riseofsetian1981
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"I met him fifteen years ago. I was told there was nothing left."
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Dec 30, 2018 10:53:42 GMT -5
I also think Hunter was pretty insulted that Punk wanted nothing to do with Hunter at WM. Hunter also gave the standard company line when Austin pressed him about it on his podcast "Oh, I didn't have a problem with him. I didn't even know who he was when he was in OVW. We were only trying to help him become better and nothing was done to hurt him or his progress." Everyone and their mother knows Hunter was/is completely full of shit.
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Nosnorb
El Dandy
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Post by Nosnorb on Dec 30, 2018 11:00:47 GMT -5
I also think Hunter was pretty insulted that Punk wanted nothing to do with Hunter at WM. It probably hurt his ego pretty bad that Punk didn't want to face, at WrestleMania, The Game, King of Kings, the be all end all, best of the best, Mr wrestling, blah, blzh. And its worth noting that Triple H vs CM Punk at WM30 would have been shit. A worn out, running on empty Punk that looked like death warmed up getting eaten up by Triple H wrestling his patented Supreme Badass style.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 30, 2018 11:03:52 GMT -5
It probably hurt his ego pretty bad that Punk didn't want to face, at WrestleMania, The Game, King of Kings, the be all end all, best of the best, Mr wrestling, blah, blzh. And its worth noting that Triple H vs CM Punk at WM30 would have been shit. A worn out, running on empty Punk that looked like death warmed up getting eaten up by Triple H wrestling his patented Supreme Badass style. Correct. This needed to happen at Wrestlemania 28 at the latest. CM Punk with the title defending against Corporate HHH. When both could still go.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 30, 2018 11:44:56 GMT -5
I also think Hunter was pretty insulted that Punk wanted nothing to do with Hunter at WM. Also, while Vince loves guys who stand up to him and challenge him, HHH does not.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Dec 30, 2018 12:23:42 GMT -5
It probably hurt his ego pretty bad that Punk didn't want to face, at WrestleMania, The Game, King of Kings, the be all end all, best of the best, Mr wrestling, blah, blzh. And its worth noting that Triple H vs CM Punk at WM30 would have been shit. A worn out, running on empty Punk that looked like death warmed up getting eaten up by Triple H wrestling his patented Supreme Badass style. If I recall, Aitch told Punk that Punk was going over and he still wasn’t interested. He reasoned correctly that the match was a way for Hunter to continue to cling to relevance rather than a way to elevate Punk.
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Post by KofiMania on Dec 30, 2018 12:56:50 GMT -5
And its worth noting that Triple H vs CM Punk at WM30 would have been shit. A worn out, running on empty Punk that looked like death warmed up getting eaten up by Triple H wrestling his patented Supreme Badass style. If I recall, Aitch told Punk that Punk was going over and he still wasn’t interested. He reasoned correctly that the match was a way for Hunter to continue to cling to relevance rather than a way to elevate Punk. I think top stars going over Triple H is still a way to be elevated. He’s still credible and relevant.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Dec 30, 2018 12:58:42 GMT -5
If I recall, Aitch told Punk that Punk was going over and he still wasn’t interested. He reasoned correctly that the match was a way for Hunter to continue to cling to relevance rather than a way to elevate Punk. I think top stars going over Triple H is still a way to be elevated. He’s still credible and relevant. Punk's replacement in that match did okay for himself out of it.
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TGM
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Post by TGM on Dec 30, 2018 14:35:13 GMT -5
lol lots of people getting angry about a scenario that never happened in this thread.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Dec 30, 2018 14:40:22 GMT -5
lol lots of people getting angry about a scenario that never happened in this thread. First time on a wrestling message board, huh?
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Rican
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Post by Rican on Dec 30, 2018 14:43:11 GMT -5
I think Vince became a fan for life after the Tony Atlas thing where Punk basically told Atlas to go f*** himself. Vince loves stuff like that.
Also in my headcanon HHH had it in for Punk ever since that survivor series where the crowd interrupted the standard corny DX promo with CM Punk chants.
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Perd
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Post by Perd on Dec 30, 2018 14:51:33 GMT -5
I remember Court Bauer saying that he was in earshot, while Punk was having a tryout match, as Trips and HBK were ripping Punk to shreds in front of Vince. Another writer corroborated this. That writer also said Trips and HBK did the same thing to Bobby Lashley.
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Squirrel Master
Hank Scorpio
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Post by Squirrel Master on Dec 30, 2018 15:49:21 GMT -5
I imagine that H was riddled with anxiety about Vince and Punk chatting in the wee hours.
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Post by Chris Hammers on Dec 30, 2018 16:02:37 GMT -5
It would be quite amusing after all these times of Triple H being the guy to end peoples feuds with Vince/WWE like Warrior/Bruno. If Vince was to do the same for Punk/Hunter.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 30, 2018 16:15:15 GMT -5
It would be quite amusing after all these times of Triple H being the guy to end peoples feuds with Vince/WWE like Warrior/Bruno. If Vince was to do the same for Punk/Hunter. Only Steph could pull this off. I think if Vince approached H like a man, I don't think Hunter accepts. Only Steph could convince him. Hunters hate with punk seems very real.
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Post by Cyno on Dec 30, 2018 16:26:02 GMT -5
Punk and Trips are two very similar types of domineering personalities. I'm not surprised in the least that they couldn't really work together and when one of them has the power, they're definitely going to use it to undermine the other. Maybe it'd be a bit different now with Triple H being, at most, a special occasion nostalgia trip. But then, Punk doesn't really seem to want to get back into the business anyway.
Also not surprised if Punk and Vince are still on friendly terms. Vince has shown many, many times in the past that when it comes to the business side of things, he doesn't hold long-term grudges and that he respects the sort of go-getter personalities dudes like Punk have.
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Post by KofiMania on Dec 30, 2018 16:28:28 GMT -5
WWE should throw a ton of money at Punk. A shocking Punk return winning the Rumble would be the type of boost the ratings could use right now, especially with AEW starting up next year.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 30, 2018 16:39:25 GMT -5
Both deluded egomaniacs who believe their own bullshit.
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Post by Dub H on Dec 30, 2018 17:39:08 GMT -5
If I recall, Aitch told Punk that Punk was going over and he still wasn’t interested. He reasoned correctly that the match was a way for Hunter to continue to cling to relevance rather than a way to elevate Punk. I think top stars going over Triple H is still a way to be elevated. He’s still credible and relevant. yeh Punk was the number 1 or two star at the time. And the story NEEDED to be Bryan . Punk vs Triple H would have helped no one but Triple H
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Post by KofiMania on Dec 30, 2018 18:12:57 GMT -5
I think top stars going over Triple H is still a way to be elevated. He’s still credible and relevant. yeh Punk was the number 1 or two star at the time. And the story NEEDED to be Bryan . Punk vs Triple H would have helped no one but Triple H Why does it only have to help someone? Why can’t it just be a matchup of two stars or two equals?
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Cranjis McBasketball☝🏻
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball☝🏻 on Dec 30, 2018 18:25:10 GMT -5
I think this is the case, it be interesting to see if there have been any studies into this. I've read about training your body to take 20 min naps every 2 hours so that when you sleep you instantly go into REM sleep. They say if you do you can get by with 2-4 hours of sleep after that. If you do not literally go crazy or have major health problems from the lack of sufficient REM until your body is trained. I woke up in the Hudson River, IN A SACK!!!!
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