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Post by Burst on Aug 18, 2022 14:15:19 GMT -5
For as much as Punk has clearly mellowed since 2011, he's still got that acerbic edge in him, and even accounting for said mellowing, this is my complete lack of surprise at the thought of him and Hangman just not getting along. From their individual personalities alone, I could see them clashing.
I like Punk and think he's been having an awesome run in AEW, but he's always been one to both get grudges easily and then hold them indefinitely (seriously, has -anyone- heard of -anybody- making up with Punk after having fallen out with him?) so if he perceived Hangman as doing him dirty, yeah, that might be an actual grudge building.
The other thought is that this is some 5D MJF-level chess since Punk has clearly been skewing heel lately, but most likely it's just Punk being Punk.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Aug 18, 2022 14:15:21 GMT -5
Never understood the concept of making your company look bad or at least inept when it comes to employee relations in order to work the fans. Yeah. Not only that, if the story you wanna tell is "Heel champion CM Punk is big-timing AEW," you can easily do that without any of this. Occam's razor, man. Not everything is a work.
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Aug 18, 2022 14:15:33 GMT -5
If so, this combined with how they handled the situtuation with MJF makes me like the company a lot less.
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Post by jhbboy198917 on Aug 18, 2022 14:16:16 GMT -5
Either Punk is a complete primadonna, seriously AEW has bent over backwards for him this past year, or AEW is making all these reporters look like fools by feeding them fake stories to further their on-screen storylines and they're all dumb enough to put their journalistic integrity on the line by playing along because it gets clicks. It sucks to say this because I've always been a fan, but it's really looking like option A. I trust Sapp to not play the game, tbh. He's been accurate on 99% of things. If all of this is indeed true Mox should beat Punk next week
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Aug 18, 2022 14:16:50 GMT -5
That could explain why TK promoted Punk promo yesterday afternoon and why they are doing Punk vs Mox next week.
OOF!! Hope none of that is really true as far as Punk threatening to walk cause otherwise if I am TK I would been like iigh thanks, goodbye
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 14:17:05 GMT -5
Kayfabe wise what happens next week with Hangman at all if it is a work?Like is it forgotten and Mox/Punk wrestle the match? Time limit draw? Does Page interfere leading to a triple threat? If it is interference then that makes Page look bad as well.
Punk just being Punk going off script being who he is makes more sense at least.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 14:19:27 GMT -5
If so, this combined with how they handled the situtuation with MJF makes me like the company a lot less. Yeah im not always a very positive person when it comes to AEW but it's mostly just due to confusion and frustration regarding decisions and if we are going to keep playing this card I will have to bow out completely. I get keeping your viewers intrigued but you can do that without making it seem like Dixie Carter kept a tighter ship backstage.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Aug 18, 2022 14:20:02 GMT -5
Kayfabe wise what happens next week with Hangman at all if it is a work?Like is it forgotten and Mox/Punk wrestle the match? Time limit draw? Does Page interfere leading to a triple threat? If it is interference then that makes Page look bad as well. Punk just being Punk going off script being who he is makes more sense at least. I don't think anything happens with Page if there were no plans for him. It just gets ignored.
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Aug 18, 2022 14:20:19 GMT -5
Hearing that a guy who was notorious for being a grump is acting like…well, a grump isnt particularly surprising. Like, for better or worse, that’s how dude is
I don’t know how you have heat with R-Truth in a situation that doesn’t involve not paying him money but Punk managed to get it.
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Post by markymark on Aug 18, 2022 14:20:26 GMT -5
I got the feeling this is going to be Cody all over again.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2022 14:22:36 GMT -5
I got the feeling this is going to be Cody all over again. Has it been confirmed who WWE supposedly reached out to? Very possible it wasn't a situation of "I felt responsible to tell" and more a threat that if he doesn't get what he want he goes the other way? No clue either way Punk is clearly winning next week and we have to settle in
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Aug 18, 2022 14:23:47 GMT -5
Hearing that a guy who was notorious for being a grump is acting like…well, a grump isnt particularly surprising. Like, for better or worse, that’s how dude is I don’t know how you have heat with R-Truth in a situation that doesn’t involve not paying him money but Punk managed to get it. Wait, what happened there?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 18, 2022 14:23:47 GMT -5
Punk and MJF have their blowoff match with the gimmick that whichever of them shows up at the arena first wins.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 18, 2022 14:25:14 GMT -5
Hearing that a guy who was notorious for being a grump is acting like…well, a grump isnt particularly surprising. Like, for better or worse, that’s how dude is I don’t know how you have heat with R-Truth in a situation that doesn’t involve not paying him money but Punk managed to get it. Then there's how he seems to loathe Miz for no apparent reason.
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Post by polarbearpete on Aug 18, 2022 14:25:54 GMT -5
I got the feeling this is going to be Cody all over again. Has it been confirmed who WWE supposedly reached out to? Very possible it wasn't a situation of "I felt responsible to tell" and more a threat that if he doesn't get what he want he goes the other way? No clue either way Punk is clearly winning next week and we have to settle in I’d be surprised considering Punk seemed to have more heat with Triple H than Vince.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Aug 18, 2022 14:26:46 GMT -5
I got the feeling this is going to be Cody all over again. I can't see Punk going to WWE unless it's a one-off Hall of Fame payday way down the line. He'll just go back into retirement/acting if he was to leave AEW. A WWE source apparently said "let him be their problem now" when news of him signing with AEW broke. For a lot of people it was when not if Punk would get pissy about something. He's never met a bridge he didn't burn and I was never convinced with the "he's mellowed out in his old age" thing. It was only a year or two ago he went completely scorched earth on Miz over a harmless joke. Plus stuff like posting old pictures with Colt Cabana cropped out.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Aug 18, 2022 14:27:22 GMT -5
Hearing that a guy who was notorious for being a grump is acting like…well, a grump isnt particularly surprising. Like, for better or worse, that’s how dude is I don’t know how you have heat with R-Truth in a situation that doesn’t involve not paying him money but Punk managed to get it. Then there's how he seems to loathe Miz for no apparent reason. Because Miz got the main event over him Punk fails to realize, he would have never in his right mind been 3rd banana in that feud like Miz was but he just hating because he thinks he's better not even counting how hard Miz worked for that position
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Aug 18, 2022 14:28:08 GMT -5
Has it been confirmed who WWE supposedly reached out to? Very possible it wasn't a situation of "I felt responsible to tell" and more a threat that if he doesn't get what he want he goes the other way? No clue either way Punk is clearly winning next week and we have to settle in I’d be surprised considering Punk seemed to have more heat with Triple H than Vince. Not unless they give him the main event spot at Mania which I don't think HHH will do since he wants to cut down on the part timer aspect
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Post by Burst on Aug 18, 2022 14:29:27 GMT -5
I agree that somehow the point needs to be gotten across to TK or whomever to cool it with the damn 4D ambiguous is-this-a-work-or-not BS, because it was tiresome when it was about Cody, it was even more tiresome about MJF, and just the speculation alone re: Punk is already tiresome.
As has been said, Punk being Punk and just having a little moment is the most probable explanation, but for the heck of it, some thoughts on why it could be a clumsily-executed worked shoot:
1. Punk's awful at hiding his emotions and if he was legit planning on no-showing or walking out he probably would've looked the part 2. For better or for worse, Hangman's arc has been him losing his confidence again, and him being called out unprompted like this still kind of plays into this, depending on how or if he responds. BTE next week and the promos leading up to Wednesday will be pretty telling. 3. Wrestling newz sites have been known to just straight up make up bullshit that was believable just because we think we know the personalities of everyone involved 4. The Punk/Mox match being conspicuously moved to next week could point to either some sort of Hangman interference making the PPV match into a triple threat, or Punk's being a diva and they want to get the belt off him before the PPV. Leaning towards the former because again, Punk is typically awful at hiding his feelings and if it was that bad already I feel like we would've heard stuff earlier than last night.
So yeah, if this is indeed a work, whoever's leaking shit to the journalists and 'journalists' needs to cut that shit out because worked shoot shit is becoming its own tired cliche anymore.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Aug 18, 2022 14:29:41 GMT -5
I must say, it'd be pretty wild if Punk dropped the belt to Moxley next week and just left wrestling again.
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