Phantom Lord Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Did we ever figure out which account is Punk's? Who has hated Ryback the most on here? I sent an email to that AOW thing and ended it with we miss him here posting as FSW since he was banned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, WHAT IF THEY READ THAT AND PEOPLE WHO LISTEN TO THAT SHOW COME HERE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuerrillaMonsoon Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 *10 pages later* dafuq? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Hawk implied Vince & Shawn were homos and He and Hawk did a shot on Raw for the tag belts on tv the next year so , Vince has heard worse that what Punk has said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Did Ohno/Hero getting his release and the continued reticence to bring Cabana in exacerbate issues between Punk and WWE? I think probably a bit. Top guys also generally get to juice in a couple of pals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stay Gold Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I don't know, Hero and Punk are friends but they're not as close as a lot of people tend to believe they are. I'm sure Punk thought Hero getting cut was a bad call but I doubt it was a huge issue for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeCaesar Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 If only this were the late 90s, HHH would go over a dwarf "CM Punk" on Raw this Monday, and that would be the end of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I don't know, Hero and Punk are friends but they're not as close as a lot of people tend to believe they are. I'm sure Punk thought Hero getting cut was a bad call but I doubt it was a huge issue for him. Yeah, he is closer to Cabana for sure. Again, it may be more the 'top guys get to look after their pals' ego thing as much as anything and I'm not saying it's a primary issue - just an aggravating factor. It's like Vince has said 'I owe you one' a couple of times, once for making him work Ryback, then he releases one of the guys that Punk probably would have felt very safe about working with in Ohno. It all builds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 If only this were the late 90s, HHH would go over a dwarf "CM Punk" on Raw this Monday, and that would be the end of it. So in other words, just a CM Punk lookalike. Ha. Cuz he's little. I got nothin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Didn't Punk get Graves his tryout, too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 If only this were the late 90s, HHH would go over a dwarf "CM Punk" on Raw this Monday, and that would be the end of it. Yeah but Punk would also probably be on Nitro or ECW TV saying things that are much, much worse than what he said on AOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Punk has gotten himself more over from his couch than the WWE could have done in the last 11 months. He also gets them more main stream exposure, and creates more interest in their product than anyone they have under contract. As for Punk apologizing like the Outlaws did I don't see it, but there is about a billion times more money to be made on a Punk return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstout Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I could see them mutually apologizing. Time changes a lot of things, but I don't think HHH really holds grudges. I think most of the shit he pulled over the years was more protecting his spot than any genuine malice. Said it before - if Punk wants to come back, I'm sure that'll be fine by a company whose purpose is to make money. It's business, not personal. He'll most likely be a bigger star than before if he returns, and will make the WWE and himself more money. If Lesnar returns to MMA as expected, or even if he doesn't, wouldn't Punk have just a ton of leverage if he wanted to return? He doesn't really have to, though - if he needs spot money, he can always sign autographs at comic cons, and you know any book he writes would probably sell pretty well. I'd probably have saved some of this juice for "Fuck C.P. Munk: The C.M. Punk Story." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 piranesi, on 28 Nov 2014 - 8:53 PM, said: The thing that bothers me the most is that Punk's cascade of injuries coupled with the pressure (both from yourself and the office) to keep going is probably not that unusual and probably equals the normal load of pain all these guys are dealing with all the time. I would like it if Punk had made that part a bit more clear so that it came off less "look how badly they treated ME!!!" and more "Look how much this job is destroying probably everyone that you watch and like." I mean, I knew his knees were hurt and his arm was a mess, but had no idea he was working through concussions, broken ribs, some kind of pelvis thing, and a fucking MRSA infection on top of all that. I get the sense that when we hear someone is "banged up" and hear about one thing or another, that there's probably another five or six major issues that are going on at the same time. On top of all that Punk is probably not popping dozens of painkillers daily to deal with these injuries that other guys might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilwaldo Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 If one thing comes out of this I hope it is more attention to medical problems so that there is not another incident. A deeper main event roster in terms of priority on the card would make it easier if guys need to miss a week or two. Having three or four main event guys on both the face and heels would make it easier for guys to take some time off. Where this hits hard are places like ROH and TNA, especially TNA with respect to their lack of medical coverage. The WWE can absorb better coverage but the smaller feds cannot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 To be fair, they clearly are going for a deeper main-event and upper midcard picture - Ambrose, Rollins, Reigns & Ziggler are now there or thereabouts, with Rusev in the picture and Harper/Rowan/Ryback coming back strong. They deserve credit for that, though arguably the roster split was better at ensuring that in the first place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I hope WWE trolls Punk by staging a C.P. Munk vs Adam Rose's Bunny, and have the Bunny do a total squash of Munk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 I bet all these hypocrites who are saying "Punk shouldn't have walked out, it was unprofessional" cheered loudly when Charmander left his abusive trainer and joined Ash! Nope,mainly cause I have no clue who Charmander is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 So I guess Cody Rhodes said "Things I'm learning about the internet. You don't have to make it in professional wrestling to have a podcast about it" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 So ripping off your older brother, and getting dragged to semi relevancy by his great work is making it? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSmUgly Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Is anyone going to crack this "independent contractor" deal for WWE, though? I would love for the wrestlers to unionize, and were CM Punk not just sick of it all (and had he not been able to settle for his royalty checks + extra), I would guess that he's the type of guy who would go head to head with Vince McMahon in court over being categorized as an independent contractor. It's not at all a perfect analogy, but will there eventually be a Curt Flood of wrestling, do y'all think? Will there be one in our lifetimes? In Vince McMahon's lifetime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 it's a whole lot better than being a never-was podcaster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Cody had more of a successful career in WWE *before* the team with his brother than Colt could've ever hopes to have. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 For the record, I would say yes of course Cody has made it.. though I'm not sure I agree that you need to in order to have a podcast. I listen to a bunch of wrestling podcasts from all types of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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