Punk Scrum Thread II: Punk terminated from AEW

[A Little Doo Doo]

How funny would it have been if Tony Khan actually kicked Punk's ass? Like I'm imagining Punk putting his hands on Tony and Tony giving him a GTS.

[Mid-Carder]

Sept 3, 2023 11:09:26 GMT -5 Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! said:

Sept 3, 2023 8:49:42 GMT -5 Mid-Carder said:

RVD got in trouble four years after Triple H buried him, by which time WWE had already decided to make RVD their champion, so Triple H doesn't get any credit from me for that one.

Jeff I'll give you, but Edge certainly didn't have any qualms about putting him over.

you're missing my point. Triple H didnt put over RVD during the reign of terror because he believed RVD's excessive pot use would embarrass the company. he caught a LOT of flack for not putting over RVD. then when WWE DID give RVD the ball a few years later, he almost immediately proved Trips right by driving high as a kite.

For me it's a stopped watch situation. Triple H didn't want to job to anybody except his buddies and went out of his way to bury anyone getting a push, usually in promos. The fact RVD later got in trouble is a convenient way of saying "see? Triple H was right not to put this guy over!" Four whole years had passed since their feud.

It's also not up to him to decide what will and won't embarrass the company.

TLDR: Punk and HHH are both assholes, and one getting into trouble doesn't vindicate the other

[cjmb]

Sept 3, 2023 11:08:25 GMT -5 The Legendary Ring Troll {BLM} said:

Sept 3, 2023 9:54:21 GMT -5 CeilingFan said:

I love CM Punk, but I will lose all respect for him if he goes back to WWE.

That’s the final straw? Him going back to WWE ten years after he left and things have changed immensely since he had his issues with them?

That’s the one???

My friend, I’m from Chicago, CM Punk sucked me back into the WWE in 2010 and he was my favorite wrestler until he left. I have the original Best in the World shirt. I was at the First Dance when he returned. I have two of the I Was There return shirts, one sealed in its original packaging.

Respect and admiration for CM Punk left me about a year ago when I saw him act like a unprofessional jackass in front of his dumbstruck boss. The fight afterwards only reinforced that. The leaking of fake stories and the comments to the press continued to reinforce it.

I still watched Collision every week and against my better judgement, enjoyed Punk’s segments. He was still damn good at what he did.

However, Punk attacking someone for a comment he HIMSELF would make, and then apparently also threatening his boss to the point where fanboy Tony Khan, who by all accounts is the biggest Punk Stan of us all, was in fear for his life and finally fired his Chosen One, should be absolutely enough for anyone to finally lose respect for this man child.

May I suggest Bryan Danielson as your new favorite? He became mine when Punk left WWE and hasn’t disappointed me since.

“I can excuse they multiple assaults, but working for WWE? Now you offend me, sir!”

[Confused Mark Wahlberg]

Sept 3, 2023 10:33:03 GMT -5 markymark said:

Seeing this picture of a dude in his drawers who goes around threatening people reminds me that I need to call my uncle.

[Bo Rida]

I don't know where this wwe talk is coming from, Mr Workers rights would never go to a company that treats their independent contractors the way WWE do.

That would be like name dropping the ceo of a studio that's fighting against striking actors and writers.

[Dub H]

Sept 3, 2023 9:48:53 GMT -5 RKTaker said:

oh boy

Good thing Dax endrd his podcast

[Chiral]

Sept 3, 2023 10:45:04 GMT -5 Rest easy big bro said:

Sept 2, 2023 17:48:11 GMT -5 Chiral said:

The way you engage with this company is really concerning. it's not healthy to be this doomposter invested in something. I really hope you can take a step back at some point or maybe find something that doesn't seem so misery inducing as AEW does.

Doesn't matter at this point. I have to accept I cannot escape the things I hate.

Check NFK to do pre-season football? Nope WWE licensed belts

Watch sports on ESPN? Nope WWE all over the place

f*** when I played Fortnite with my young nephew, you guessed it WWE skins

It has permeated everything.


I don't use Twitter, I barely use this forum because most people have blocked me yet it's going to be f***ing front-page news when Punk faces Roman at WM and every single solitary person takes a victory lap around AEW.

Was I so wrong that I wanted someone else besides Vince and friends to win, f***ing once? Just once.

No, instead I get backstage bullshit over and over and over because I can't have nice things ever.

As for doomposting; Punks gone. This thread logically should be locked but nope, It's gonna whiz past 1000+ all so people can continue to kick AEW while it's down.

AEW's barely even down atm, they sold 81k seats at friggin Wembley, they're gonna be fine.
This way of looking at things that are supposed to bring people happiness as this bleak absolutely hopeless place is scary to me, it seriously isn't healthy and I hope you can break out of these intensely negative ways of perceiving entertainment, I wish I had something better to say but that's all I got and I'll leave it there.

[A Little Doo Doo]

He's gonna go wrestle in Japan. He means it this time! FOR REAL!

[markymark]

Wade Keller stated in a PWTorch audio update that he heard that is more that happened between Punk and Tony Khan that witnesses did not see and that might be what Khan was talking about during his press release and statement that aired at the start of AEW Collision, in reference to his safety and life being at risk.

Keller talked about the incident between Punk and Khan that "Tony only told people about." He said, "My understanding is that there was something behind a closed door also that may come out or may not, depending on how all this plays out. When Punk quit and chewed out Tony, there was an element of that that was not in front of dozens of people that others have said they're trying to get confirmation on but I'm confident in based on my sourcing, which I won't get into. I think there's other elements of it than just the monitors."

wrestlingnews.co/aew-news/there-was-an-incident-between-cm-punk-and-tony-khan-that-happened-behind-closed-doors

[tagteammatchplaya]

[crazydom]

Yeah, basically we're seeing there's no way Punk would have actually been fired if he just got into it with Perry. He must have not only lunged at Tony, but also done something even more significant that led to Tony finally realizing that Punk is an unhinged lunatic that needs to go.

[Kalmia]

If this firing ends up boiling down to whatever happened between Punk and Khan, then watching the Punk apologists try to blame that on the Elite is going to be fun.

"Punk physically threatened Khan because... the Elite made him?"

I never want Khan to be a Mr. Mahon type character, but c'mon Tony, give us one "Punk screwed Punk" statement.

[Burst]

I'm increasingly feeling like this is going to come out as something where TK would've been within reason to press assault charges on Punk and firing him with cause was the minimum response he could've had.

[tagteammatchplaya]

The dirt sheets are making it sound like he tried to murder him or something, i really wonder what happened

[Gawk Rivers]

[door locks]

CM Punk: AER YOU FAMILIAR WITH DIM MAK 

[XIII]

The dumbest possible thing that CM Punk can do right now is make an “explosive” statement…so of course that’s what he’s going to do.

Dude is the gift that keeps on giving for this thread.

[Citizen Snips]

“You ever see OLDBOY, Tony?!? Cash, gimme your hammer!!”

[Bo Rida]

Sept 3, 2023 11:49:32 GMT -5 XIII said:

The dumbest possible thing that CM Punk can do right now is make an “explosive” statement…so of course that’s what he’s going to do.

Dude is the gift that keeps on giving for this thread.

Tbf most aew related explosions are a massive anti-climax.

[Gawk Rivers]

[Dub H]

The decisive evidence Cash sent was that Punk had his gun all along