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I was trying to go to sleep a few minutes ago and for some reason the enormity of these events finally hit me and I couldn't stop crying. I have no real life friends who give a poo poo about professional wrestling, so this is basically the only place I have to express these feelings, but I really feel the need to express them. I would like this thread to be about our personal feelings about the fragility of CM Punk, and how it has personally affected us. Just TV-IVing about the details as they come in, or wondering about the Larry’s future, and all of that bullshit has no place here. I need to write about my feelings about CM Punk. Obviously these posts will be mocked elsewhere on the forums, but gently caress em. If you feel the need to say anything, say it. ----- CM Punk is a fragile man. Mentally and physically. We will probably never know exactly what he is thinking. Obviously I do not know CM Punk. I never saw him in person and never spoke to him. But he represented something very special to me. In such a cut-throat, dirty, dark, often disgusting, business he was one of the good ones. When people talked poo poo about wrestling and the bastards involved in it, you could always point out CM Punk as the exception to the rule. He was the one you could point to as a true professional who honored the sport he loved, who was passionate about it, who proved that you could dedicate your life to professional wrestling without being insane or scum or a monster. He was the ace in the hole. He was the one who wasn't in it for the pussy or because he was a failed jock in another sport or because he wanted to get rich quick or because he wanted to be a movie star or because he saw wrestling as a means to an end. He was in it for professional wrestling. He was dedicated to being the best professional wrestler he could be, and it showed in the ring, except for when he tried doing a Buckshot Lariat or picking up Samoa Joe or that one time he kinda fell down while fighting Ricky Starks. I wanted to be a professional wrestler since I was a little kid, and one of the very worst moments of my life was a cold night in San Antonio when I was on the phone to my girlfriend a thousand miles away and finally admitted to myself and to her that coming to Texas to be a wrestler had been a mistake. Coming to grips that I was simply not athletically or charismatically talented enough to be a professional wrestler was one of the worst moments of my life. The business glorifies the boyhood dreams that come true. My boyhood dream wasn't going to come true, and it was an upsetting, soul-crushing revelation that upsets and discourages me to this day. Since then I lived vicariously through CM Punk in a lot of ways. He wasn't a man who was destined to be an AEW champion. He couldn't wrestle. He wasn't charismatic in the usual way. He was angry. He was doughy. The only thing he had going for him was his work ethic. He wasn't a third generation wrestler. He wasn't physically gifted. He wasn't someone who had words come easy to him. But through sheer effort he was able to become one of the greatest professional wrestlers in history. By 44 years-old. CM Punk was only forty-four, and he was already a legend on the verge of myth. That's how talented he was, and how respected. I can't understand how a man could spend weeks and months trying to give back to younger guys like FTR, putting forth the care and effort to give all the women Starbucks gift cards, and that that same man could fight the Young Bucks only weeks later. It doesn't make sense. It shouldn't have happened this way. Not for him, not for Larry, and not for Ace Steel. CM Punk owed me nothing. But I still feel the loss. I selfishly lived through many of his accomplishments and now feel lost. I can only speak for myself, but I feel that for a lot of us Wednesdays and Saturdays are rocks of stability in a storm of stress and uncertainty. Every week the show goes on. Every week the show is from somewhere new, somewhere in the world, but every week it comes into our homes. And that will continue. But CM Punk is fragile. And he’s kinda not that great in the ring any more. And whether it be insanity, drugs, or just the actions of a clear-eyed monster, what is done is done. And one of the pillars for the guys backstage and one of the pillars for fans is gone. And everything that pillar held up is tainted and covered in muffin crumbs. CM Punk is a fragile man. And I don't know how to accept that.
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Punk is loving wild, holy poo poo. It’s just equal parts frustrating and hilarious that a guy who made his name from being edgy and anti-authoritarian is now demanding full respect from his peers at all time and apparently got bothered by an in-joke that only us extremely online weirdos would even understand.
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Aug 28, 2023 03:43
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I was watching the pape with both my parents and my wife and that sign was OVER in this house.
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Aug 28, 2023 13:36
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For a guy who thinks managing a Target is below him, "buy some food for people after you're involved in an altercation at work" is like business 101 for middle management.
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Aug 28, 2023 16:54
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Dax and Cash are about to be banned from Collision for not picking up Punk at the airport.
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Aug 29, 2023 03:14
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I'd say that the eventual shoot interview from Punk after this will be amazing, but no podcaster would risk the fury of Punk one day implying that they love their mother and help her out financially.
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Aug 29, 2023 13:14
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If Punk walks then Joe can say he kicked Punk's rear end so bad he went back into retirement. He's just thinking ahead.
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Aug 29, 2023 14:51
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All jokes aside Punk needs professional help because he cannot handle even the SLIGHTEST perceived inconvenience or perceived disrespect.
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Aug 29, 2023 20:49
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syzpid posted:Tony Khan needs to do the funniest thing ever and bring in Necro Butcher as CP Munk Real AEW World Title: Ricky Starks defeats CP Munk (c) (25:40) - TITLE CHANGE !!! AEW All Out 2023
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Aug 30, 2023 13:27
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Whatever happens, I hope Jack starts using the GTS in addition to the Rolling Thunder and mock Coast to Coast. Just make him the Megaman of pro wrestling.
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Aug 30, 2023 18:05
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Joey McChrist posted:this showed up on my fb feed lmao Kenny Omega backstage gnawing on a giant Larry-shaped Rice Krispie Treat. Or Ace Steel gnawing on a giant Kenny Omega-shaped Rice Krispie Treat.
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Aug 31, 2023 03:12
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Rhonne posted:Don't worry you guys, Punk is out there getting advice on how to be a real locker room leader from a real expert. “So then I says to Jungle Boy ‘do we have a problem?’ And guess what? We did.”
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Aug 31, 2023 03:25
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Captain Foo posted:shoot punk is a bigger weiner than kayfabe roddy Have Roddy take on more Punk-like mannerisms. Ask people if they have a problem. Complain about people when you know they're not nearby to address your complaints. Complain about problems you've created yourself.
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Aug 31, 2023 18:08
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I need to know what Joe said to Punk to get him to do the match. This will be the greatest mystery in wrestling history to me.
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Sep 1, 2023 14:06
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And the only way this could be funnier is if Tony somehow threw a punch and knocked out Punk.
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Sep 1, 2023 14:21
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Rarity posted:He's just here to help the young guys get over Hey, if Punk does leave after this, just look at how many young people he put over! He beat: Darby, Hobbs, Garcia, Lee Moriarty, Wardlow, and Max Caster (admittedly, one of these things is not like the other ones) And although he may have lost to MJF and Ricky Starks don't worry; he got his wins back later.
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Sep 1, 2023 16:40
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Failed at UFC Failed at writing comic books Failed at acting Failed at getting Collision to outdraw Dynamite Failed at getting Hangman to react to him Failed at getting the Elite fired I’d be angry too if I was this bad at everything I was passionate about.
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Sep 2, 2023 15:52
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Lid posted:CM Punk to NWA cutting Harley Race promos with the belt talking about how this is the belt of the Funkasaurus Gets into a fight with EC3 backstage immediately after EC3 tries to tell him about the “Big Spice” conspiracy.
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Unlucky7 posted:Was Punk always this difficult? Was there like a turning point where he became insufferable or is it like a boiling frog situation where things happen and you could look away until you couldn't then you look back and you realize that it was always like this? He was always a dick but it was cool back when he was in his 20s since he was fighting against the establishment. Then it was great in WWE because he had real grievances that we as fans did too and it felt like he was going to change stuff. He didn’t but when he got fired it was still a pretty huge “gently caress wwe” thing and it felt like he was again 100% justified in hating people for it. It’s decidedly less cool to act this way in your 40s, especially when you become the establishment.
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Lid posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/168dd2o/dynamite_september_15_2021_cm_punks_comment_about/ Current Punk to 2021 Punk: “DO WE HAVE A PROBLEM?!?”
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