>>11503870Look kiddo, it seems like you are new to this: being a face is a term for being a hero for the show, the audience, it has nothing to do with what kinda of a prick one is where the cameras don't see unless its what
On return, Punk rode the mixed reactions of the crowds with grace at first, and I'm the first ones to say it was just the kind of role for him, a tweener - working both sides of the fanbase, getting reactions and creating controversy. He even let people go over in matches, albeit mostly in tags but that was a major fault of his first AEW run and it was addressed. All pretty well in principal, had he ran this and eventually did some sort of public burying the hatchet with Bucks and Omega, after and around of All Out All in, he would have gone over again
But that wasn't good enough, not quick enough. He politicked himself to be the face in every match, leeching off from FTR's good will, Darbys do-no-wrong popularity, ain't inherently a bad move but it smelled phony and forced, crowd was divided regardless.
He used Ricky to get himself an opponent between Owen Hart Cup and whatever plans were with Samoa Joe probably because Ricky was too dumb to say no and saw dollar signs and opportunity to work with Punk in a major angle, but it also cashed in all the good will of the Owen Hart and getting away from Hobbs. Now he's another twink heel in a company that has miniature size heels up the gills.
And it was phony as evident from how quick the mask dropped as he started shitting on Adam Page unprovoked with fucking FTR standing in the same ring, the moment some fans got on his nerves.
