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inthesto posted:As somebody who fell out of pro wrestling in the early 00s and came back in because of Kenny Omega, this is pretty much my reaction to CM Punk. I understand that he was a very important person for a lot of fans in a specific time period, but I missed it and so all that goodwill is lost on me. Yeah, he had no cache for me either. He seemed fine when he first came back and like a big deal for folks he wrestled against. I liked that he seemed to have decent politics, and his feud with MJF was fun. On his Collision return he at least seemed savvy enough to realize he was gonna need to be heel outside of Chicago, but it felt like we were winding up in a codyverse situation. I remember getting somewhat annoyed both times that he was showing up everywhere, but understood it was a big deal to some, the way Sting's comeback was to me.
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Sep 7, 2023 17:33
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If it makes you feel better, a lot of us here including myself were around for all the Punk stuff that made us like him and now we all hate him just as much as anyone else 
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Sep 7, 2023 18:22
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The hype around CM Punk’s return to wrestling helped make me aware of AEW’s existence after giving up on the Fed 15 years ago, so I give him partial credit (blame?) for getting me back into wrestling. I never saw him before AEW, but I liked him. The MJF feud was great and, although he wasn’t nearly the athletic specimen of AEW’s other top stars, he was a gifted storyteller and he was never boring. The Brawl Out poo poo was sad and embarrassing, but I hoped everyone could get over it and play ball. Oh well. It was Bryan Danielson’s choice of AEW that really got me to check it out. I had never seen him wrestle, but I knew he had options, so AEW must have something going for it if he picked it. That logic held up.
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Sep 7, 2023 18:31
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Sep 7, 2023 19:07
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I think the attraction around Punk stems from his time before AEW, at least for me it does. He was a dickhead in ROH but his character work was intriguing and in WWE, he cut promos that seemed to ignore decorum and showed how the sausage was made( like the original pipe bomb for example).
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Sep 7, 2023 19:11
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cagliostr0 posted:He's not even top 5 in AEW Yea but that's not his fault, he'd be top 3 in the WWE easily. Possibly top 1.
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Sep 7, 2023 19:20
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lol for real some folks https://twitter.com/JasonKensyc/status/1699801750700732605
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Sep 7, 2023 19:25
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Elephant Ambush posted:If it makes you feel better, a lot of us here including myself were around for all the Punk stuff that made us like him and now we all hate him just as much as anyone else lol, this was me being very self assured that my wife would figure out how great ol' Punker was eventually and instead I joined her in wanting the dude off my screen
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Sep 7, 2023 19:37
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I stopped caring about Punk drama a long time ago so all of the ~discourse~ was just annoying. If he wrestled good on the TV, cool. Otherwise I have no energy for the bitter broken down guy who peaked 10 years ago making snide references to controversy, because instead I get to Breathe with the Switchblade every weekend now.
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Sep 7, 2023 21:24
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It’s weird to say you hate him imo. I don’t hate CM Punk, he’s not exactly up there with wrestlings greatest monsters who deserve that kind of derision, it’s just really loving funny that he self-destructed repeatedly. Making fun of the fact he just couldn’t stop stepping on his own dick is also really funny.
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Sep 7, 2023 21:33
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History Comes Inside! posted:It’s weird to say you hate him imo. Stepping on it, getting elbowed in it, whatever it takes.
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Sep 7, 2023 21:39
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I came to wrestling for AEW and Kenny Omega, and I was present for Punk's MMA experiment in real time so that anyone would want to go to bat for Punk is strange and funny to me
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Sep 7, 2023 21:50
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MassRafTer posted:I'm glad he's back. I suspect both shows draw a perfect 1.0 in the precious dave demo every week.
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Sep 7, 2023 22:09
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MassRafTer posted:I'm glad he's back. this guy rules
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Sep 7, 2023 22:22
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One of my buddy’s kids thinks it’s the funniest thing in the world to sing “are you ready to poo, are you ready for piss?!” whenever they play Kenny’s theme and I think he’d do gangbusters on fed stan twitter
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Sep 7, 2023 22:41
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Who would be so immature
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Sep 7, 2023 22:42
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That's the God Of Pro Wrestling, dammit
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History Comes Inside! posted:One of my buddy’s kids thinks it’s the funniest thing in the world to sing “are you ready to poo, are you ready for piss?!” whenever they play Kenny’s theme and I think he’d do gangbusters on fed stan twitter He’s right it is funny
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Sep 7, 2023 22:58
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sleepwalkers posted:Wrestling ad rates are notoriously, historically awful AEW's demographics are young, educated and wealthy and draw a higher caliber of advertiser and better ad rates.
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Sep 7, 2023 22:58
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MassRafTer posted:AEW's demographics are young, educated and wealthy and draw a higher caliber of advertiser and better ad rates. And very good looking.
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Sep 7, 2023 23:02
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you've accidentally stolen that great parody song from here and made up a story to post it. happens to us all every day.
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Sep 7, 2023 23:04
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this is one of those things where because I don't have a Neilson box, I'm not counted, isn't it?
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Sep 7, 2023 23:04
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They should advertise that natural male enhancement stuff during a "Rock Hard" Juice Robinson match. Maybe he could plug it in a backstage segment?
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Sep 7, 2023 23:10
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Text code JUICE to 369369
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Coolness Averted posted:this is one of those things where because I don't have a Neilson box, I'm not counted, isn't it? Correct, you don't matter.
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Sep 7, 2023 23:35
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World Princess posted:They should advertise that natural male enhancement stuff during a "Rock Hard" Juice Robinson match. Maybe he could plug it in a backstage segment? "Order BlueChew now using code RICKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY for 10% off your first order!"
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Sep 7, 2023 23:44
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MassRafTer posted:Correct, you don't matter. I watch live on the TBS/TNT app so I'm one of those phantom 4 million WBD were bragging about!
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Sep 7, 2023 23:55
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MassRafTer posted:AEW's demographics are young *, educated and wealthy and draw a higher caliber of advertiser and better ad rates. * by wrestling standards. Median age of Dynamite viewers is still 10 years over the median age for the US population.
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Sep 7, 2023 23:56
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Atillo posted:* by wrestling standards. Median age of Dynamite viewers is still 10 years over the median age for the US population. No, by television standards it is a young audience. The TV audience is incredibly old.
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closet statist posted:"Order BlueChew now using code RICKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY for 10% off your first order!" Does it keep Cardblade upright?
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r/squaredcircle posted:My partner noped out just the other day. We've watched dynamite together weekly since it's debut and most of the ppvs but she was basically done watching guys mutilate themselves live on camera. Especially when Mox and BD are gouging and tearing at their faces and have chunks of eyebrow hanging off and poo poo. Just gross. Say what you will about kid friendly wwe "I look like a goat" DBry but at least he was possible to look at without losing your lunch. I missed the match where the chunk of eyebrow was hanging off either Mox or BD, it sounds awesome
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JUNGLE BOY posted:I missed the match where the chunk of eyebrow was hanging off either Mox or BD, it sounds awesome It was at Wembley, but also wasn't something the cameras were zoomed in on. So it's probably one of those "I heard about it through a game of telephone," things, like most of the concern trolling about wrestling violence. We invited a friend to watch the all out ppv who specifically has some ptsd about violence and previously declined to watch wrestling with us out of concern for triggering his ptsd, because watching MMA has in the past done so. The guy had a blast, and specifically commented on how obvious it was this wasn't real fighting.
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Sep 8, 2023 03:04
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Back in the day I was kind of like la knight with frosted tips and baggy jeans.
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JUNGLE BOY posted:I missed the match where the chunk of eyebrow was hanging off either Mox or BD, it sounds awesome Yeah that sounds like it whips rear end
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Since I’m in the middle of a protracted labor dispute with the NHRA I’m gonna ask Tony khan if I can have punk’s spot.
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Sep 8, 2023 06:45
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"He's the kind of cool person I wanted to be when I was a kid 25 years ago", this will surely resonate with the youth of today
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Sep 8, 2023 07:44
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if teenage me from the 90's became a star,
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Isn't LA Knight's gimmick just a Rock impression? I think a lot of people in the 90s wanted to be The Rock so that checks out.
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