cm punk not the best in the world

these are the thought of ROH announcer Kevin Kelly

Does CM Punk bring more attention to ROH after this recent angle: "That would be interesting if our show was already on the air. The first taping airs September 24th. What's gonna make a difference for ROH is putting out the best quality wrestling show each and every week. Even though ROH pays homage to all of their past champions, such as CM Punk and Samoa Joe and everybody that's worn the title, it's nice to see Punk reciprocate that and show respect to us."

His thoughts on new stars coming up and on WWE Head of Talent Relations - John Laurinaitis: "My hats off to guys like the Kings of Wrestling (Claudio and Chris) who - if they go up to the WWE, they deserve it. But that's where the job of talent development comes in. ROH must continue to make new stars because there is always a new spot on the roster that needs to be filled. ROH must constantly bring in, look at and develop new stars because going on television brings new horizons for the guys and our company. I'll give you an example of talent development with John Laurinaitis. I bring Bobby Roode to a camp and I tell John this guy is gonna be great. He says, 'ahhhh....ahhhh' in his raspy voice and nothing happened. And that 'answer' told me he wanted to make a decision but he was afraid if his decision was going to be the wrong one."

Kevin's thoughts on CM Punk claiming to be the 'Best in the World': "I love CM Punk. I never met him personally, but when I meet him I will shake his hand and tell him how much I appreciate his talents. But Punk wears a shirt on TV saying he's 'the Best in the World'. Well, he's not the best in the world until he defeats Davey Richards. Davey Richards is the best wrestler in the world hands down! You could put the Miz at No. 1 in the PWI 500...and then burn that magazine for printing that. Davey Richards is the best in the World and I defy anybody to argue with me on that. Watch the match with Eddie Edwards. It was a 36-minute perfect match. Not one flaw. He trained for four weeks for that match - like a fighter. He's revolutionizing the business right before our very eyes."


if Laurinaitis said no to bobby roode the guy is a moron and needs removing from talent hiring duties. also before people go who is davey richards? or ROH is not a mainstream show therefore he's average id suggest actually watching him wrestle then passing judgment.

source: http://www.prowrestling.net/artman/publish/ROH/article10019917.shtml

Who is this an interview with?

forgot to put his name in, it's ROH announcer Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly = Legend.

John Lauranitis sounds like a right knobhead and really does appear to be a yes. He's also an idiot to say no to Bobby Roode.

John Lauranitis has always been a div. The talent that has got lost and wasted at OVW. Whoever he is using as the yardstick for talent must be amazing if he is able to knock back guys like Roode.

Kevin Kelly was also a loss to the WWE.

Strange that they have a habit of doing that.