The Ichi
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Post by The Ichi on Nov 26, 2023 20:01:45 GMT -5
Putting aside how wrong you are, you do know that Punk was mostly the one shooting his mouth off I assume? Since he assaulted someone and threatened the life of another, I assume he was charged and served his sentence? The first time he got suspended and put under investigation (but had the charges dropped against him by the victims), the second time he lost his job. Where are you going with any of this? Do you even know?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Nov 26, 2023 20:02:36 GMT -5
Putting aside how wrong you are, you do know that Punk was mostly the one shooting his mouth off I assume? Since he assaulted someone and threatened the life of another, I assume he was charged and served his sentence? Dude, a couple of months ago you posted a joke about slavery. Edit: I had another point here but decided it was better to cut it on digging up that post again for a refresher, I apologize for that part of it.
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Post by chazraps on Nov 26, 2023 20:04:54 GMT -5
Putting aside how wrong you are, you do know that Punk was mostly the one shooting his mouth off I assume? Since he assaulted someone and threatened the life of another, I assume he was charged and served his sentence? Big "well, what was he WEARING" vibes here. Life isn't as simple as "well if he truly did something wrong, he'd be in jail." It's naive at best and outdated and dismissive at worst to think so in 2023. Especially in an actual business in the entertainment industry.
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Post by Big DSR Energy on Nov 26, 2023 20:07:07 GMT -5
It's true, I am a bald crybaby with a beard. Can't wait for your weekly heel/face turns SCREW YOU, JERK! No, I'm kidding, I love you. KNOW WHAT, F*** YOU! Nah, you're alright.
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Post by HIM on Nov 26, 2023 20:08:54 GMT -5
Dope responses to my "really no joking around, what do you want out of Punk in the WWE" question. I respect everyone's answer.
Not gonna lie though, I will say all of the "nah I want WWE to fail, burn, f*** it and f*** em for taking Punk back" stuff seems a bit too serious. If people felt that before Survivor Series I get it and nah, I'm not talking about that. Wanting that to happen to them now or feeling more upset at them over the past day though because they've gotten Punk again, I don't get it.
Everyone's different. Me I just don't take "Company Warz" seriously anymore. They're in the same boat as far as I'm concerned. I ain't on their payrolls.
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Post by lionheart21 on Nov 26, 2023 20:12:12 GMT -5
Dope responses to my "really no joking around, what do you want out of Punk in the WWE" question. I respect everyone's answer. Not gonna like though, I will say all of the "nah I want WWE to fail, burn, f*** it and f*** em for taking Punk back" stuff seems a bit too serious. If people felt that before Survivor Series I get it. Wanting that to happen to them now or feeling more upset at them over the past day though because they've got Punk, I don't get it. Everyone's different. Me I just don't take "Company Warz" seriously anymore. They're in the same boat as far as I'm concerned.
My main thing is that I just want the man to grow up and take responsibility for his actions. He's one of the best pro wrestlers of our generation, and at the same time is a toxic manchild that seems to burn bridges with every company he works with. If he can do this, then he is still capable of doing great things in the business. But he seriously needs to get out of his own way, since he is his own worst enemy. And at this point in his life, I'm not sure if he is able to do so.
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Post by Stu on Nov 26, 2023 20:12:50 GMT -5
Just gonna step in and tell everyone to chill before we need to lock this thread.
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UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Nov 26, 2023 20:13:17 GMT -5
Dope responses to my "really no joking around, what do you want out of Punk in the WWE" question. I respect everyone's answer.
Not gonna lie though, I will say all of the "nah I want WWE to fail, burn, f*** it and f*** em for taking Punk back" stuff seems a bit too serious. If people felt that before Survivor Series I get it. Wanting that to happen to them now or feeling more upset at them over the past day though because they've got Punk, I don't get it.
Everyone's different. Me I just don't take "Company Warz" seriously anymore. They're in the same boat as far as I'm concerned.
normally i'd completely agree and it reminds me of the console wars that people somehow still have between sony/nintendo/microsoft but i do kinda get it when i look at it from their point of view. wwe is red hot right now but i know there were like... at least 10+ times when i watched the show more regularly before HHH took over where I was like "dude wwe actually hates the fans, why do we keep watching this shit" and the company was super antagonistic towards the audience which led to pretty sizable problems and the creation of aew in the first place! all in does not happen then or at any time in the future unless wwe had pissed their fans off enough to where somebody felt comfortable taking a dip into making another company. aew was built upon that and although i watch both companies somewhat equally now (probably 65% AEW), i can totally see why a lot of people would be hesitant to want to see wwe get their shit together for good when things were rough for years.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Nov 26, 2023 20:14:19 GMT -5
Dope responses to my "really no joking around, what do you want out of Punk in the WWE" question. I respect everyone's answer.
Not gonna lie though, I will say all of the "nah I want WWE to fail, burn, f*** it and f*** em for taking Punk back" stuff seems a bit too serious. If people felt that before Survivor Series I get it and nah, I'm not talking about that. Wanting that to happen to them now or feeling more upset at them over the past day though because they've gotten Punk again, I don't get it.
Everyone's different. Me I just don't take "Company Warz" seriously anymore. They're in the same boat as far as I'm concerned. I ain't on their payrolls.
If he's truly committed his goal for his 2nd run with the company is to blow Shawn's 2002-2010 run. That is forever the measuring stick for guys who come back to the company for a 2nd run. Edge and Bryan are really the only two who have had a similar 2nd run, but shorter length.
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Post by HIM on Nov 26, 2023 20:15:47 GMT -5
Dope responses to my "really no joking around, what do you want out of Punk in the WWE" question. I respect everyone's answer. Not gonna like though, I will say all of the "nah I want WWE to fail, burn, f*** it and f*** em for taking Punk back" stuff seems a bit too serious. If people felt that before Survivor Series I get it. Wanting that to happen to them now or feeling more upset at them over the past day though because they've got Punk, I don't get it. Everyone's different. Me I just don't take "Company Warz" seriously anymore. They're in the same boat as far as I'm concerned.
My main thing is that I just want the man to grow up and take responsibility for his actions. He's one of the best pro wrestlers of our generation, and at the same time is a toxic manchild that seems to burn bridges with every company he works with. If he can do this, then he is still capable of doing great things in the business. But he seriously needs to get out of his own way, since he is his own worst enemy. And at this point in his life, I'm not sure if he is able to do so. He's going to have to cut the best promo of his career Monday to get all of the "I hate the WWE system" stench from the past 12 years off of him. That's all he can do. He might have changed but he's a hypocrite and he has to mend fences with a DMV line of people. You can't say all of that and not expect to be called out about it, let alone his AEW comments. Now it looks like those comments about AEW might have been filler. We don't know. In all the years I've watched wrestling I've never seen anyone having to correct this much about not just 1 but 2 companies. We've never seen this.
I look forward to seeing him try to do this even though I get a feeling he's not doing the whole 3 years he signed up for (allegedly). I just want him to actually do something he hasn't done in all the years in the wrestling industry and that's man up to his issues, faults and grow up. He's in his 40s.
We don't wanna be watching some CM Punk documentary 20 years from now with our kids saying "this guy changed wrestling for the better and for the worst."
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The Ichi
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Post by The Ichi on Nov 26, 2023 20:21:32 GMT -5
My main thing is that I just want the man to grow up and take responsibility for his actions. He's one of the best pro wrestlers of our generation, and at the same time is a toxic manchild that seems to burn bridges with every company he works with. If he can do this, then he is still capable of doing great things in the business. But he seriously needs to get out of his own way, since he is his own worst enemy. And at this point in his life, I'm not sure if he is able to do so. He's going to have to cut the best promo of his career Monday to get all of the "I hate the WWE system" stench from the past 12 years off of him. That's all he can do. He might have changed but he's a hypocrite and he has to mend fences with a DMV line of people. You can't say all of that and not expect to be called out about it, let alone his AEW comments. Now it looks like those comments about AEW might have been filler. We don't know. In all the years I've watched wrestling I've never seen anyone having to correct this much about not just 1 but 2 companies. We've never seen this.
I look forward to seeing him try to do this even though I get a feeling he's not doing the whole 3 years he signed up for (allegedly). I just want him to actually do something he hasn't done in all the years in the wrestling industry and that's man up to his issues, faults and grow up. He's in his 40s. We don't wanna be watching some CM Punk documentary 20 years from now with our kids saying "this guy changed wrestling for the better and for the worst."
He hasn't manned up to his issues throughout his entire wrestling career. He's not going to decide to now that he's back at the company that kickstarted many of those issues. You may get a "To those of you I upset before I'm sorry" promo (sounds familiar), but the veeneer will last as long as everyone around him can safely tiptoe around the eggshells.
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Post by ChitownKnight on Nov 26, 2023 20:21:51 GMT -5
Punk hasn’t even been back 24 hours and hasn’t even really done anything wild besides returning and this thread is already at almost 60 pages and in threat of being locked lmao, whether Punk gets out of his own way and succeeds or causes a shitshow, it will be great either way lol
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Nov 26, 2023 20:23:35 GMT -5
He's going to have to cut the best promo of his career Monday to get all of the "I hate the WWE system" stench from the past 12 years off of him. That's all he can do. He might have changed but he's a hypocrite and he has to mend fences with a DMV line of people. You can't say all of that and not expect to be called out about it, let alone his AEW comments. Now it looks like those comments about AEW might have been filler. We don't know. In all the years I've watched wrestling I've never seen anyone having to correct this much about not just 1 but 2 companies. We've never seen this.
I look forward to seeing him try to do this even though I get a feeling he's not doing the whole 3 years he signed up for (allegedly). I just want him to actually do something he hasn't done in all the years in the wrestling industry and that's man up to his issues, faults and grow up. He's in his 40s. We don't wanna be watching some CM Punk documentary 20 years from now with our kids saying "this guy changed wrestling for the better and for the worst."
He hasn't manned up to his issues throughout his entire wrestling career. He's not going to decide to now that he's back at the company that kickstarted many of those issues. You may get a "To those of you I upset before I'm sorry" promo (sounds familiar), but the veeneer will last as long as everyone around him can safely tiptoe around the eggshells. And there's no reason at all to believe he learned anything from the Perry situation because 1), he was immediately throwing shots over it through his MMA thing, and 2), he learned nothing at all from the Elite issue and that was a much higher-profile screwup that partially happened publicly. And why WOULD he learn anything when so many people don't care at all and actively cheer on the fact that he did it.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Nov 26, 2023 20:25:28 GMT -5
dude is gonna hear stone cold's music at mania and restart the downward spiral get ready
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Post by Savage Gambino on Nov 26, 2023 20:29:45 GMT -5
Putting aside how wrong you are, you do know that Punk was mostly the one shooting his mouth off I assume? Since he assaulted someone and threatened the life of another, I assume he was charged and served his sentence? Ah yes, the old "he didn't go to prison, so clearly he did nothing wrong" defense. I feel like Rita Chatterton would disagree with this argument, but go off.
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Post by ppl591 on Nov 26, 2023 20:35:37 GMT -5
Can't wait for your weekly heel/face turns SCREW YOU, JERK! No, I'm kidding, I love you. I hope they don't make you the new years baby 😬 KNOW WHAT, F*** YOU! Nah, you're alright.
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Post by jm on Nov 26, 2023 20:36:17 GMT -5
Putting aside how wrong you are, you do know that Punk was mostly the one shooting his mouth off I assume? Since he assaulted someone and threatened the life of another, I assume he was charged and served his sentence? So if someone commits a crime and they were never charged, it means they are innocent? So if someone breaks into your house and is never charged, therefore they didn't commit a crime? No wonder why I have you blocked.
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Post by Chuck Conry on Nov 26, 2023 20:37:13 GMT -5
So who's our prime suspect list of people who could have a problem with Punk in WWE?
Seth Cody KO Sami AJ
Maybe Drew? That could be more about Punk getting the bag he wanted and his spot though.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Nov 26, 2023 20:38:23 GMT -5
Since he assaulted someone and threatened the life of another, I assume he was charged and served his sentence? Ah yes, the old "he didn't go to prison, so clearly he did nothing wrong" defense. I feel like Rita Chatterton would disagree with this argument, but go off. She’d probably appreciate your equivalence of rape to a pull apart fist fight.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Nov 26, 2023 20:39:00 GMT -5
Can't wait for your weekly heel/face turns SCREW YOU, JERK! No, I'm kidding, I love you. KNOW WHAT, F*** YOU! Nah, you're alright.
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