How Does CM Punks World Title Reign Affect: Ring of Honor?
More than anyone else in wrestling, Ring of Honor (and independent promotions in general) got the best deal out of CM Punk’s World Title Victory. ROH can now say that one of their top stars, a pure athlete that doesn’t fit the mold, reached the very top of the biggest company in wrestling. This title victory is the third one that raised the stock of the ROH World Title. When former ROH Champion Takeshi Morishima won the GHC Heavyweight Championship, it was a huge boost in prestige for ROH and its championship. When Samoa Joe finally won the TNA Championship, it was another notch in the belt. Now that a former ROH Champion has made it to the very top of the business, it’s hard to argue that the ROH World Championship isn’t one of the most prestigious and most coveted titles in the world. CM Punk is an ambassador of Indy wrestling. Like I said, he doesn’t fit the WWE mold and by all means he should be feuding over the U.S. Title instead of wrestling for the World Title. He’s small, he’s
