Punk Scrum Thread II: Punk terminated from AEW

[ChitownKnight]

Aug 30, 2023 22:12:09 GMT -5 Chiral said:

Come to think of it, I didn't hear any Punk chants at all tonight. I could've missed em but man dude really torched so much of his reputation for [insert reason here]

I’m a chi native and punk fan myself. My opening post in this thread, I wanted the guy back but now he’s done way too much. No way in hell TK should keep him on, unless he gets some intensive therapy

[Denny Zen is Cooking™]

Aug 30, 2023 22:12:12 GMT -5 tenshi said:

I refuse to believe that a company that gathered 81,035 fans on a show THIS PAST SUNDAY now has to rely on 70-year old Ricky Steamboat, who can't either bump or lift weights heavier than 5 pounds due to health concerns, to save their upcoming PPV... as if they don't have enough people in their roster already.

I really, really doubt Steamboat actually ends up wrestling. He refused to take part in Flair’s “last match” because he didn’t feel like he can go anymore, and didn’t want to tarnish his legacy. He strikes me as the rare wrestler who actually means that.

[Chiral]

I would spend money on a Ricky Starks vs. Lavar Ball promo duel live at All Out

[Final Countdown Jones]

Aug 30, 2023 22:06:11 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

Hangman could be a good candidate to stand up for Steamboat.

Hangman vs. Starks would be a good match but more importantly it would be the funniest f***ing outcome in regards to what this thread is about so f***ing do it

[markymark]

Aug 30, 2023 22:17:09 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

Aug 30, 2023 22:06:11 GMT -5 "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik said:

Hangman could be a good candidate to stand up for Steamboat.

Hangman vs. Starks would be a good match but more importantly it would be the funniest f***ing outcome in regards to what this thread is about so f***ing do it

That would be if Starks faces... a returning Colt Cabana because Chicago you know lol

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

Aug 30, 2023 22:16:05 GMT -5 Gawk Rivers said:

Aug 30, 2023 22:14:41 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

lavar ball is 100% available eating funyuns on the couch don’t tempt fate, all out might end up sponsored by the TRUE triple B

Dante Martin returns good as new and ends his promo with "and I wanna thank BBB Big Baller Brand for hooking me up with some new shoes" as the room goes silent 

lavar ball demanding a title shot claiming he is undefeated, neva lost

[Chiral]

I need a late night SRS tweet waxing poetic about smirks and glances between wrestlers that SRS himself bore witness to and telling people to watch videos of him to get the full scoop

[jm]

Aug 30, 2023 22:06:39 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Aug 30, 2023 22:01:50 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

imagine f***ing up your companies plans so bad you even have to tease Ricky steamboat at a ppv, punk you apologize to him rn

And the fact that it's Ricky Starks doing this... Like wasn't he one of AEW's most over babyfaces like six months ago? And then they did nothing with that and turned him back heel? That's New York-esque booking negligence to me, and I'm surprised that they haven't been taken to account for that in the fanbase.

The same people who were saying that Jericho "ruined" Ricky when Ricky actually won the feud, have nothing to say about Punk losing to Ricky via shenanigans and then getting his win back from Ricky and then Ricky having to turn heel when Punk should've turned heel instead.

[Denny Zen is Cooking™]

Aug 30, 2023 22:20:49 GMT -5 markymark said:

Aug 30, 2023 22:17:09 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

Hangman vs. Starks would be a good match but more importantly it would be the funniest f***ing outcome in regards to what this thread is about so f***ing do it

That would be if Starks faces... a returning Colt Cabana because Chicago you know lol

I’d be very down for this, especially if we get good Colt and not too tight compression socks Colt.

[Nosnorb]

Aug 30, 2023 22:06:39 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Aug 30, 2023 22:01:50 GMT -5 UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm said:

imagine f***ing up your companies plans so bad you even have to tease Ricky steamboat at a ppv, punk you apologize to him rn

And the fact that it's Ricky Starks doing this... Like wasn't he one of AEW's most over babyfaces like six months ago? And then they did nothing with that and turned him back heel? That's New York-esque booking negligence to me, and I'm surprised that they haven't been taken to account for that in the fanbase.

That's one problem with Starks turning heel, dude was hot at the start of the year and even losing to MJF, he still looked great. But the problem that Tony has with keeping people on the boil came back around.

Now Starks has ran into another problem when facing Punk, who insists on doing this Dumb as F*** (for a face) "Real Worlds Champion" angle and no matter how good Starks has been as a heel, he is struggling to get heat against a dude that the audience has no real reason to cheer for and has given them precious little reason to care.

Starks might be one of Punks fave guys, but it's doing him absolutely no favours going against him and the sooner Ricky gets away from Punk the better.

[Facetious]

Aug 30, 2023 22:16:07 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

Aug 30, 2023 22:12:09 GMT -5 Chiral said:

Come to think of it, I didn't hear any Punk chants at all tonight. I could've missed em but man dude really torched so much of his reputation for [insert reason here]

I’m a chi native and punk fan myself. My opening post in this thread, I wanted the guy back but now he’s done way too much. No way in hell TK should keep him on, unless he gets some intensive therapy

The fact they didn't cut him out of the All In recap video leads me to believe he'll be back once his little suspension is up. The straight up did not acknowledge him or the Bucks last year and that was a bigger situation.

[chazraps]

You know it's been a day when the TNA faux-scaffold-bigfoot tapings from 2015 got three separate mentions.

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Aug 30, 2023 22:37:01 GMT -5 Facetious said:

Aug 30, 2023 22:16:07 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

I’m a chi native and punk fan myself. My opening post in this thread, I wanted the guy back but now he’s done way too much. No way in hell TK should keep him on, unless he gets some intensive therapy

The fact they didn't cut him out of the All In recap video leads me to believe he'll be back once his little suspension is up. The straight up did not acknowledge him or the Bucks last year and that was a bigger situation.

He was barely in it though, for like a singular second

Idk how true any of the reports are but if his relationship with Khan is fractured it's gonna be really hard for this to go on as if nothing happened, again.

[Demented]

Aug 30, 2023 22:37:27 GMT -5 chazraps said:

You know it's been a day when the TNA faux-scaffold-bigfoot tapings from 2015 got three separate mentions.

[Final Countdown Jones]

Aug 30, 2023 22:37:27 GMT -5 chazraps said:

You know it's been a day when the TNA faux-scaffold-bigfoot tapings from 2015 got three separate mentions.

The deathwatch spoiler thread that week is like the wrestling forum equivalent of generational trauma

[asellus]

I know it’s several pages ago, but that Viscera gif lives rent free in my head now, did not wxpect that

What the f*** was the 2000’s

[UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm]

a that 70s show commercial is going to start looping on saturday during collision and I’m ready

[jm]

Aug 30, 2023 22:43:59 GMT -5 Final Countdown Jones said:

Aug 30, 2023 22:37:27 GMT -5 chazraps said:

You know it's been a day when the TNA faux-scaffold-bigfoot tapings from 2015 got three separate mentions.

The deathwatch spoiler thread that week is like the wrestling forum equivalent of generational trauma

Does anyone have the link to that thread? I need to read it to have a good laugh after all the Punk bs this week.

[markymark]

Aug 30, 2023 22:37:01 GMT -5 Facetious said:

Aug 30, 2023 22:16:07 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

I’m a chi native and punk fan myself. My opening post in this thread, I wanted the guy back but now he’s done way too much. No way in hell TK should keep him on, unless he gets some intensive therapy

The fact they didn't cut him out of the All In recap video leads me to believe he'll be back once his little suspension is up. The straight up did not acknowledge him or the Bucks last year and that was a bigger situation.

Maybe back after All Out, if he was going to be on Saturday then Britt wouldnt be working Collision(they hate each other now)

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Aug 30, 2023 22:08:24 GMT -5 TOK Is the Target Demo said:

Aug 30, 2023 21:55:59 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

...

This reads like something that would be on that fake TNA taping they did during that epic megablock (you know the one) to throw people off the scent.

So you're saying that Bigfoot is going to do a run in and stand up for Steamboat?

Once again Mothman gets screwed over. He's the workhorse cryptid, but it's always about Bigfoot. Need I remind you that Bigfoot used his stroke to bury the Dover Demon?

Aug 30, 2023 22:12:09 GMT -5 Chiral said:

Come to think of it, I didn't hear any Punk chants at all tonight. I could've missed em but man dude really torched so much of his reputation for [insert reason here]

Honestly when was the last time there were "CM Punk" chants for something he wasn't in? It's been years since that chant in WWE, and I can't remember it being in any segments or matches that didn't involve Punk in AEW.