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Post by HIM on Nov 26, 2023 20:39:02 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. While this might end up being true, from what we know Punk and Trips somehow hashed their issues out and this is a guy Punk's been shitting on since he was in the company. Given that, given he's willingly joining WWE, he's made some kind of progress in being an adult. Like, as a whole he's probably never going to get over all of his issues and as a whole he's probably never going to be cool with everyone backstage but still, he's at least an ounce different from the guy who was shitting on WWE who brawled at Brawlout.
It's just a matter of how far he can keep it going and that's purely up to him, his ego and his stubborn ways.
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Post by Fade on Nov 26, 2023 20:40:16 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 said it in every punk thread but dis is him
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Post by Push R Truth on Nov 26, 2023 20:43:50 GMT -5
I still laugh at all the blatant hypocrisy of old ass CM Punk returning to take the spotlight from younger dudes that are fighting and clawing for any chance to get to the top.
At least the guy has been 100% consistent with his peddling of bullshit for his entire career.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Nov 26, 2023 20:43:51 GMT -5
Let me ask yall a question, be honest... What do you want to come from this? Do you want Punk to have changed and for this WWE run to go great? Do you want Punk to try his hardest to make this work so it's decent? Do you want it to fail because you don't like Punk/like the Bucks or AEW/you think it'll be the funniest most entertaining outcome? Do you want it to fail because you hate Trips/WWE? What do you honestly want? I'm seeing responses and yeah there's a lot of jokes but rather than joking like we do 99% of the time on this forum, I'm curious as to what people wanna see from this. As someone who almost never catches WWE and is pretty fine with tht because I've got shit to do and already enjoying the wrestling I do catch, I'm honestly kinda just here for the chaos. I can cop to that. I love it when shit goes down and the sloppier it is the better because I thrive on that gossip shit, and it happening in WWE is better for me not because I wish bad things on WWE, but for the same reason you don't shit where you eat. Punk in WWE means the show I watch isn't gonna get disrupted and f***ed with for months instead. All of that said, like, if the next big blow-up is some NXT guy blitzed on PCP at the performance center hanging charms off of his wang to ward off demons, that's fine too. CM Punk drama just hits very different and it s somehow the grandest time.
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Post by HIM on Nov 26, 2023 20:48:40 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. I'm sure they'll all not be on great terms with him but they'll all be able to do what they need to do as employees.
I see it being similar to how Jey Uso's treated on Raw by a lot of the faces. Some are ok with it, some have grudges but when you team up, you just do the job. I think most of them are mature enough to move past it.
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Post by bob on Nov 26, 2023 20:50:59 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. maybe The Miz
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Post by mrpeacock on Nov 26, 2023 20:51:49 GMT -5
I still laugh at all the blatant hypocrisy of old ass CM Punk returning to take the spotlight from younger dudes that are fighting and clawing for any chance to get to the top. At least the guy has been 100% consistent with his peddling of bullshit for his entire career. The average age of people in the match he interrupted was 37 years old. It’s not like he went to NXT and laid everyone out.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Nov 26, 2023 20:52:48 GMT -5
I missed page 54 and it ruined my day.
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Post by john84 on Nov 26, 2023 20:54:10 GMT -5
I missed page 54 and it ruined my day.
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Post by The Heartbreak TWERK on Nov 26, 2023 20:54:20 GMT -5
I implore you, if you are pissed at WWE, give your WWE money to DC Comics.
Nightwing is really really good.
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Post by hashtagdaley/JudasDay on Nov 26, 2023 20:55:34 GMT -5
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Post by Nosnorb on Nov 26, 2023 21:01:33 GMT -5
All of that said, like, if the next big blow-up is some NXT guy blitzed on PCP at the performance center hanging charms off of his wang to ward off demons, that's fine too. That sounds like an absolutely awesome gimmick.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Nov 26, 2023 21:01:57 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. I'm sure they'll all not be on great terms with him but they'll all be able to do what they need to do as employees.
I see it being similar to how Jey Uso's treated on Raw by a lot of the faces. Some are ok with it, some have grudges but when you team up, you just do the job. I think most of them are mature enough to move past it.
Hell, for what it's worth, Seth Rollins insisted he would never work with Matt Riddle either, and look how quick he turned around on that. And I say that as someone who was absolutely on the fence about his blow up last night being a work or a shoot (man must've been putting in overtime with the acting coaches over at Marvel Studios).
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Nov 26, 2023 21:03:05 GMT -5
Let me ask yall a question, be honest... What do you want to come from this? Do you want Punk to have changed and for this WWE run to go great? Do you want Punk to try his hardest to make this work so it's decent? Do you want it to fail because you don't like Punk/like the Bucks or AEW/you think it'll be the funniest most entertaining outcome? Do you want it to fail because you hate Trips/WWE? What do you honestly want? I'm seeing responses and yeah there's a lot of jokes but rather than joking like we do 99% of the time on this forum, I'm curious as to what people wanna see from this. All of that said, like, if the next big blow-up is some NXT guy blitzed on PCP at the performance center hanging charms off of his wang to ward off demons, that's fine too. shawn michaels i know that is you
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Nov 26, 2023 21:04:33 GMT -5
Does anyone think this 2nd run for Punk will involve no title reigns?
He will be like Shawn from 2002-2010 and battle for titles, but not really have a run?
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Post by PTBartman on Nov 26, 2023 21:12:48 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. maybe The Miz 🤔 RTruth? Randy Orton? The 97 Denver Broncos?
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Post by ToyfareMark on Nov 26, 2023 21:15:23 GMT -5
🤔 RTruth? Randy Orton? The 97 Denver Broncos? But the 97 Bronco's won the Super Bowl.
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Post by john84 on Nov 26, 2023 21:25:30 GMT -5
Does anyone think this 2nd run for Punk will involve no title reigns? He will be like Shawn from 2002-2010 and battle for titles, but not really have a run? Assuming he's there long enough then I'd be surprised if he doesn't get at least one title reign.
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Post by mattyy on Nov 26, 2023 21:50:55 GMT -5
Does anyone think this 2nd run for Punk will involve no title reigns? He will be like Shawn from 2002-2010 and battle for titles, but not really have a run? If WWE is smart, they won't put any belt on him. Ignoring the backstage liability Punk is, he's so injury prone. He is a multiple time AEW champion, and vacated it every time due to injury(again, barring backstage fights he started).
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Post by Nosnorb on Nov 26, 2023 22:00:55 GMT -5
Does anyone think this 2nd run for Punk will involve no title reigns? He will be like Shawn from 2002-2010 and battle for titles, but not really have a run? If WWE is smart, they won't put any belt on him. a run with the 24/7 belt wouldn't hurt.
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