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CM PUNK This poll is closed.
CM PUNK	47	25.68%
CM PUNK	41	22.40%
CM PUNK	71	38.80%
CM PUNK	24	13.11%
Total:	183 votes

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Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

Man I had the weirdest dream last night that CM Punk came back to wrestling and brought an entire arena ice cream bars

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:10

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 08:58

STING 64: Oct 20, 2006

britishbornandbread posted:

I need to ask a silly question. Over here in the uk I don�t like Dynamite airing on ITV days later, I want to watch it Thursday morning so it�s easier to avoid spoilers. In order to show proper AEW support, for ratings and how popular they are over here, would a Fite TV subscription do the job?

with the aewplus add on for FiteTV you get both Dynamite and Rampage live every week, without commercials

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:10

Mr. Squishy: Mar 22, 2010; A country where you can always get richer.

STONE COLD 64 posted:

with the aewplus add on for FiteTV you get both Dynamite and Rampage live every week, without commercials

It's worth saying that ITV doesn't carry the picture-in-picture stuff at all. The Blood and Guts match was extremely choppy without it.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:13

smarxist: Jul 26, 2018; by Fluffdaddy

Rarity posted:

Man I had the weirdest dream last night that CM Punk came back to wrestling and brought an entire arena ice cream bars

big Andy Kaufman move

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:13

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Also fite has almost never crashed for me, and the only complaint I've really had about it is the time TNT couldn't guarantee the start time because of a basketball game or something and fite decided to just air it 3 hours later instead of going live when TBS did :argh:

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:14

Guillermus: Dec 28, 2009

Between QT and CM Punk's first promo, this week has been a hell of a Vince slapping :allears:

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:14

Amp: Sep 10, 2010

STONE COLD 64 posted:

HELLO EVERYONE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CM PUNK THEMED PROP BET! This one is not only for a CM Punk themed 24 hour probation for the losers, but a special edition FREE avatar for the winners! To make the wager, quote this post.

Does AEW Rampage beat AEW Dynamite in the rating? We will be using the Monday figure to score this.

Yes/No answers only. If it does exactly identical, then everyone who bet gets the free avatar. Both the avatar and the probation are CM Punk themed.

Yes

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:21

GrimGypsy: Mar 27, 2007

STONE COLD 64 posted:

HELLO EVERYONE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CM PUNK THEMED PROP BET! This one is not only for a CM Punk themed 24 hour probation for the losers, but a special edition FREE avatar for the winners! To make the wager, quote this post.

Does AEW Rampage beat AEW Dynamite in the rating? We will be using the Monday figure to score this.

Yes/No answers only. If it does exactly identical, then everyone who bet gets the free avatar. Both the avatar and the probation are CM Punk themed.

yes!

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:30

A talking coyote: Jan 14, 2020

STONE COLD 64 posted:

HELLO EVERYONE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CM PUNK THEMED PROP BET! This one is not only for a CM Punk themed 24 hour probation for the losers, but a special edition FREE avatar for the winners! To make the wager, quote this post.

Does AEW Rampage beat AEW Dynamite in the rating? We will be using the Monday figure to score this.

Yes/No answers only. If it does exactly identical, then everyone who bet gets the free avatar. Both the avatar and the probation are CM Punk themed.

YES

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:32

Jordan7hm: Feb 17, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

STONE COLD 64 posted:

HELLO EVERYONE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CM PUNK THEMED PROP BET! This one is not only for a CM Punk themed 24 hour probation for the losers, but a special edition FREE avatar for the winners! To make the wager, quote this post.

Does AEW Rampage beat AEW Dynamite in the rating? We will be using the Monday figure to score this.

Yes/No answers only. If it does exactly identical, then everyone who bet gets the free avatar. Both the avatar and the probation are CM Punk themed.

Yes.

We�re either going to have a samey looking thread next week or a wonderfully quiet thread for a day.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:33

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:38

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

I've watched Punk's entrance about 10 times this morning. For so long it seemed like the Story of CM Punk was of a guy who could have changed the game but had to fight for every inch he got and got so burned out from the fight that he became a bitter jaded rear end in a top hat and we all thought that was the final chapter but it turns out it never was and instead the story ends with Punk being welcomed back as a hero and falling back in love with wrestling. Tony gave CM Punk a happy ending :unsmith:

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:39

britishbornandbread: Jul 8, 2000; You'll stumble in my footsteps

Thanks for the Fite info.

I don�t have any interest in the other federations on that network like GCW, Impact, the Japanese stuff etc BUT could indulge, is there a wider subscription that covers these guys AND AEW�s weekly shows?

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:39

Amp: Sep 10, 2010

PWT is still hosed up, incredible.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:41

Guillermus: Dec 28, 2009

My Lovely Horse posted:

Mark Henry: "we saw a lil' crack in their foundation right there"
Taz: "we definately saw a crack"

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:42

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

That CM Punk thing was the legit insanest thing I've seen in wrestling. That pop, and then it went on for SIX MINUTES. The emotion in his eyes, the crying people.

Wow.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:45

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

Lid posted:

https://twitter.com/OfficialTAZ/status/1428945350178578435

FROM THE RED HOOK...... TAAAAAAAAAAAZZ

"IT'S TAZZ!"

*insipid Taz commentary*

Imagine the pop if HOOK had come out though

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:45

Guillermus: Dec 28, 2009

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

That CM Punk thing was the legit insanest thing I've seen in wrestling. That pop, and then it went on for SIX MINUTES. The emotion in his eyes, the crying people.

Wow.

That sign is savage. I loved that there was a sign with "IF CM PUNK ISN'T HERE WE RIOT", and another not far from it with "IF CM PUNK IS HERE WE RIOT" :bisonyes:

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:49

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

I watched the media scrum and the whole way through Tony's eyes are bugging out like he can't believe it's actually happening :lol:

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:51

Sticky Nate: Jan 9, 2012

britishbornandbread posted:

Thanks for the Fite info.

I don’t have any interest in the other federations on that network like GCW, Impact, the Japanese stuff etc BUT could indulge, is there a wider subscription that covers these guys AND AEW’s weekly shows?

to my knowledge there is no subscription that covers *everything*

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:54

El Generico: Feb 3, 2009; Birds revere you and consider you one of their own.

You are welcome in their holy places.

explosivo posted:

Feels like an elder god has been awakened tonight. Like this was a virtual impossibility to even conceive of happening; the most fantasy of fantasy booking best case pie in the sky maybe years down the road type event and AEW did it in two years with one of them happening during a pandemic.

AEW's a runaway freight train right now and it's all but confirmed that we're going to get to do this again with goddamn Bryan Danielson imminently. AEW rules and y'all rule too

It occurs to me that if I was booking AEW in TEW2020 before the pandemic I probably wouldn't have hired CM Punk due to it being too unrealistic. Would've felt like cheating.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:54

Aye Doc: Jul 19, 2007

Rarity posted:

I watched the media scrum and the whole way through Tony's eyes are bugging out like he can't believe it's actually happening

thats just how he looks 90% of the time

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:56

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

Rarity posted:

I watched the media scrum and the whole way through Tony's eyes are bugging out like he can't believe it's actually happening

Can you blame him?

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:57

Miching Mallecho: May 24, 2010

STONE COLD 64 posted:

HELLO EVERYONE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CM PUNK THEMED PROP BET! This one is not only for a CM Punk themed 24 hour probation for the losers, but a special edition FREE avatar for the winners! To make the wager, quote this post.

Does AEW Rampage beat AEW Dynamite in the rating? We will be using the Monday figure to score this.

Yes/No answers only. If it does exactly identical, then everyone who bet gets the free avatar. Both the avatar and the probation are CM Punk themed.

Yes

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:57

britishbornandbread: Jul 8, 2000; You'll stumble in my footsteps

Sticky Nate posted:

to my knowledge there is no subscription that covers *everything*

That�s fair enough. AEW is the priority, so next payday I�ll get a sub sorted.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:58

ThePariah: Feb 10, 2014

STONE COLD 64 posted:

HELLO EVERYONE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CM PUNK THEMED PROP BET! This one is not only for a CM Punk themed 24 hour probation for the losers, but a special edition FREE avatar for the winners! To make the wager, quote this post.

Does AEW Rampage beat AEW Dynamite in the rating? We will be using the Monday figure to score this.

Yes/No answers only. If it does exactly identical, then everyone who bet gets the free avatar. Both the avatar and the probation are CM Punk themed.

Yes

# ? Aug 21, 2021 12:58

The Bee: Nov 25, 2012; Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Rarity posted:

I've watched Punk's entrance about 10 times this morning. For so long it seemed like the Story of CM Punk was of a guy who could have changed the game but had to fight for every inch he got and got so burned out from the fight that he became a bitter jaded rear end in a top hat and we all thought that was the final chapter but it turns out it never was and instead the story ends with Punk being welcomed back as a hero and falling back in love with wrestling. Tony gave CM Punk a happy ending

How many people has Tony given a happy ending now? Sting is a proud facepaint papa instead of being embedded in a ring post. Tall Paul gets to cut the BS and finally control his fate. Matt Hardy gets to resume being bold and experimental instead of being reduced to a nostalgia throwback to a 2016 angle. Christian went from the Jannetty of E&C and Mr. Blue Dot to a wily, canny veteran who spent 20 minutes carrying AEW's new show debut with the TNA titles.

At this point we can safely say that WWE ruins people. Punk had become such an rear end in a top hat we were literally saying AEW doesn't need him dragging down their locker room. And yet, look at him now. It's amazing what a change of environment and a chance to do what you love can do to help a person do a total 180.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 13:04

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

STONE COLD 64 posted:

HELLO EVERYONE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CM PUNK THEMED PROP BET! This one is not only for a CM Punk themed 24 hour probation for the losers, but a special edition FREE avatar for the winners! To make the wager, quote this post.

Does AEW Rampage beat AEW Dynamite in the rating? We will be using the Monday figure to score this.

Yes/No answers only. If it does exactly identical, then everyone who bet gets the free avatar. Both the avatar and the probation are CM Punk themed.

Easiest yes ever

# ? Aug 21, 2021 13:08

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

MJeff posted:

Okay, so you know how I've spent the last month going "I DUNNO GUYS, I REALLY THINK THEY SHOULD DO A TRIOS MATCH WITH PUNK FIRST"

Takin' my L. I'm takin' my L. That was fuckin' stupid. All Out is gonna loving rule.

Same: the whole "they should have MJF fake out the crowd first and have CM Punk lay him out" thing? Nah. This was 100% the way to do it. No gimmicks, no loving around, just let the man get his 6 minute pop.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 13:10

Seams: Feb 3, 2005; ROCK HARD

STONE COLD 64 posted:

HELLO EVERYONE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL CM PUNK THEMED PROP BET! This one is not only for a CM Punk themed 24 hour probation for the losers, but a special edition FREE avatar for the winners! To make the wager, quote this post.

Does AEW Rampage beat AEW Dynamite in the rating? We will be using the Monday figure to score this.

Yes/No answers only. If it does exactly identical, then everyone who bet gets the free avatar. Both the avatar and the probation are CM Punk themed.

Yes.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 13:11

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

britishbornandbread posted:

That�s fair enough. AEW is the priority, so next payday I�ll get a sub sorted.

Just an an FYI, the OP of the Wrestling Questions thread includes a breakdown (mostly up to date, I should probably double-check that) of each major promotion and how to access their content.

AEW you're already aware of, but several of the major Japanese promotions are available through the Wrestle Universe services: NOAH (serious), DDT (lots of comedy, some serious) and TJPW (female pro-wrestling, a mixture of serious and comedy). New Japan is the biggest Japanese standalone promotion and 99% of their content is available live and then archived on their New Japan World service, and their parent company also owns and runs Stardom World which is probably the biggest/best known female wrestling promotion in Japan (though I'd argue TJPW is holding its own). Wrestle Universe and New Japan World are both incredible value for money, arguably Wrestle Universe moreso simply because you get so much wrestling.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 13:14