.
Prior to that line, all we knew, as the viewer was that Punk was irritated by WWE management because of how they have wrongfully handled ‘The Best Wrestler in The World.’
And while we were enthralled by his worked shoot (for those wondering what a worked shoot is click here ) two weeks ago and his promos last night on RAW, all that we as fans were doing was cheering for a guy who was pissed off at his employer and how they handled his talents. (Sounds familiar? Cough cough Stone Cold vs. McMahon. Side note: the fact that Punk was wearing an Austin shirt when he was doing his worked shoot two weeks ago is now rather symbolic. If you look at it for what it is- Punk was simply referencing his twitter war of words with Austin. If you look at deeper, he was very much channeling his inner Austin. If you remember when Austin was in WCW, management there didn’t know how to handle his talent. He soon left and went to ECW where he went onto produce a bunch entertaining promos releasing his frustration with WCW management. Today, CM Punk’s actions are extremely similar. In his promos Punk is releasing his frustration with WWE management. The only difference is he isn’t doing it in a different promotion.)
While hearing someone as talented as Punk be given a mic and voice his opinions makes awesome TV, what makes us cheer for Punk? What makes an entire stadium of fans chant his name in unison so loud you could of thought this RAW was from 1998? You could say it is because he entertains the fans. And while that is true, there is a factor much deeper and that factor is the following: CM Punk has connected with the fans.
CM Punk has bounded with the fans because in many ways, Punk’s frustrations are the same as ours. His frustration that Vince McMahon doesn’t know what people want in 2011, and that he is out of touch with the fans, connected with us. His other statement, to paraphrase, “ I’d like to think it will be better when Vince is dead. But it won’t. This company will be run by his idiotic daughter and doofus son in law,” also connected with our beliefs.
His bound with the fans is what makes us cheer for him. It is also this connection that has made him the most popular, polarizing and talked about figure in professional wrestling since Austin. Sure The Rock entertains us. As does Cena, as well as countless other greats have in the past. But what always separated Austin was that, unlike those said greats, fans genuinely bounded with him. Fans related to his anti-establishment anti-corporate anti-boss theme. And today fans are relating to CM Punk’s frustration because they have the same frustrations.
In the contract negotiation segment Punk said he was the Voice of the Voiceless, for talented individuals who were unceremoniously fired, like his friends Colt Cabana and Luke Gallows. He continued on saying that he was standing up for them because they couldn’t. And while in his eye being the Voice of the Voiceless means standing up for your friends, he should also know it means something much, much more. You see, when Punk said, “I am the Voice of the Voiceless.” He was really saying, “I am the voice of the fan.”
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