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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Dec 4, 2023 8:40:08 GMT -5
Playing a character as opposed to Phil Brooks is where he's most interesting. Doesn't have to be SES (though factions are back) but the Borderline-Shooting "Rebel" has to end. It made sense for AEW and that environment but it would've gotten old even there. Exactly. Let Punk get into an actual character and I think he could have a solid run for a couple years. If he keeps doing the shooty stuff, not only does it get boring, but it's risks getting too shooty and personal. That will inevitably result in Punk kicking off again, and we get.. oh I don't know.. Maniagate? My money is on "MuffinMania"
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Post by cjh on Dec 4, 2023 15:21:26 GMT -5
Kevin Nash flat out said on his podcast today that Punk pissed off HHH so much in 2011 that HHH got the planned Punk/Nash match canceled so that he could go over Punk himself.
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Post by brettappedout (BLM) on Dec 4, 2023 17:27:58 GMT -5
Kevin Nash flat out said on his podcast today that Punk pissed off HHH so much in 2011 that HHH got the planned Punk/Nash match canceled so that he could go over Punk himself. ok. we all kind of knew that to some degree in our minds. I really like Nash, but why is he seemingly annoyed his friend gave another chance to Punk and stirring the shit with Trips? Clickbait for sure, but still something is a little off imo. Nash jealous Punk might be a better politician? 🤣
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 4, 2023 19:01:55 GMT -5
I don't know how they feel about each other but AJ Styles vs. CM Punk interest anyone?
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Dec 4, 2023 19:05:55 GMT -5
I don't know how they feel about each other but AJ Styles vs. CM Punk interest anyone? sure but isn't there some pretty legit heat from styles on punk for something? i'd love to see it happen but i don't know if i'd have the guts to put it together, styles be favored by the crowd and punk be like "GUESS WHO THIS MAN DOESN'T LIKE". i don't have the will to do that lmao.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 4, 2023 19:40:12 GMT -5
I don't know how they feel about each other but AJ Styles vs. CM Punk interest anyone? sure but isn't there some pretty legit heat from styles on punk for something? i'd love to see it happen but i don't know if i'd have the guts to put it together, styles be favored by the crowd and punk be like "GUESS WHO THIS MAN DOESN'T LIKE". i don't have the will to do that lmao. They strike me as two personalities that would not get along at all.
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Post by firsttimelongtime on Dec 4, 2023 19:45:55 GMT -5
I don't know how they feel about each other but AJ Styles vs. CM Punk interest anyone? sure but isn't there some pretty legit heat from styles on punk for something? i'd love to see it happen but i don't know if i'd have the guts to put it together, styles be favored by the crowd and punk be like "GUESS WHO THIS MAN DOESN'T LIKE". i don't have the will to do that lmao. People work with other people they have heat with all the time
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Dec 4, 2023 20:02:08 GMT -5
sure but isn't there some pretty legit heat from styles on punk for something? i'd love to see it happen but i don't know if i'd have the guts to put it together, styles be favored by the crowd and punk be like "GUESS WHO THIS MAN DOESN'T LIKE". i don't have the will to do that lmao. People work with other people they have heat with all the time you have an entire company full of dozens of the best wrestlers out there, you wanna put a guy rehabbing his image against someone he publicly got into about BLM?
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 4, 2023 20:05:04 GMT -5
Is Punk on Raw tonight? Saw he’s booked for Smackdown, haven’t heard about Raw.
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Post by firsttimelongtime on Dec 4, 2023 20:49:22 GMT -5
People work with other people they have heat with all the time you have an entire company full of dozens of the best wrestlers out there, you wanna put a guy rehabbing his image against someone he publicly got into about BLM? I find AJ to be pretty boring right now so I don’t want to see the match. I’m just saying having heat won’t get in the way of good stuff. Punk vs AJ would be lame.
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 4, 2023 20:56:58 GMT -5
I don't know how they feel about each other but AJ Styles vs. CM Punk interest anyone? Slight twist. Punk in the corner of Styles' opponent. Battle of the AJs: Styles vs. Lee!
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 4, 2023 21:00:49 GMT -5
I seriously hope.
With age and an injury riddled past that people temper their in ring expectations for him.
I say he works no more than 4-8 matches a year.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 4, 2023 22:38:40 GMT -5
Seth feud teased again on raw.
(prays it be not shoot promos)
Just say Seth claims he's BITW and so does Punk and they fight.
Keep it simple please.
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Post by ChitownKnight on Dec 4, 2023 22:52:43 GMT -5
I feel like Punk vs AJ can be a marquee raw match and not an extended angle, punks got plenty of other stars to work with
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 4, 2023 23:13:52 GMT -5
I feel like Punk vs AJ can be a marquee raw match and not an extended angle, punks got plenty of other stars to work with If it's true he signed for 3 years. And he works only a handful of matches each year, just do to age and wear and tear. The list will be short and definitely a bunch of guys aren't getting a Punk match in this return. So Styles could actually be one of them. There's just I guess too many guys above him to earn that Punk match. Seth Roman Cody Finn Drew Jey Sami KO La Knight Randy Logan Paul Gunther Brock Lesnar (if they actually run it back) And so on.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 4, 2023 23:17:15 GMT -5
The fans were chanting CM Punk during the Seth match.
I honestly do feel the fans are going to side with CM Punk in this feud big time.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Dec 5, 2023 5:06:48 GMT -5
The fans were chanting CM Punk during the Seth match. I honestly do feel the fans are going to side with CM Punk in this feud big time. I think they'll sprinkle in little moments that shows that Seth is right about Punk, as it goes on some fans will still be cheering Punk, and then the full fledged turn by Punk. It will lead to Seth or Roman having to be the hero for the fans that rejected them at times for Punk. The whole "You rejected me for him, but now you're looking to me to slay him. You're looking to me to be the guy who defends WWE from the villain" storyline. It can work in WWE, granted it was over a decade ago, but when Brock returned he had the Extreme Rules match against Cena. The fans were cheering Brock and booing Cena, but as the match went on and Brock was getting more sadistic, the crowd started to back Cena. And when he won, they cheered, and that all happened in Chicago. You build Seth as the one that can see what's going on, but it's not noticed by others till it's too late.
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Post by Fake Jesus on Dec 5, 2023 14:07:16 GMT -5
I seriously hope. With age and an injury riddled past that people temper their in ring expectations for him. I say he works no more than 4-8 matches a year. Why would people do that when he was between very good to perfectively servicable in AEW....?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Dec 5, 2023 14:21:28 GMT -5
I seriously hope. With age and an injury riddled past that people temper their in ring expectations for him. I say he works no more than 4-8 matches a year. Why would people do that when he was between very good to perfectively servicable in AEW....? When he was healthy. Both times he won the title he ended up vacating it almost immediately because he got hurt again. He's not Hardys level beaten up but he's not exactly a spring chicken anymore either.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Dec 5, 2023 14:23:53 GMT -5
Why would people do that when he was between very good to perfectively servicable in AEW....? When he was healthy. Both times he won the title he ended up vacating it almost immediately because he got hurt again. He's not Hardys level beaten up but he's not exactly a spring chicken anymore either. He probably needs to be smarter about what he does these days, but I kind of feel like that first injury was just a freak accident that didn't take place in a ring. The torn bicep though, yeah, dude probably doesn't need to be doing a ton of suicide dives anymore.
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