-C.M. Punk has worked hard to improve his reputation backstage, according to multiple sources. There are still some skeptics he has to win over, but he's gone out of his way to shed his rep for being "snarky." No word yet on whether he's won over Raw lead writer Brian Gewirtz, who referred to him in the past as an "Edge knockoff." Gewirtz was also known to mock the way Punk rolls his wrists and.

-Dot Net has independently confirmed that the working plan is for Ron Killings to debut on television next month. The latest creative plan is for him to use "The Truth" nickname.

Powell's POV: Punk seemed to be genuinely happy about going to the Raw brand when he was interviewed on the WWE website and at the WrestleMania 25 press conference on Tuesday. He noted that Raw is the show he grew up watching with his friends. Punk has won over plenty of people lately and I hope Gewirtz is one of them.

Does that mean TNA never copyrighted "The Truth" nickname? I remember the story was that Vince Russo came up with the name for Killings, so I'm surprised he'd be allowed to use it in WWE. For that matter, I'm surprised WWE plans to use a name they didn't create.

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