The Termination of CM Punk by The Coward Tony Khan

[DreamBroken]

1 hour ago, elizium said:

I concur. He's washed and there's literally no one I care to see him wrestle. Plus, Christian has a good thing going and if Edge shows up, he's inevitably going to get tied to him somehow. We all know how good Christian is, but whenever Edge is around it's always Edge and Christian with the emphasis on Edge.

When asked about "his friend Adam Copeland" potentially joining him in AEW at the media scrum:

"I only talk about myself, and Luchasaurus, and I have no friends other than Luchasaurus. I'll leave it at that" - Christian Cage

[Nice Guy Eddie]

Christian is so good. With MJF being a face for the time being, I'd say Christian is the #1 heel in AEW.  He doesn't need Adam around stealing the spotlight again. 

[hobo joe]

14 hours ago, Zimbra said:

Now I don't even care who it is I just want someone to do a dick stepdad angle with Nick Wayne.

Word. Why even put Nick Wayne’s hot mom on TV if that’s not the endgame?

[zendragon]

Christain Cage MILF Hunter

[Godfrey]

11 hours ago, Casey said:

The Independent has an article comparing Punk to Donald Trump and the Proud Boys. Yeah that’s a completely rational take

Just read it, a truly whack opinion from someone with zero sense of proportion (and who omitted key details to slant the uninformed reader towards his conclusion so par for modern discourse). If you think Punk is toxic that's fine, the term is starting to lose any meaning anyway, but if you put his firing up there with Trump's indictment in your mind then you should stop watching wrestling for a while

[The Natural]

20 hours ago, Belgian_Waffle said:

I made this joke awhile ago in another thread but if Edge signs they should call him Cliff.

Edge-ing

Settle down, Naturaletico.

[SirSmUgly]

35 minutes ago, The Natural said:

Edge-ing

Settle down, Naturaletico.

His matches have multiple false finishing runs and he gets lots of 2.9s on pinfall attempts leading up to finally putting his opponent down.

[Go2Sleep]

On 9/5/2023 at 9:54 AM, Zimbra said:

Now I don't even care who it is I just want someone to do a dick stepdad angle with Nick Wayne.

While there's no doubt Edge or Christian would totally nail that role (no pun intended), I think it loses something since they're the appropriate age to date Nick's mom.

Now if you're looking for something for Jack Perry when he comes back...

[AxB]

Nonono, go the other direction. Older, not younger. Nick Wayne's dick stepdad should be Good ol' JR.

Anyway, here is a summary of a Sean Ross Sapp podcast:

Edited September 6, 2023 by AxB

[Matt D]

The last line there cracked me up for some reason.

[Dog]

Clearly died on the way back to his home planet.

[John from Cincinnati]

“Happiest he had ever encountered after the Jack Perry fight,” amazing detail.

[dorfus malorfus]

Someone I know who is deep into the Punk conspiracy theory stuff sent me an ominous dm earlier about how he "heard Punk is planning or ready to unleash something". I can't tell if those Sapp bullets support or discourage that rumour. 

[Dog]

11 minutes ago, Belgian_Waffle said:

Someone I know who is deep into the Punk conspiracy theory stuff sent me an ominous dm earlier about how he "heard Punk is planning or ready to unleash something". I can't tell if those Sapp bullets support or discourage that rumour. 

You gotta one-up him.

"Pfft, you believe Punk got fired?"

Spoiler

 

Edited September 7, 2023 by Dog

[TheVileOne]

23 hours ago, Belgian_Waffle said:

Someone I know who is deep into the Punk conspiracy theory stuff sent me an ominous dm earlier about how he "heard Punk is planning or ready to unleash something". I can't tell if those Sapp bullets support or discourage that rumour. 

Sports Illustrated suggested that days ago.

All the whining about who told who what is utter BS anyway. CM Punk is a paranoid narcissist. No one even knew he had issues with Hangman the months he was injured and had a broken foot until he came back on TV and shot on him. 
 

Clearly, the whole Colt Cabana thing is an exposed nerve for him he couldn’t get over it after almost 10 years. He had to let it drive him wild. Who even gives a crap if a few idiots on the internet think you had something to do with Cabana being marginalized? No one was even talking about that until the public shots at Hangman. If he’s worried about that garbage getting out in the open, it was Punk himself who opened that can of worms because he’s a fucking idiot.

Punk wants drama, and he likes to create drama, and he wants to be at the center of it.

Edited September 8, 2023 by TheVileOne

[Raziel]

Given Tony and his dad were in an actual business before Wrestling, I'm gonna guess we won't be hearing anything from Punk for a good long while, as I can't imagine that as part of his Termination was getting wasn't NDA'd out the ass for him to get any money off the rest of his contract.  

 

I've tinfoil hatted my self into believing that AEW talent being NDA'd is the reason former talent complaints go real quiet after an initial strike, but I have nothing to back that up other than assumption on how actual companies operate.

Edited September 7, 2023 by Raziel

[EVA]

I didn’t go to journalism school, but I feel like voluntarily outing your sources is bad for business.

[odessasteps]

I did (although I'm a non-practicing journalist) and I'd agree.

UNLESS they wanted to go public, as a whistle blower or what you. 

[BobbyWhioux]

13 hours ago, Belgian_Waffle said:

Someone I know who is deep into the Punk conspiracy theory stuff sent me an ominous dm earlier about how he "heard Punk is planning or ready to unleash something". I can't tell if those Sapp bullets support or discourage that rumour. 

now that's a tease to call 1-900-909-9900 if ever I heard one

[TheVileOne]

On 9/5/2023 at 6:53 PM, Casey said:

The Independent has an article comparing Punk to Donald Trump and the Proud Boys. Yeah that’s a completely rational take

Trump and Cornette would be a more apt comparison. There are definitely similarities among their fan bases and how they act on social media. But that’s most toxic fandom in general. 

[John from Cincinnati]

Ace Steel has been released. 

[Sublime]

The only shocking thing about that is that it didn’t happen first minute of business on Tuesday. Or maybe it did and we’re just finding out.

[Doragon]

It happened earlier today. He was getting paycheck remotely.

[Travis Sheldon]

I have no dog in this fight, but I do have a keyboard so I'm compelled to spew my opinion.

I've never trusted straight-edger's, back in my punk rock/heavy metal days I would hang with all sorts of people, but the straight-edger's always felt off to me.

Not sure if it was their holier-than-thou attitude that most (not all) seemed to exude.

With drunks and stoners I knew where I stood. (And it was usually next to them right on the edge of the pit.)

Hope Punk finds peace somewhere, I get the feeling the only peace he'll have in pro-wrestling is starting his own promotion.

 

[COLETTI]

1 hour ago, Travis Sheldon said:

I have no dog in this fight, but I do have a keyboard so I'm compelled to spew my opinion.

I've never trusted straight-edger's, back in my punk rock/heavy metal days I would hang with all sorts of people, but the straight-edger's always felt off to me.

Not sure if it was their holier-than-thou attitude that most (not all) seemed to exude.

With drunks and stoners I knew where I stood. (And it was usually next to them right on the edge of the pit.)

Hope Punk finds peace somewhere, I get the feeling the only peace he'll have in pro-wrestling is starting his own promotion.

 

Even though I've met a few okay sXe HC dudes, I completely agree that a lot of 'em can be self-righteous douche canoes.