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I would be surprised if Punk spent more than $50k on his training camp, let along $500k
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 00:41 |
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# ? Jun 3, 2024 22:18 |
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https://twitter.com/Simply_wrestlin/status/775143808526798849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:04 |
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Even with Punk's low skill level it would be a bit harsh for the UFC to knowingly bring in a beginner for his star power and cut him after the first fight but starting from 2014 all parties made the correct decisions imo. Punk didn't have the time to build an amateur career so it was worth taking the chance on being a prodigy and hey it's a tough world, the UFC need to make their money too and so gave him a chance they don't give most people. The real interesting question is whether Punk regrets resigning with the WWE in 2011 when he could've still moved to Thailand and spent two years eating, sleeping, breathing kickboxing or whatever. In a way that pipebomb promo came at just the wrong time for him but then again he made bank got a long championship run and met his ladyfriend so who knows.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:05 |
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Why would it be harsh? They gave him half a million dollars
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:12 |
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i read down a bit and there were an awful lot of people calling it out. good work, wrestling fans.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:18 |
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Yeah, saw that and said "Hey nice spinebuster!" and knew exactly what was going on when the commentary instead called it something like a wrestling or ametuer style takedown.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:27 |
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:47 |
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...this is actually subtle and clever. vince mcmahon had nothing to do with it
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:48 |
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cams posted:...this is actually subtle and clever. vince mcmahon had nothing to do with it if Vince did there will be a little person dressed like CM punk getting dump in poop. and i know miz have beef with punk since punk hated him for main eventing wrestlemaina 27, and miz have improved a ton this year since he been given his wife was a valet.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 01:59 |
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Ziggler would've been a better candidate for this sort of thing, considering his amateur background. Still, this showed that people with hard bodies and previous experience or good background are better suited for this sort of transition.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:03 |
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My main takeaway from this is that Miz and Bryan actually get along backstage, because Bryan was the last guy to mimic a major UFC fight in ring. Or at least if they didn't before they probably do now.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:36 |
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Andy Dufresne posted:My main takeaway from this is that Miz and Bryan actually get along backstage, because Bryan was the last guy to mimic a major UFC fight in ring. Or at least if they didn't before they probably do now. That shows one of the few things that always kind of pulled me out of matches a bit. Where guys who know that they are missing a strike or a clothesline throw really high, often over the head of a fully erect standing opponent, even though the other guy is ducking the move.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:48 |
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remusclaw posted:That shows one of the few things that always kind of pulled me out of matches a bit. Where guys who know that they are missing a strike or a clothesline throw really high, often over the head of a fully erect standing opponent, even though the other guy is ducking the move. also punk was much more acclaimed for his storytelling in the ring as opposed to his spectacular athleticism :v
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 02:59 |
It took me something like 100 loops for me to realize that's ... Eve? in the corner.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 03:03 |
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cams posted:yeah he wants to avoid hitting his buddy in the face. it's the wrestler's job to minimize that sort of thing, but sometimes you fail. Well yeah, but they are constantly throwing close strikes that are meant to look like they hit, the really high clotheslines and such make it look like they are trying to miss. To be clear, I know they are trying to miss. In general, they don't want it to look that way.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 03:10 |
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remusclaw posted:That shows one of the few things that always kind of pulled me out of matches a bit. Where guys who know that they are missing a strike or a clothesline throw really high, often over the head of a fully erect standing opponent, even though the other guy is ducking the move. I agree, Chael should have aimed lower. Anderson's gimmick is a spider and they're like 2 inches tall, tops
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 03:15 |
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Jetfire posted:It took me something like 100 loops for me to realize that's ... Eve? in the corner. That's Maryse, Miz's wife.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 06:28 |
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The Singing Chav posted:Considerably more than $500,000.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 06:36 |
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fatherdog posted:I would be surprised if Punk spent more than $50k on his training camp, let along $500k So 50k on training, whatever rent he spent to live in Milwaukee, plus the $60 co-pay to have his ear fixed. He did well financially.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 06:53 |
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500k is only his disclosed pay too
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 07:07 |
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uncleKitchener posted:Ziggler would've been a better candidate for this sort of thing, considering his amateur background. Still, this showed that people with hard bodies and previous experience or good background are better suited for this sort of transition. If I wanted to watch a former wrestler in his late 30's fight in UFC I feel like Del Rio would be the answer.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 07:07 |
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Cabbit posted:That's Maryse, Miz's wife. He's talking about the Bryan/Punk clip ya goof
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 12:59 |
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Jetfire posted:It took me something like 100 loops for me to realize that's ... Eve? in the corner. AJ, CM Punk's now wife. They were doing a love triangle thing between her, Bryan, and Punk. Also that "tribute" was almost 100% Punk's idea I'd bet.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 13:23 |
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freud mayweather posted:He said he bought a small house or something near Duke's so him and AJ didn't have to commute as much, but still, how much could a small house in Milwaukee cost? 200? 300 racoon pelts? The neighborhood where duke's place is in guarantee you punk would not want to live in. If you go out a scoche into Tosa the whiter neighborhoods are in the 500+ thousand asking range for houses with final sales usually going down around 300k. Unless he's really as egalitarian as he says and doesn't mind living in an old post-ww2 rental in a mostly black and hispanic neighborhood.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 13:57 |
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i assume hes scared of people too
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 14:07 |
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IcePhoenix posted:AJ, CM Punk's now wife. They were doing a love triangle thing between her, Bryan, and Punk. That actually is Eve at the end, you can only see AJ for like 1/10 of a second in the beginning. They had a AJ/Punk vs. Bryan/Eve match.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 14:16 |
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HerraS posted:That actually is Eve at the end, you can only see AJ for like 1/10 of a second in the beginning. They had a AJ/Punk vs. Bryan/Eve match. Well I'll be dammed, I completely forgot about her.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 14:22 |
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He said he rented a 1 bedroom apartment. Stop talking about housing markets and pay attention to your precious wrestleman.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 14:26 |
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Bundt Cake posted:i assume hes scared of people too lol then he's in waukesha/new berlin
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:00 |
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IcePhoenix posted:Well I'll be dammed, I completely forgot about her. Ah, the good ol days
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:04 |
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On MMA Hour Gall said he didn't get a backroom bonus on top of the 15/15. Pretty surprised.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:10 |
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Andy Dufresne posted:On MMA Hour Gall said he didn't get a backroom bonus on top of the 15/15. Pretty surprised. I'm not. With the new ownership we don't know if the backroom bonus system will continue. Also he beat the poo poo out of Brooks basically flushing the chance of an future returns on the Punk experiment.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:50 |
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After the flood of articles about how inspirational Punk was, it seems like the tide is turning. People are starting to come back to reality and acknowledge how stupid this was. Do you guys think he tries to continue this just because he is too proud to admit he failed at something?
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:54 |
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RagingHematoma posted:After the flood of articles about how inspirational Punk was, it seems like the tide is turning. People are starting to come back to reality and acknowledge how stupid this was. I absolutely think that he'll have at least 1 or 2 fights at whatever fight events Duke Roufas is running these days. He won't ever have another UFC fight, though, and he'll either be fighting other 30+ year olds making their pro debuts, or people that are 0-2 or 0-3 professionally.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 19:59 |
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IcePhoenix posted:Well I'll be dammed, I completely forgot about her. fun fact: she's now married to Punk's buddy Rener Gracie their child is named Raeven Gracie, which is the best and stupidest Gracie name
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 20:35 |
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FullLeatherJacket posted:fun fact: she's now married to Punk's buddy Rener Gracie Is that the first one where it's pronounced like an R, or is their child Haeven
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 20:37 |
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RagingHematoma posted:After the flood of articles about how inspirational Punk was, it seems like the tide is turning. People are starting to come back to reality and acknowledge how stupid this was. No more stupid than jumping in a tub full of hot sauce or whatever not harmful to anyone else poo poo rich people do these days. I suspect the new management will either release Punk from his contract or re-negotiate it so they can loan him to one of the fightpass feds. I'm sure they can find dudes a little closer to his skillset.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 20:44 |
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Bluedeanie posted:Is that the first one where it's pronounced like an R, or is their child Haeven to be honest I have no goddamn idea but in my heart it's the second one and it's deliberate
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 20:47 |
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coconono posted:No more stupid than jumping in a tub full of hot sauce or whatever not harmful to anyone else poo poo rich people do these days. He's going to be straight up cut. He provides zero value to the UFC now, especially at such a high pay rate.
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# ? Sep 13, 2016 20:49 |
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coconono posted:or re-negotiate it so they can loan him to one of the fightpass feds. I'm sure they can find dudes a little closer to his skillset. Hey Alaska Fighting Championship, would you like our friend CM Punk? He is very bad, probably won't boost your viewership and costs half a million dollars
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