john84
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Post by john84 on Dec 31, 2023 1:22:54 GMT -5
I mean, Jack Perry is the dude who ran him out of the company so literally anybody could trigger it. Punk even once said “if you have a problem with Jungle Boy, you’re the problem” on TV! This I didn't know (or, at least, had forgotten about).
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 31, 2023 21:06:51 GMT -5
Punk looks possessed by a snake here:
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Post by raymondo316 on Dec 31, 2023 21:10:18 GMT -5
Punk even once said “if you have a problem with Jungle Boy, you’re the problem” on TV! This I didn't know (or, at least, had forgotten about).
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 31, 2023 21:24:36 GMT -5
Punk looks possessed by a snake here: It's like that 2005 ROH heel turn promo of his said to start the original Summer of Punk.
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Chiral
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Post by Chiral on Dec 31, 2023 21:33:15 GMT -5
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Post by Hypnosis on Dec 31, 2023 21:42:14 GMT -5
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Dec 31, 2023 23:07:01 GMT -5
CM Punk v. Logan Paul feud and all that stuff from AEW gets forgiven.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 4, 2024 19:02:37 GMT -5
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Chiral
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Post by Chiral on Jan 5, 2024 13:40:16 GMT -5
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Renslayer
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Post by Renslayer on Jan 5, 2024 15:01:27 GMT -5
They gotta get over it. The war's over
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jan 5, 2024 16:32:47 GMT -5
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Post by DrBackflipsHoffman on Jan 5, 2024 16:37:06 GMT -5
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Post by 06vwgti on Jan 5, 2024 16:56:23 GMT -5
They gotta get over it. The war's over wut?
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Nosnorb
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Post by Nosnorb on Jan 9, 2024 11:34:56 GMT -5
More shooty nonsense from both Punk and Drew last night. It should have been Punk telling Drew to stop being a bitch and stop moaning about bottling another title match and have that lead to both declaring their entry into the Royal Rumble, not "Locker Room Leader" nonsense.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Jan 12, 2024 12:02:18 GMT -5
Had a lot of time to think on this, now five weeks have passed and I can finally compile my thoughts for yet another CM Punk megathread. Here's my conclusion... CM Punk is a major f***ing hypocrite. After years of torching this place, even as far as a year and a half ago calling it "The place that got me sick in the first place", to go BACK, because he ran out of options and exposed to the world who he really is, and then still got everything he wanted, and did it AGAIN, he went crawling back through the supplicants entrance, and made, quite frankly, a pathetic comeback speech where he proclaimed he was "Home", where you could see through it harder then a freshly cleaned window. I get the moment was huge for some people, I also get that CM Punk has money feuds that people will care about in WWE. Me however? A longtime Punk fan? Someone who actually defended him and gave him the benefit of the doubt in AEW? Ask anyone here, they'll tell you I did that until I just f***ing couldn't anymore, because this is who CM Punk is, I frankly could have done without ever seeing this dude in a professional wrestling ring again, It's not good for wrestling, at least as far as fandom is concerned, to me personally. CM Punk in WWE is the exact opposite of what wrestling discourse needed right now. Because now, it is chock full of a bunch of people (Not here, just online) who will lord this over AEW or its dying and proclaim it their "Biggest mistake" to "Let him go" and "Choose the no drawing Bucks and Jack Perry over a real star" and just wish for their precious monopoly to return and put this guy on the soapbox of never having to suffer any consequences for their very real actions. It's quite frankly dumped cyanide into an already poisoned well and enabled the absolute worst people to puff out their chests and proclaim they were "right all along", especially when Punk likes to give shitheads in Louisville a platform. I digress, when it comes to FAN and this rhetoric, most people are in agreement about what CM Punk is at this point and the state of affairs since he left one company and entered another. There are some who still love the guy and want to see how stuff plays out, again, I get it, that was me for a very long time, until I simply couldn't ignore this dude's problems anymore. I hope he has a good storytelling and wrestling run in WWE, and if he doesn't? No one is actually going to be surprised that's been paying attention, but hey good news to Roman, his albatross of a world title reign isn't my most loathed aspect of WWE anymore, it's any time this dude shows up and acts like he wants to be here, when he doesn't. He had it all, everything he wanted, and he blew it, and no self-aware meta storyline with Seth Rollins is going to make any of that any better. But at least Punk will get to main event night one of the buy one get one free extravaganza huh? Anyway, where the heck are the Muffins? Come on, I'm starving here! Well look at that. That rare thing, a post where we agree on basically every single point
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john84
Fry's dog Seymour
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Post by john84 on Jan 12, 2024 12:32:00 GMT -5
More shooty nonsense from both Punk and Drew last night. It should have been Punk telling Drew to stop being a bitch and stop moaning about bottling another title match and have that lead to both declaring their entry into the Royal Rumble, not "Locker Room Leader" nonsense. Didn't Punk already declare his entry into the Rumble at the end of his segment with Rollins? Besides, shooty nonsense is Punk's go-to in promos it feels like so *shrug*
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chazraps
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Post by chazraps on Jan 12, 2024 13:39:39 GMT -5
I don't find "locker room leader" stuff to be shooty. Kayfabe, it's a competitive sport under a global entertainment brand. You hear the term "locker room leader" elsewhere. Drew was frustrated with where his career was going and thought Punk, who claimed to be a leader, was never there to help anyone but himself. Kayfabe it makes perfect sense.
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Post by xCompackx on Jan 12, 2024 14:13:13 GMT -5
Personally, ever since "I apologize for leaving" and "I'm home", Punk promos basically come off as AI scripted nonsense.
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Perd
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Post by Perd on Jan 12, 2024 15:06:09 GMT -5
In the early going, anyone's promo on Punk is bound to be shooty. You have to let his foils address the elephant in the room. Everybody knows he left. Most know the things he said after he left. And a lot know that hetook an even bigger shit on the last place he worked. Then he comes back, saying almost the complete opposite of everything he said over the past nine years. You have to allow guys like Seth and Drew to talk about it.
The problem is, Punk is ostensibly the face. And it’s being pointed out that the face is full of shit. And even a silver-tongued devil, like Punk, can say to dispute such obvious truth. All he can do is respond with threats. And the promos just come off as confused wheel spinning.
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UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Jan 12, 2024 16:52:45 GMT -5
Personally, ever since "I apologize for leaving" and "I'm home", Punk promos basically come off as AI scripted nonsense. everyone wanted to talk about Cody's run last year at the rumble being potentially unnatural, giving this Punk character as it stands currently any type of WM main event/title shot doesn't feel right at all. he barely even matters on the show, why the hell is he the running favorite to win the rumble?
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