Punk really stepped it up on the stick and delivered one of the best promos in a long time. I wouldn't go as far to say it was one of the best promos of all time, there was a fair portion where he just rambled and certain lines seemed a bit shooty for the sake of it but it was a good promo that reminded me a fair bit of his infamous ROH 05 promo.
The Rock's presence really elevated the segment, but I thought he was actually pretty mixed on the microphone. There were some decent lines, I liked the numbers line in reference to their match at the Rumble, that reminded me of Ali which is fantastic but the childish insults were a bit miss for me and I thought they proved Punk's point more than anything.
Still, it was a very compelling segment and made sure that Raw kicked 2013 with a bang.
In fact, I thought all the major segments delivered. Ziggler/Cena opened with a main event calibre match, it relied a little too much on false finishes and I thought Dolph deserved better protection but in fairness he did get to control the franchise player for the bulk of the contest so I'll give it that.
I also thought the TLC match was pretty solid. Not a stand-out match, if it was on a compilation of ladder matches it wouldn't be considered one of the better matches, but as a television match it was pretty good. I just hope let Ryback have his revenge against The Shield, so far it's been way too one-sided.