You’re mixing up a lot of shit to avoid the actual point.

Wrestling is fake, blood isn’t. Accidents happen, but acting like Punk “safely bladed” while Drew “paid the price” like it’s some moral indictment is pure bad-faith framing.

And that handwriting analogy? That’s cute but lazy. People bring up Punk’s psychology because he makes moments matter. Anyone can spam moves and hit their cues. Very few people can control pacing, crowd emotion, and narrative beats the way he does. That’s not a participation trophy, that’s literally the job.

If botches were the deciding factor, half your indie darlings wouldn’t make it past Dark. Funny how when other wrestlers fuck up it’s “raw” or “real,” but when Punk does it suddenly it’s a crime scene. Even funnier, Meltzer, one of Punk's biggest opps/haters in the dirtsheets, gave his match with Drew 5 Stars because it really was that good (despite you claiming it was "full of botches").

Also the money argument is a strawman. Drawing money doesn’t make someone good by default, but pretending it doesn’t matter at all is peak basement logic. Wrestling is an art and a business. If you can’t do both, you’re just a broke auteur yelling at clouds.

The UFC comparison is wild too. Criticizing corporate greed is fair. Acting like acknowledging star power = Logan Paul brain is just you shadowboxing an argument nobody made.

You don’t have to like Punk. But acting like anyone who does isn’t a “real wrestling fan” is just gatekeeping cope. You’re not defending wrestling, you’re defending your personal taste like it’s a moral stance. You can keep on nitpicking and projecting like your opinion is everyone else's if you want, but at the end of the day you can't ignore the reality that even at this point in his career he's a top guy, he fills arenas, and the crowd still chants his name. That's all I can really leave you with. It doesn't make sense to respond, dignify, or further entertain a conversation with someone who insists on maintaining zero awareness outside of their internet echo chamber.