The Termination of CM Punk by The Coward Tony Khan

[SirSmUgly]

The title of this thread is stellar. 

That is all. 

[TheVileOne]

I’m still okay if Jack Perry doesn’t come back over this. Not all of this falls on him, but he does bear some of the responsibility.

[Greggulator]

15 hours ago, Casey said:

Bodyslam.net says that at Revolution 2022 when William Regal debuted, Punk refused to shake his hand backstage and called him - to his face - “a stooge for Triple H”.

Yikes. 

I don’t believe like 95 percent of wrestling newz but I believe any petty, narcissistic insane stuff that comes out about Punk. 

For a guy all about respecting the business and acting tough, how did he escape someone not planting him on his ass? Aside from “Many wrestlers the past bunch of years decided that attempting to resolve problems somewhat professionally and then griping about things when things don’t go their way — aka what the rest of mankind does — was a lot more productive than swinging a fist at a cornball like Jungle Boy.”

 

[TerjeRUN]

36 minutes ago, AxB said:

Guys! We found Punk’s Socko account!

So anyway, Cornette is slagging off Tony Khan for the “I was in fear for my life” thing. He should be supportive of it. If your whole deal is “Old School, Protect the Business, Kayfabe lives!”, the idea that a non-wrestler thinks that being physically attacked by a wrestler carries a high risk of serious (or even fatal) injury should be a dream come true for you.

Oddballs like you is the reason I haven't posted in 6 years. 

[just drew]

4 minutes ago, TerjeRUN said:

Oddballs like you is the reason I haven't posted in 6 years. 

Sure, HE’S the oddball…

[TerjeRUN]

39 minutes ago, Belgian_Waffle said:

Spoken like someone who definitely doesn't have his own issues with hostility, toxic masculinity, scapegoating, and alienating coworkers.

I was saying to somebody just the other day actually, that anybody who used the term "toxic masculinity" probably doesn't have a pot to piss in in life. And is more than a little creepy. I'm sure you're the exception though my friend. 

[TerjeRUN]

4 minutes ago, just drew said:

Sure, HE’S the oddball…

Spoken like someone who definitely doesn't have his own issues with hostility, toxic masculinity, scapegoating, and alienating coposters.

[Gorman]

22 hours ago, Peck said:

Before anyone asks, I just want it on the record that I am NOT AEW attorney Christopher Peck.

 

 

"AEW Attorney Christopher Peck Recalls Someone Wanting To Bring A Hatchet To The Ring On TV"

The Butcher: "Why is everybody looking at me?"

 

[NoFistsJustFlips]

Cosmic karma is alive and well, when one insane troll get's Cash'd a new one will appear and fill the power vacuum. Let's see what you got you weird angry man lol

[just drew]

34 minutes ago, TerjeRUN said:

Spoken like someone who definitely doesn't have his own issues with hostility, toxic masculinity, scapegoating, and alienating coposters.

Yep. I sure do. Other than scapegoating. I'm not sure when I've done that. At least not unironically. And, if you're keeping score at home, any hostility has been with people who ended up getting run off. Dolph, my other Little Friend, etc. Feel free to be next. 

As an aside, I hear the Jim Cornette subreddit has been a pretty fun place to be. The "cm punk is blameless" talking point is going over pretty great there. Maybe peddle that nonsense there instead of here.

[BrianS81177]

2 hours ago, TheVileOne said:

Edge is good but he's not a draw, and he's not a needle mover. He also turns 50 years old next month, and his career is on borrowed time. You can't realistically build a TV show around him.

Sting is 65. Billy Gunn is 60. Jeff Jarrett is 56. Jericho is 53. I'm sure Copeland could work a handful of matches per year and still last 3 or 4 years

[Go2Sleep]

I feel like E&C vs. FTR would be a cool special attraction match, but I can't think of much he would do that interests me beyond that.

Ironically, if Punk were still there, that would be a great program because they mostly missed each other in WWE and they could each unleash their super burial promo instincts without hurting anyone else on the roster.

[BrianS81177]

When a talent has problems with as many people as Punk has (seriously how many guys has he publicly beefed with, 10?) they're not worth keeping around no matter how talented. 

[nate]

17 minutes ago, BrianS81177 said:

When a talent has problems with as many people as Punk has (seriously how many guys has he publicly beefed with, 10?) they're not worth keeping around no matter how talented. 

The classic "if you meet one asshole in a day ..." trope made flesh.

[John E. Dynamite]

10 minutes ago, BrianS81177 said:

(seriously how many guys has he publicly beefed with, 10?)

Matt, Nick, Page, Kenny, Colt, Brandon, Nemeth, Jungle Boy, TK, Fish, Jericho, Matt Hardy, Christopher Daniels, with assumed heat from Kingston, Britt Baker, and William Regal. 

And Seth Rollins and Hornswoggle and R-Truth and HHH and Ryback. AJ Styles, Booker T, The Miz. Corey Graves, Elijah Burke, Beth Phoenix. Some actual bad people like BJ Whitmer, Hulk Hogan, Mike Quackenbush, Teddy Hart.

[Eivion]

The thing to keep in mind with Edge is he is ready for retirement. He mostly hasn't done it already likely because he wants to wrestle with Christian one more time and FTR at least once. I don't see him wanting to do more than a set of dates, especially if he can swing back to WWE for one last proper retirement match.

 

[zendragon]

5 hours ago, The Natural said:

Meltzer says my man, Bryan Danielson will mainly be on Collison now.

Live look at The Natural when he finds out his man gets his own wrestling show

[southofheavy]

I'm sure there's going to be more fallout (specifically, Punk's response), but I'm glad it's over. 

This whole thing has been a black cloud and an albatross for more than a year. Even though Collision rocked and there's been good matches/shows, it's really taken a lot of the shine off of AEW for me. 

I'm ready to be fucking stoked again. 

[BrianS81177]

1 hour ago, Eivion said:

The thing to keep in mind with Edge is he is ready for retirement. He mostly hasn't done it already likely because he wants to wrestle with Christian one more time and FTR at least once. I don't see him wanting to do more than a set of dates, especially if he can swing back to WWE for one last proper retirement match.

 

But how familiar with AEW is he? Because I could see him looking at the roster and thinking "Man I wouldn't mind working with Omega. That Hangman kid is pretty good too, we could probably tear it up." and so on. Him and Christian vs the Bucks, one more match with the Hardys, one more match with Jericho. Plus, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think he ever worked with Danielson or Moxley in WWE did he?

My point being, there's plenty of interesting things for him to do in AEW assuming he feels physically up to it.

Edited September 4, 2023 by BrianS81177

[southofheavy]

Fuck a FTR match, I want Sting/Darby vs Edge and Christian. 

(I was just teasin' about the FTR match, I wanna see that, too.)

[GuerrillaMonsoon]

Sting vs Copeland would definitely bring a whole new set of eyes on the product.

It's a pity Doug Sommers is no longer with us.

[southofheavy]

3 minutes ago, GuerrillaMonsoon said:

Sting vs Copeland would definitely bring a whole new set of eyes on the product.

It's a pity Doug Sommers is no longer with us.

Now I wanna see Sting/Darby vs Sommers and Buddy Rose. 

[Dog]

<-- Guys, there's only one Oddball here.

Edited September 4, 2023 by Dog

[BobbyWhioux]

There’s still time to have Sting played to the ring by Sting

[AxB]

If WWE owns the trademark and copyright on the name “Edge”, he could do what Christian Cage did, and return to his pre-WWF name.

Sexton Hardcastle.