>>5860009They're not working but they know when to play it off as part of their gimmick. Danielson's eco gimmick in the WWE was dimes, same as Zayn. The difference is that those were heel and anything said could be played off as a heel while Punk is being a tweener.
The issue with Punk isn't his retarded belief system, it's that he's as self-admitted dick in real life and AEW doesn't have him as heel so he can play into him being a dick.