Phil is like FTR and Cornette, lefties who are infatuated with strong male types. On one hand their progressive values come out and they support all these disenfranchised people to be as degenerate and weak as they want to be, but that's not who they respect. Listen to Punk's interviews about his time with Harley Race and you'll know, listen to FTR talk about tag teams of the past, listen to Cornette bitch about how feminine pro wrestling is today, then you realize they want to be those tough guys. The reason he hated the Miz for so long is because Miz took Maryse before he could, who sought his validation in a world of bigger men by hooking up with as many women as possible. They're phoneys. Before CM Punk joined UFC, he said two of his favorite fighters were the Diaz brothers, then Nate Diaz basically buried him saying that MMA is a joke if guys like Punk can join, describing it as if some random guy on the street just decided to get on the field and play in the NFL.