And was the third wheel to the Cena/Nexus feud. He main evented two PPV's when he held onto the strap, and was having matches with Sheamus in the middle of the card for the WWE title. Quit acting like Punk is the first midcard champion when it's an outright lie. If top guys like Hogan or Cena aren't involved in the title picture, then card placement for guys like Savage, Punk etc will suffer because of it.
I just checked 2010 ppv main events. Orton only held the Raw title for 2 months in 2010. Not including the PPV where Orton won the title, he was on 2 ppvs where he was the champ, and he main evented both. Punk has been champ for 7 ppvs, and only main evented the first one.
Orton as champ - 2/2 ppv main events
Punk as champ - 1/7 ppv main events