>>16316548Hiring CM Punk WAS the downfall.
It doesn't matter that Phil got their best ratings. Tony did catastrophic damage to his personal reputation and to the company brand by giving such extreme leeway to a talent incapable of meeting the personal and physical demands of his push. He alienated himself to both the fans and the lockerroom to a level worthy of Dixie Carter. All for the sake of a man he was warned in advanced was unstable, ill-tempered, egotistical, and manipulative. Who left him for his competition anyway.
I hope he turns it around, but Tony really is a profoundly unlikable dope. The opposite of the man you'd want to succeed.
