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Post by ChitownKnight on Sept 23, 2022 20:14:20 GMT -5
Punk wins MITB 13 instead of Orton and cashes in on Bryan becoming what he hated 2 years prior and then they have a banger of a Main Event at mania 30. This would have to require a massive butterfly effect. Punk would have to remain face for his 2012 title run and maybe lose to a heel Orton who loses the title to the Rock. So Punk would have to chose between a mania main event or a match with the Rock. He may have been able to stay with WWE for an extra year atleast as well.
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Sept 23, 2022 20:23:31 GMT -5
Punk wins MITB 13 instead of Orton and cashes in on Bryan becoming what he hated 2 years prior and then they have a banger of a Main Event at mania 30. This would have to require a massive butterfly effect. Punk would have to remain face for his 2012 title run and maybe lose to a heel Orton who loses the title to the Rock. So Punk would have to chose between a mania main event or a match with the Rock. He may have been able to stay with WWE for an extra year atleast as well. No. Punk just didn't fit as "Corporate Guy". And on top of that... Vince apparently hated that one ppv title match they had at... Over the Limit? |
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Post by Nosnorb on Sept 23, 2022 20:25:34 GMT -5
Punk wins MITB 13 instead of Orton and cashes in on Bryan becoming what he hated 2 years prior and then they have a banger of a Main Event at mania 30. Four months before 'Mania 30, Punk looked like death warmed up, was so banged up he could barely do a quarter of his moveset and had a baseball sized lump on his arse that turned out to be a potentially lethal staph infection. There was absolutely no f***ing way he was going to put a banger at 'mania.
So in hindsight, it was for the best they didn't go with Punk.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2022 20:41:33 GMT -5
Well, he does run a business…
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2022 23:11:08 GMT -5
Corporate Man Punk, clean shaven, with a suit and all his tattoos covered up with makeup could've been money.
"Why fight against the system when I can be exactly what they're looking for?"
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Post by Mid-Carder on Sept 24, 2022 3:41:30 GMT -5
Maybe not instead of Orton but yeah I think corporate Punk could have been cool to explore.
On an unrelated note, I hate that we never got a proper Rock v Orton feud and match. They were really fun together during the Mania 20 tag match.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 24, 2022 4:00:06 GMT -5
Punk wins MITB 13 instead of Orton and cashes in on Bryan becoming what he hated 2 years prior and then they have a banger of a Main Event at mania 30. Four months before 'Mania 30, Punk looked like death warmed up, was so banged up he could barely do a quarter of his moveset and had a baseball sized lump on his arse that turned out to be a potentially lethal staph infection. There was absolutely no f***ing way he was going to put a banger at 'mania.
So in hindsight, it was for the best they didn't go with Punk.
I believe the courts qualified it was closer to a golf ball  But yeah, Punk was not in great shape at the time... even without the Staph Infection (that wasn't MRSA but the much easier treated version), he needed time off regardless. |
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Post by nickcave on Sept 24, 2022 9:57:01 GMT -5
Corporate Man Punk, clean shaven, with a suit and all his tattoos covered up with makeup could've been money. "Why fight against the system when I can be exactly what they're looking for?" Yeah just basically do what they did with Mick Foley in his feud with Austin over the title |
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Post by Main Eventer on Sept 24, 2022 10:04:22 GMT -5
"And the main reason I joined the Authority, is because your so called hero Daniel Bryan shares a bank account with his mother."
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Sept 24, 2022 10:08:04 GMT -5
I SO would have been down for a corporate Punk selling out to Vince. Abandoning his principles and just realizing he wants to be the best at all costs going up against Cena.
That would be way more satisfying than the idea of Cena cutting off all of the support he had from his kid fans. I just don’t find that believable with John’s character up to that point. Like I can buy Cena has an ego and he wants to be on top, I don’t buy him suddenly becoming Mr. McMahon’s right hand guy. Now if *Punk*, Mr, Punk Rock Rebel sells out to the “evil empire”, THAT would be a hundred times more jarring.
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