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Sisal Two-Step posted:it is very funny that vince didn't know If ever there was a sign that Vince is being eased out after the sale, it's this
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The Art Of Wrestling podcast ep where punk talked about them trying to kill him with staph infections and firing him on his wedding day and whatnot is exactly 9 years old today, which is fun.
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Miching Mallecho posted:It's still funny listening to the Punk podcast when he left WWE again now, and all the complaints about his storylines, having to wrestle triple H, etc Look that was 10 years ago Punk - you can't listen to him he's a hypocrite! As well as 2 years ago Punk. And 1 year ago Punk. But today Punk? That dude is a stand up fellow - you can believe him.
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Nov 27, 2023 15:48
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projecthalaxy posted:The Art Of Wrestling podcast ep where punk talked about them trying to kill him with staph infections and firing him on his wedding day and whatnot is exactly 9 years old today, which is fun.
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Nov 27, 2023 15:55
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I'm interested to see how long it'll take before he's "just a guy" there.
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Nov 27, 2023 15:56
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Bianca is their best PC graduate. Montez Ford is one too. I think they've got some more promising folks as well. Tiffany Stratton as has been said. Keylani Jordan looks like a natural.
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Nov 27, 2023 16:02
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Punk's now the same age as Bob Backlund coming back to fight Bret Hart. They'd both been away for around 10 years too. Weird old straight edge guy with a bad haircut.
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Lamuella posted:Big E was an FCW trainee rather than an nxt or performance center one. Not sure how much of a difference that makes. Well, so was Bray if you want to be pedantic. I think being in the WWE developmental program is close enough for this discussion. Codependent Poster posted:Bianca is their best PC graduate. Montez Ford is one too.
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keithy george posted:Punk's now the same age as Bob Backlund coming back to fight Bret Hart. They'd both been away for around 10 years too. Weird old straight edge guy with a bad haircut.
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keithy george posted:Punk's now the same age as Bob Backlund coming back to fight Bret Hart. They'd both been away for around 10 years too. Weird old straight edge guy with a bad haircut. Weirdly enough I was just thinking about that and how Backlund would have been looked at if he came back and said "Listen up, kids. I'm the Locker Room Leader!" to Bret, Shawn, Taker, etc. Punk absolutely wants to be that guy and seriously the Miz has a better argument for locker room leader. He's been there, doing the lovely work every single week. But Punk is gonna wanna be that leader and it'll be so loving funny.
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Nov 27, 2023 16:25
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Power Windows posted:The difference is that, despite everything they've done to him, Punk respects WWE. He didn't respect AEW. I think quite a few of the ex-WWE guys in AEW don’t respect AEW. I think the ones that do respect it are I guess Jericho, Moxley (how did I forget Moxley before?), Saraya, maybe Edge but it’s too early to tell, and Christian. Guys like Andrade, Miro, Malakai, I imagine they have no respect for the company at all and are just waiting to see what happens. Not much but enough to be a pain in the neck fart blood fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Nov 27, 2023 |
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Nov 27, 2023 16:28
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The funniest thing they could do would be to kill him with another staph infection
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Lol. God Punk aged 20 years in 2.
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fart blood posted:I think quite a few of the ex-WWE guys in AEW don’t respect AEW. I wouldn't put Malakai in that list since his time in AEW has been marred by injuries and one mental health episode, but all three of those guys were signed without much thought given to how they'd be used, and I could buy Miro and Andrade being disillusioned by that. Punk is still a dweeb and I'm glad he's in a company I don't watch.
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projecthalaxy posted:The Art Of Wrestling podcast ep where punk talked about them trying to kill him with staph infections and firing him on his wedding day and whatnot is exactly 9 years old today, which is fun. The thing about this whole situation that sticks with me is how it's that incident that got the ball rolling and led us back to Punk in WWE. - Punk gets run ragged from WWE and leaves. - Punk goes on his friend's podcast to poo poo on WWE for running him ragged. - WWE funds a lawsuit based on things Punk said on that podcast. He wins, but hemorrhages money. - The lawsuit causes Punk to end his friendship with the podcaster. - Punk joins AEW years later, where his former friend works. Things go sour when somebody makes a vague reference to accusations that Punk was using backstage politics against his former friend. - Punk's issues spread from the one wrestler to his friends and his friends' friends, culminating into a major incident and suspension. The boss tries to give him everything he can to placate him, but Punk can't get the matches and feuds he wants because he alienated major people on the roster. - Punk snaps in such a way that it's on camera and they can almost immediately fire him. - Freshly bitter at AEW, Punk returns to WWE. Whatever happens next, it's a fascinating story.
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Gavok posted:The thing about this whole situation that sticks with me is how it's that incident that got the ball rolling and led us back to Punk in WWE. Like I said, it could be anything from Punk getting fired for starting a fight backstage tonight or him beating Roman at Mania. Or him just stuck in mediocrity like Cody. Any outcome is awesome from the aspect of comedy.
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I don't know why everyone sees Punk anywhere near Roman at Mania and not the way more obvious Seth feud reaching its conclusion at Mania. They'd probably main event night 1 easily.
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Yeah, they're pretty clearly setting up a Punk/Seth program, he's not getting anywhere near Roman any time soon.
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I want Punk vs Cena one more time. Their last match was remarkable
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I don’t know why but I get the feeling none of the funny stuff is gonna happen. Well, his promo tonight will probably have some funny stuff, and maybe he gets another dumb injury at some point, that’d be funny. But other than that I think he’s going to be motivated to prove he wasn’t the problem just to stick it to Tony Khan. I feel like when he went to AEW the stars were aligned for him and everyone else to treat him like a Locker Room Leader guy, that ship has now sailed and likely would never sail in current wwe. For Punk it’s now just about revenge against his latest enemy and wwe is the enemy of his enemy. Also he likes money and is a Landlord
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Technowrite posted:The thing about Punk's return is the Audacity and the Hypocrisy, which would be the names of both wooden ships Punk would have if he had a Navy of his own. The audacity needs to be as loud and as public as the hypocrisy imo
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Eat My Fuc posted:I want Punk vs Cena one more time. Their last match was remarkable Cena should put Punk through the firefly funhouse match
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Punk is gonna try to do an rko or a curbstomp and his skeleton will fly out of his body, and that will be extremely funny
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Maduo posted:Cena should put Punk through the firefly funhouse match Punk begins in Bret Hart’s gear but by the end he’s Shawn throwing the half assed sharpshooter on Bret, next thing he knows he’s wiping spit off his face as Vince. He looks into a mirror and sees… Ultimate Warrior…
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Maduo posted:Cena should put Punk through the firefly funhouse match
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lmao at him rattling off something about WWE being the hotest ticket in town to a huge section of empty seats behind him. Le Saboteur posted:I don't know why everyone sees Punk anywhere near Roman at Mania and not the way more obvious Seth feud reaching its conclusion at Mania. They'd probably main event night 1 easily. And that will upset Punk because it wasn't the last match of Night 2. Which is glorious. I hope he never achieves that life goal. The Seth feud and Night 1 main event makes sense. But that means that Punk isn't winning the Rumble and winning at Elimination Chamber. So who faces Roman? Honestly... they ruined Cody as a credible person to defeat Roman. The run as champion has gotten so long that it is never going to be ended by Owens, Sami, Drew, or any of those people. It makes sense that if you're going to end it you put it on the hottest person in the company, which is Punk right now.
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Sandman McMahon posted:But other than that I think he’s going to be motivated to prove he wasn’t the problem just to stick it to Tony Khan. I feel like when he went to AEW the stars were aligned for him and everyone else to treat him like a Locker Room Leader guy, that ship has now sailed and likely would never sail in current wwe. For Punk it’s now just about revenge against his latest enemy and wwe is the enemy of his enemy. Also he likes money and is a Landlord I think you could just as easily swap AEW and WWE out in this statement though, like why wouldn't he also be equally as motivated to prove he wasn't the problem to Vince/WWE by being that guy in AEW? I think he probably started out with those intentions but it quickly went to poo poo when he didn't get everything and more. Not saying you're wrong it's just weird to see people genuinely think he'll be okay in this company being second fiddle to people like Roman or Brock who are arguably way more protected than anyone who has ever been in AEW.
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Astro7x posted:lmao at him rattling off something about WWE being the hotest ticket in town to a huge section of empty seats behind him. wait til you see any of aew's programming this year!!!
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Sandman McMahon posted:I don’t know why but I get the feeling none of the funny stuff is gonna happen. Well, his promo tonight will probably have some funny stuff, and maybe he gets another dumb injury at some point, that’d be funny. I mean that’s what everyone thought after the first fight in AEW too. Then he decided jungle boy was his mortal enemy. Never underestimate a straight edge pro wrestlers ego.
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explosivo posted:I think you could just as easily swap AEW and WWE out in this statement though, like why wouldn't he also be equally as motivated to prove he wasn't the problem to Vince/WWE by being that guy in AEW? I think he probably started out with those intentions but it quickly went to poo poo when he didn't get everything and more. Not saying you're wrong it's just weird to see people genuinely think he'll be okay in this company being second fiddle to people like Roman or Brock who are arguably way more protected than anyone who has ever been in AEW. I get what you’re saying and maybe/hopefully you are correct! I guess I just get the feeling that for Punk it’s all about expectations. He went into AEW fully expecting to not only be the top star but also Dad to everyone backstage, and at first I think people were susceptible to that. If he’s expecting that in the Fed, well… good luck EDIT I also have to think the bosses play into his mental state here. There’s gotta be a huge difference when your boss is a fanboy versus your boss being that dick you worked with a decade ago. You take advantage of the fanboy and you begrudgingly get along with the dick because you have no other option. That’s what I’d do! rotinaj posted:Punk is gonna try to do an rko or a curbstomp and his skeleton will fly out of his body, and that will be extremely funny Personally this is the outcome I am cheering for Sandman from ECW fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Nov 27, 2023 |
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CM Punk vs. Stone Cold. Night 2 main event. Stone Cold gets to goad Punk for not really being anti-establishment. We get weeks of cool promo battles and a fun brawl just like the KO one. He pours beer down his throat. Everyone gives a hearty hell yeah, even the haters.
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Astro7x posted:lmao at him rattling off something about WWE being the hotest ticket in town to a huge section of empty seats behind him. Cody loses the Rumble to Punk. Punk calls out that fucker Seth because he is his mortal enemy for all the poo poo talking. Cody has to scrape and fight even harder to get to the main event of Mania against Roman, does something at Elimination Chamber that gets him there. Those both align with Punks story and Cody's story of him having to work his rear end off just to get another shot at Roman.
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explosivo posted:I think you could just as easily swap AEW and WWE out in this statement though, like why wouldn't he also be equally as motivated to prove he wasn't the problem to Vince/WWE by being that guy in AEW? I think he probably started out with those intentions but it quickly went to poo poo when he didn't get everything and more. TK booked the United Center specifically for his debut. He has his first match back in Chicago. He wins the title within the first year he's there. He wins it back in Chicago in the main event of the biggest PPV of the year. He gets a whole show created just for him, which debuts in Chicago. The company is also in Chicago like 8 times a year for his home town welcome. What more does the guy want?
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DeepDickPizza posted:CM Punk vs. Stone Cold. Night 2 main event. Stone Cold gets to goad Punk for not really being anti-establishment. We get weeks of cool promo battles and a fun brawl just like the KO one. He pours beer down his throat. Everyone gives a hearty hell yeah, even the haters. Ah gently caress... book it
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Astro7x posted:TK booked the United Center specifically for his debut. He has his first match back in Chicago. He wins the title within the first year he's there. He wins it back in Chicago in the main event of the biggest PPV of the year. He gets a whole show created just for him, which debuts in Chicago. The company is also in Chicago like 8 times a year for his home town welcome. To get to be head booker and most special boy in a wrestling company entirely focused around him with everyone telling him how great he is He wants to be roman reigns during the bleakest days of the boring parts of the bloodline Triple H nailed it when he said that the only way punk accepts change is if the change is punk
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DeepDickPizza posted:CM Punk vs. Stone Cold. Night 2 main event. Stone Cold gets to goad Punk for not really being anti-establishment. We get weeks of cool promo battles and a fun brawl just like the KO one. He pours beer down his throat. Everyone gives a hearty hell yeah, even the haters.  I don't care WHAT once-in-a-lifetime dream match they book - I'm not watching WWE!!!!
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rotinaj posted:Punk is gonna try to do an rko or a curbstomp and his skeleton will fly out of his body, and that will be extremely funny As much as I want the story to be "Punk can't go 3 months without trying to fist fight a coworker," I know that what's really going to happen is that he's going to get injured in the match setting up his Wrestlemania angle and either miss the show entirely or be reduced to just doing a half-hearted promo bit with a special guest star.
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Eat My Fuc posted:Punk begins in Bret Hart’s gear but by the end he’s Shawn throwing the half assed sharpshooter on Bret, next thing he knows he’s wiping spit off his face as Vince. He looks into a mirror and sees… I wish WWE was an interesting-enough company to do this. Lurks With Wolves fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Nov 27, 2023 |
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