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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Oct 12, 2014 9:48:18 GMT -5
Ha! The full .gif is even funnier than the other one. |
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Oct 12, 2014 10:15:03 GMT -5
On one hand:
OF COURSE the company was going to offer CM Punk a deal. Why the hell wouldn't they at least try? Hottest "free agent", arguably, in wrestling history. Even if he didn't bring out a ton of people to the shows, he'd sell more merch than anybody in the company's history. What was TNA supposed to do? Just sit on their hands and say "Yeah. He's, literally, the biggest name we could possibly sign, but...nahhhhh".
On the other hand:
It's not like Punk couldn't walk back into WWE any time he wanted. He left, yeah, but if he called up VKM tomorrow and said "I wanna do something on RAW" he'd be there. And there's nothing that TNA could offer that would be more lucrative than a WWE deal. While NEWZ reports that HHH and others have soured on him, literally EVERY report said that he was still on good terms with Vince.
On some other, hitherto unknown hand.
It'd be amazing if he just started showing up on indy shows, with only minimal notice, wrestling against his friends. How awesome would that be? Like, PCW Chicago books Colt Cabana against their World Champion at the Oak Lawn Pavilion, but the morning of the show, they announce that Cabana's going to face CM Punk instead. They'd pack the place to the rafters. Do that every few months and you'll bring however many thousands of new fans to independent wrestling.
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Post by SAJ Forth on Oct 12, 2014 11:09:22 GMT -5
To me, it's strange that they attempted to do this. Given he said he's retired. Not that that's something that can't change, just that it could take a while for him to change his mind.
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Post by AtomSmasher on Oct 12, 2014 13:37:09 GMT -5
You don't ask you don't get I suppose. I'd personally like to ask for a product that I'll enjoy watching.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Oct 13, 2014 13:56:42 GMT -5
I imagine Punk's reaction being something like this
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Post by Chainsaw on Oct 15, 2014 19:25:43 GMT -5
Brilliant. Although this one always cracked me up because it relates directly to TNA.  |
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Post by Woo on Oct 16, 2014 5:58:56 GMT -5
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Post by Rican on Oct 16, 2014 8:59:36 GMT -5
If I were Punk I would have asked for 10 million a year, full creative control, jobs for all my buddies, a super light schedule and my face on EVERYTHING. They probably would have done it too
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Post by Cyno on Oct 16, 2014 9:58:51 GMT -5
I'd go one step further and ask that they officially change the name of the company to "CM Punk Wrestling." And the world title would be renamed to the Batman Championship. Anyone who wore the title would get to be called Batman.
Then as soon as Time Warner sues for copyright infringement, I jump ship, literally laughing all the way to the bank.
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Post by The Trashman on Oct 16, 2014 23:30:37 GMT -5
It wouldnt even make a difference.
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Post by Danimal on Oct 17, 2014 2:27:39 GMT -5
Eh, why not try? Chances of them getting a hit were obviously slim but you never know til you swing away.
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Post by Ryushinku on Oct 17, 2014 4:34:07 GMT -5
Punk - "Now, what was I laughing at again? Oh yes, that crippled Irishman!" *starts laughing*
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Post by Hobby Drifter on Oct 17, 2014 8:16:32 GMT -5
I'd go one step further and ask that they officially change the name of the company to "CM Punk Wrestling." And the world title would be renamed to the Batman Championship. Anyone who wore the title would get to be called Batman. Then as soon as Time Warner sues for copyright infringement, I jump ship, literally laughing all the way to the bank. I'm kinda surprised that the Roman Reigns Superman Punch hasn't brought any problems down on WWE's head. As a nickname or one-off, it'd have been fine. But the whole thing is a reference to the character, from the pose to the action to the *name* of the move. |
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Post by Clawley Race on Oct 17, 2014 12:24:10 GMT -5
If I were Punk I would have asked for 10 million a year, full creative control, jobs for all my buddies, a super light schedule and my face on EVERYTHING. They probably would have done it too face OFF everything would be better. |
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Post by Wolfman Rose on Oct 17, 2014 12:36:22 GMT -5
I'd go one step further and ask that they officially change the name of the company to "CM Punk Wrestling." And the world title would be renamed to the Batman Championship. Anyone who wore the title would get to be called Batman. Then as soon as Time Warner sues for copyright infringement, I jump ship, literally laughing all the way to the bank. I'm kinda surprised that the Roman Reigns Superman Punch hasn't brought any problems down on WWE's head. As a nickname or one-off, it'd have been fine. But the whole thing is a reference to the character, from the pose to the action to the *name* of the move. The SUperman Punch is a pretty common move in actual fighting. It's called that anywhere it's used. |
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