Hmm, fair enough, him not being with the company does perhaps change things somewhat, but as with anything, it is easier to say this in hindsight. A few weeks back we were all saying what a good job they had done.
As for CM Punk and the other independents...well... CM Punk was a name that the WWE is able to trademark, most of the other independent stars perform under their own name which could not be put under copyright or whatever. And to give the WWE their credit, there are a couple of guys who came up through the Indys like Evan Bourne who have been doing very well as of late. And also, a lot of the ones they have released I can see why they did it. Chris Harris for example looked absolutely terrible the few times I saw him in his short ECW stint, was out of shape and was just generally terrible. It's by no means just the WWE who repackage Indy stars with new names etc.. either, just look at TNA and how they have handled Nigel McGuinness, something that has worked out quite ok. Similarly Danielson was clearly going to end up performing under his own name in the WWE, all of the promos and other skits were clearly pointing in this direction.
