That ' s what made Punk so compelling as a face . He was flawed , his personality was complicated as were his motivations . He wanted to be this agent for change and voice all the grievances hardcore wrestling fans had , but he also wanted the fundamentally selfish recognition as the best . He wanted to be the champ and the main event , he wanted a tour bus and his face on collector cupsHe was an antiestablishment figure who desperately wanted the establishment to rally behind him . He was brave , he stood up for himself against the bosses , he told legends like Nash that they were old and irrelevant , that he said what he wanted to whomever he pleased . But he was a jerk . He was cocky and arrogant , cool but unlikeable . He was as good as he said he was but lacked the wisdom of humility . He agreed with you on what wrestling should be , he wanted you to be your own person . Be punk rock and go rebel . But never forget he ' s straightedge and better than you . Be your own person but worship him . Punk ' s character was a human with real human failings and the actual contradictions and hypocrisy we all have in our personalites And he was able to do that because he refused to follow scripts and insisted his character be an extension of himself . Which is to say he was just doing what pro wrestlers are supposed to do . It ' s unfortunate that so many younger guys don ' t have the courage or to be fair the leverage to demand to perform like pro wrestlers