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Post by Sparkybob on Apr 10, 2024 21:51:30 GMT -5
As someone who most of his life had more friends that were girls than boys, I don't think it is instinctively wrong with a guy who does that. Until there are stories of him making these women uncomfortable of course.
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Post by A Little Doo Doo on Apr 10, 2024 21:54:37 GMT -5
As someone who most of his life had more friends that were girls than boys, I don't think it is instinctively wrong with a guy who does that. Until there are stories of him making these women uncomfortable of course. Same here. I just get along better with women, and I've never even had a girlfriend!
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Post by Sparkybob on Apr 10, 2024 21:58:00 GMT -5
As someone who most of his life had more friends that were girls than boys, I don't think it is instinctively wrong with a guy who does that. Until there are stories of him making these women uncomfortable of course. Same here. I just get along better with women, and I've never even had a girlfriend! Have you tried asking girls out wearing this classic shirt?
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Apr 10, 2024 22:14:50 GMT -5
Same here. I just get along better with women, and I've never even had a girlfriend! Have you tried asking girls out wearing this classic shirt? WANNA BEE is the ultimate girl-asking shirt.
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Post by sdoyle7798 on Apr 10, 2024 22:48:54 GMT -5
Don't let him turn you into a Blackhawks fan, Jey. I wouldn’t worry about that tonight anyway. Let's Go Blues!
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Post by Demented on Apr 11, 2024 0:15:12 GMT -5
Same here. I just get along better with women, and I've never even had a girlfriend! Have you tried asking girls out wearing this classic shirt? The Y2AJ shirt stays on during sex.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Apr 11, 2024 2:00:41 GMT -5
I can bash on Punk all day but I'd a lot rather stick to actual verifiable reasons to do so. Nothing I've seen from the guy has done anything to indicate that there's anything untoward about his relationships with the women around him. Like I wouldn't even put it on the level of Foley - not that there's really any real evidence of him doing anything either - since at least there you can point toward headtilting comments in his books as being kind of weird, Punk doesn't even have that much.
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Post by DichEvans on Apr 11, 2024 2:06:27 GMT -5
Same here. I just get along better with women, and I've never even had a girlfriend! Have you tried asking girls out wearing this classic shirt? This shirt is still worse than AEW showing that footage. It just makes them come off as a hollywood couple
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 11, 2024 2:09:43 GMT -5
It's really amazing how this dude has gone from a guy I wanted back more into wrestling and the wrestling climate more then like any wrestler that was currently away/retired from it, to someone I wish never came back, because he has actively tanked how much I enjoy discussing wrestling products due to tainting multiple wells and simply double down times a hundred in doing so.
Nothing more to say other than that, I used to love this dude, used to be one of my favorites, and he has caused legit some of the most toxic, irrational, embarrassing discussions between fandoms I can remember seeing in my time discussing wrestling on the internet, and it's sad and exhausting in so many ways.
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Post by Mid-Carder on Apr 11, 2024 4:32:07 GMT -5
Phil does enough stuff for real without inventing stuff. The women are obviously comfortable with him, and they would know better than us.
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Apr 11, 2024 4:35:21 GMT -5
It's really amazing how this dude has gone from a guy I wanted back more into wrestling and the wrestling climate more then like any wrestler that was currently away/retired from it, to someone I wish never came back, because he has actively tanked how much I enjoy discussing wrestling products due to tainting multiple wells and simply double down times a hundred in doing so. Nothing more to say other than that, I used to love this dude, used to be one of my favorites, and he has caused legit some of the most toxic, irrational, embarrassing discussions between fandoms I can remember seeing in my time discussing wrestling on the internet, and it's sad and exhausting in so many ways. I feel the same way. Was a huge fan. The discourse around him has brought out the worst in the wrestling community Always thought this place was mostly free of the bad faith takes seen commonly on Reddit, twitter and Facebook. After last night it almost makes me want to avoid taking wrestling anywhere. It really is exhausting to see this much hate and anger surrounding something I’ve enjoyed for 40 years. I’m assuming many people who are still Punk fans feel the same way but from the opposite perspective . It’s tiring.
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Post by thechase on Apr 11, 2024 4:49:21 GMT -5
Nothing more to say other than that, I used to love this dude, used to be one of my favorites, and he has caused legit some of the most toxic, irrational, embarrassing discussions between fandoms I can remember seeing in my time discussing wrestling on the internet, and it's sad and exhausting in so many ways. On the internet, it doesn't translate to real life with the crowds that pay money to see him perform. Life for most isn't a computer screen.
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Post by XIII on Apr 11, 2024 4:50:53 GMT -5
Punk is a weird case for me I’ve never been a huge fan of his either in the ring or his promos and most of the time I just roll my eyes at his shooty stuff but every once in a while he gets up to some stuff that I can’t help but to chuckle at. I don’t think that he’s as good as some people make him out to be but the one thing that he is good at is getting the CM Punk character across to the audience and that is why he’ll always be over anywhere that he goes no matter what nonsense he gets up to outside of the ring.
As for him being around the women a lot of people are just more comfortable with that. I personally am as well. As long as it’s just friendly stuff it shouldn’t even really be an issue and for all of Punk’s faults I’ve never heard even a single instance of him doing AJ wrong. 🤷🏻♂️
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Post by Legion on Apr 11, 2024 5:23:28 GMT -5
I got very confused for a minute and assumed there had been an allegation.
Given who he is and the very clear lines he makes people draw about him, if there was anything untoward going on/gone on, someone would definitely have spilt those beans.
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Post by fw91 on Apr 11, 2024 5:27:52 GMT -5
It's really amazing how this dude has gone from a guy I wanted back more into wrestling and the wrestling climate more then like any wrestler that was currently away/retired from it, to someone I wish never came back, because he has actively tanked how much I enjoy discussing wrestling products due to tainting multiple wells and simply double down times a hundred in doing so. Nothing more to say other than that, I used to love this dude, used to be one of my favorites, and he has caused legit some of the most toxic, irrational, embarrassing discussions between fandoms I can remember seeing in my time discussing wrestling on the internet, and it's sad and exhausting in so many ways. Question I want to ask you- Has Punk’s AEW run make you rethink his WWE exit in 2014? Like perhaps there’s another side to the story and he was being a bit entitled and we wrongfully bought into his story?
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Post by mcstoklasa on Apr 11, 2024 5:28:47 GMT -5
I got very confused for a minute and assumed there had been an allegation. Given who he is and the very clear lines he makes people draw about him, if there was anything untoward going on/gone on, someone would definitely have spilt those beans. Yeah I am very confused by what's been said
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 11, 2024 5:34:16 GMT -5
It's really amazing how this dude has gone from a guy I wanted back more into wrestling and the wrestling climate more then like any wrestler that was currently away/retired from it, to someone I wish never came back, because he has actively tanked how much I enjoy discussing wrestling products due to tainting multiple wells and simply double down times a hundred in doing so. Nothing more to say other than that, I used to love this dude, used to be one of my favorites, and he has caused legit some of the most toxic, irrational, embarrassing discussions between fandoms I can remember seeing in my time discussing wrestling on the internet, and it's sad and exhausting in so many ways. Question I want to ask you- Has Punk’s AEW run make you rethink his WWE exit in 2014? Like perhaps there’s another side to the story and he was being a bit entitled and we wrongfully bought into his story? There may have been, though be that as it may, the 2014 exit has lead us to here, it lead to the lawsuit, it lead to him leaving wrestling, it lead to him falling out with Colt... it lead to ALL of this bullshit, in the end I do think there's truth to it, he won the lawsuit after all, I do think he was broken down, hurt, fed up, and I can definitely believe he had a hard time working with HHH due to HHH's track record, but the last few years definitely do bring a lot of shit CM Punk has said or told into questionable lights, and that's really his fault. Everyone seemed on his side in the WWE situation, and now it's... really all just fallen apart for his reputation, and it's been depressing to watch.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Apr 11, 2024 5:36:49 GMT -5
Nothing more to say other than that, I used to love this dude, used to be one of my favorites, and he has caused legit some of the most toxic, irrational, embarrassing discussions between fandoms I can remember seeing in my time discussing wrestling on the internet, and it's sad and exhausting in so many ways. On the internet, it doesn't translate to real life with the crowds that pay money to see him perform. Life for most isn't a computer screen. That doesn't really make me feel better or any of this ok "But the live crowds that pay to see him want to see him" so what exactly? I'm not allowed to be pissed at how he's ruined discourse online like completely between two companies? Not saying you can't enjoy the guy just don't see how that's prevelant to my take Also don't see how live crowds also don't argue about him given CM Punk chants start and get shouted down plenty of places. Life for me isn't a computer screen either, but for those of us who like to discuss wrestling, he has turned it into a disaster area for the foreseeable future.
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Post by Johnny Flamingo on Apr 11, 2024 5:41:34 GMT -5
I got very confused for a minute and assumed there had been an allegation. Given who he is and the very clear lines he makes people draw about him, if there was anything untoward going on/gone on, someone would definitely have spilt those beans. Yeah I am very confused by what's been said Not to mention he is married to and very supportive of AJ Lee, who has been a very vocal person regarding mental health and abuse. Nothing indicated anything negative about Punk in that regards. If anything his relationship to his wife probably makes him more supportive of the women in WWE which is why he is constantly with them.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Apr 11, 2024 5:43:07 GMT -5
As frustrated as I was with Punk’s character direction during 2011 as a babyface/tweener, I don’t have many complaints about him as a performer or his range even if there’s others I often find more interesting than him. I’m also not doing any victory laps either over his misadventures, I might joke about him but I feel genuinely bad for fans of his who feel left down by how he’s been acting recently.
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