Long time WWE fan! I grew up with the WWE in the late 80's, watched it in early 90's, got reintroduced to it during the mid to late 90's just in time for the nWo in WCW and the Attitude Era and then gave up in mid-'00 soon after graduating college.
I watch it here and there and CM Punk was one of the guys that brought me back in. I had heard his name around as the "King of the Indies" from the internet dirtsheets but I absolutely loved his Pipebomb Promo that set off a new perspective for the WWE.
However, the WWE squashed Punk soon after his Pipebomb promo. Having him lose to Triple H was ridiculous. A loss I still feel needs to be avenged and while I do like Trips, I'm sick of him coming up as a "big star" for one or two matches to jack things up for developing people. His matches against 'Taker are classics, but The Game still has an ego chip on his shoulder that won't let him lose in certain situations. At least when we got the whole HBK Comeback, Michaels would lose to some individuals that could use the rub (not all, but some).
I do agree though, CM Punk as this whiny, moany "I don't get any respect as Champ/No Main Event Matches/Second-fiddle to Cena,etc." role is becoming stale. Granted, it's not completely his fault as the WWE Creative loves to push John Cena through the roof. But you need the ultimate bad guy to the ultimate good guy here! I do hear that CM Punk ripped a killer promo against The Rock this past Monday Night.
The rest of the current WWE talent really doesn't do much for me and doesn't impress me. Dolph Ziggler is talked about but his gimmick is boring. Is he finally moving past Vickie? This stupid bleach blonde, surfer, 80's thing is just unappealing because we've seen it before. His character needs an injection of some force and his losses to John Cena don't make him look like any credible threat. I like Cody Rhodes too but the mid-card seems lacking attention. Kane and Daniel Bryan are funny and Kane is probably the only guy left from the Attitude Era to wrestle regularly other than the Big Show that I can think of.