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Post by MGH on Jan 29, 2014 2:27:53 GMT -5
TOP STAR PULLED FROM ALL WWE DATES GOING FORWARD by Mike Johnson @ 2:10 AM on 1/29/2014
Former WWE and World champion CM Punk has been pulled from all advertising of WWE live events going forward after a meeting with WWE management yesterday at the Raw taping in Cleveland, Ohio. We have been working on details for the last 24 hours (as Dave Scherer and I noted on our respective Elite audios earlier today), but the belief among those who are willing to talk about the situation is that Punk is no longer factored into company plans, including Wrestlemania, where he was slated to face Triple H.
We have heard from several sources that the original script for yesterday's Raw called for Punk to wrestle Antonio Cesaro and lose after Kane interfered, allowing Cesaro to qualify for the Elimination Chamber. It should be noted that another source has denied that and claimed that Punk was never booked to wrestle last night and was only booked to do a promo that would follow up on Kane causing Punk's elimination from the Rumble. But, Punk was originally slated to be on Raw and those segments were yanked.
It is believed that when Vince McMahon had the writers re-write Raw late yesterday (6 PM for a taping that was scheduled to start at 7:30), it was because Punk had informed the company he was going home.
While we cannot 100% confirm why, the belief among wrestlers backstage is that Punk leaving was not an injury issue. It was described to us as more likely a case of burnout and unhappiness with the overall direction of the company.
In his interview with Ariel Helwani last week, Punk talked about the crazy schedule he's held up working for the company over the last decade. Punk said that he's been doing it ten years and doesn't know anyone else who can say that. He said that he's only taken time off for injuries and that when he took two months off in 2013, it may not have been long enough.
Punk, who worked about 50 minutes in the Royal Rumble match was described as "pissy" after the PPV, although that wouldn't be an unusual description of Punk's demeanor backstage.
One source believed that since Punk's last goal was to work a Wrestlemania main event, there may have been a situation where Punk realized it wasn't going to happen and with his WWE deal expiring in July, that may have weighed down upon him.
In the interview with Helwani, Punk was asked about WWE killing his momentum and directions changing and was asked why such things happen. Punk responded that he'd like to think they don't make those decisions on purpose and it's more they wanted to go in another decision. He claimed it's a different era and different time and it can't be looked at the same way he did when he was a kid.
Yesterday, Punk wrote on Twitter, "Thanks for all the support. Keep being you guys, it's pretty cool."
We'll obviously update more as we confirm additional details, but don't look for CM Punk on WWE TV, at least as of this writing.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 29, 2014 2:28:07 GMT -5
well he can always teach grammar. I think the title of the thread should be CM Punk FIGURETIVELY took his ball and went home
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Post by Boozeman on Jan 29, 2014 2:28:46 GMT -5
Well, considering the condition Punk is in and how much they've kept him on the road in spite of it, reportedly take away not one but two high profile Mania matches and refuse to explain how he is supposed to get paid with the launch of the Network and death of PPV, cannot say it shocks me. I don't buy that. Punk has been booked better than ANYONE in the company (maybe Cena is on par with him, but NOBDOY in the WWE has been booked better than Punk) over the last year and a half. And he's getting paid a ton of money with a private tour bus and tons of other perks on top of it. He really has no reason to complain about anything.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 2:30:54 GMT -5
Punk is never happy. The dude is just a furious dude with a chip on his shoulder who doesn't settle for anything less than what he wants. That's what makes him so good. His obsessive attitude about being the best. But it's also why he's in a foul mood all the time and nothing satisfies him. Two sides of the same coin.
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Post by Toates Madhackrviper on Jan 29, 2014 2:31:06 GMT -5
Wow...maybe even CM Punk was pissed at what happened at the Rumble, pissed enough to be done with the company. Well the new rumor is it will be HHH-Bryan at Wrestlemania, so maybe he was pissed that his marquee match got scrapped and decided to go home instead of getting stuck in some lame midcard match. Yeah lets be honest this is way more realistic than ~moral crusader~ CM Punk standing up for Daniel Bryan by packing his bags and leaving. He'd of known about the results of the Rumble beforehand so it doesnt make sense that he walks out NOW because of that. Makes more sense that he was being a prima donna about losing his big match because of rewrites than that he was being a herioc moral paragon. Talk about idealizing IWC heroes...
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Post by Error on Jan 29, 2014 2:31:43 GMT -5
Well, considering the condition Punk is in and how much they've kept him on the road in spite of it, reportedly take away not one but two high profile Mania matches and refuse to explain how he is supposed to get paid with the launch of the Network and death of PPV, cannot say it shocks me. I don't buy that. Punk has been booked better than ANYONE in the company (maybe Cena is on par with him, but NOBDOY in the WWE has been booked better than Punk) over the last year and a half. And he's getting paid a ton of money with a bus and all that stuff on top of it. He really has no reason to complain about anything. Body has gone to shit but they keep him on house shows because they need a draw on the ones without Cena. Has not 1 but 2 Mania matches pulled from him costing him millions and his dreams. Company refuses to explain how they are going to make up the thousands he and others will lose thanks to the lose of their PPV bonus. If even 1 of those 3 wouldn't burn you out and piss you off, well, you're a special breed.
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Post by mizerable on Jan 29, 2014 2:32:30 GMT -5
I blame John Cena. That asshole basically gave him the ball in the first place! ![](http://i.imgur.com/anJWluP.jpg) That's quite the risque return for Christian...
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Jan 29, 2014 2:33:11 GMT -5
well he can always teach grammar. I think the title of the thread should be CM Punk FIGURETIVELY took his ball and went home Figuratively.
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Post by Lancers on Jan 29, 2014 2:33:57 GMT -5
I just got the transcript.
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Post by fw91 on Jan 29, 2014 2:34:13 GMT -5
well he can always teach grammar. I think the title of the thread should be CM Punk FIGURETIVELY took his ball and went home Figuratively. I'm sorry Punk wasn't my English teacher
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Post by Chuck Conry on Jan 29, 2014 2:34:32 GMT -5
My completely made-up theories... 1. Batista made a pass at AJ 2. Batista made a pass at Punk 3. Wanted to main event Wrestlemania, and was laughed at by Vince 4. Punk wants to get into MMA 5. Punk wants to watch Olympic hockey 6. Had a dream last night that the ghost of Eddie Gilbert came into his room and diddled him 7. Had a dream last night that he needs to quit wrestling and focus on illegal underground cockfighting 8. Realized that he forgot he left his lights on in his place and Colt is in L.A. so he can't turn them off for him 9. Wants to binge watch "Castle" on Netflix 10. Finally got a job offer to work for the post office that he applied for in 1997 before his wrestling career launched 11. He got promoted to head cook at Waffle House. ![](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b142/chuckconry/punkwaffle.jpg)
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Post by khali on Jan 29, 2014 2:34:34 GMT -5
This does certainly explain the treatment on Raw like Punk was non-existent. To not even have any kind of video package of mention of the thing with him and Kane seemed very odd, so this makes that make sense.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 2:34:44 GMT -5
This legit bums me out. :/
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Post by MGH on Jan 29, 2014 2:35:48 GMT -5
This legit bums me out. :/ No kidding. There are only two dudes in the company I have any legit emotional attachment to and he is one of them.
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Post by JTG Fan on Jan 29, 2014 2:37:10 GMT -5
I like that potentially the biggest news since Brock leaving in 2004 is broken at 2 AM EST on a Wednesday morning.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 2:37:24 GMT -5
Yeah I could see him being pissed off with all the part timers taking everyone's spots and those big Wrestlemania paychecks. This is a guy who was about to leave the company in 2011 because he was pissed The Miz was main eventing Wrestlemania and not himself. This time he's probably even more pissed off that Batista who is a part timer who was gone for four years is now going to main event Wrestlemania and not a full timer like himself or Daniel Bryan or Cena.
Well honestly this sucks and 2014 is so far shaping up to be the worst year in WWE history it seems.
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Post by ayumidah on Jan 29, 2014 2:38:37 GMT -5
I just checked. They've replaced him with Sheamus on the event I'm going to at the start of March. Sigh.
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Post by europeanuppercut on Jan 29, 2014 2:39:20 GMT -5
well he can always teach grammar. I think the title of the thread should be CM Punk FIGURETIVELY took his ball and went home ![](http://www.turnbucklephotography.com/img/s9/v16/p897490174-3.jpg)
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Post by slappy on Jan 29, 2014 2:39:24 GMT -5
What went down right before he left. {Spoiler} ![](http://i.imgur.com/CWaQnAs.jpg)
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Post by Boozeman on Jan 29, 2014 2:39:34 GMT -5
I don't buy that. Punk has been booked better than ANYONE in the company (maybe Cena is on par with him, but NOBDOY in the WWE has been booked better than Punk) over the last year and a half. And he's getting paid a ton of money with a bus and all that stuff on top of it. He really has no reason to complain about anything. Body has gone to shit but they keep him on house shows because they need a draw on the ones without Cena. Has not 1 but 2 Mania matches pulled from him costing him millions and his dreams. Company refuses to explain how they are going to make up the thousands he and others will lose thanks to the lose of their PPV bonus. If even 1 of those 3 wouldn't burn you out and piss you off, well, you're a special breed. I would guess at this point he's probably the second highest paid active wrestler in the company behind Cena and look at all the injuries Cena works through. When has the guy EVER had sustained time off? Yes, Punk has to work a lot, but he's paid very, very well for it and given special perks to make the schedule easier (like the tour bus) that only a select few wrestlers get. It's part of his job. Let's not forget he got a couple of months off after Wrestlemania and was allowed a month off from the ring and didn't even have to work a PPV as World Champion in 2012 when he had knee surgery. As far as the 'Mania matches, I don't want to really comment for or against that until we get more info on it. At this point it's not clear whether he left because they changed it to HHH/Bryan, or whether they changed it to HHH/Bryan AFTER he left. Either way, he's been booked like a God for the last two years, so he has little room to complain. Part three I agree sucks that it's up in the air. Nobody knows what's gonna happen, but it's like that for EVERYONE. Not just Punk.
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