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I still don’t get it. I suppose this confirms that WWE is only in this for the ‘moments’ and cheap pops. This guy can’t add anything of substance to the WWE product. He’s a novelty merch-mover and nothing more.
I agree. The only thing I see him adding to their product is a promo on how “shitty AEW is.” If he comes in and cuts a promo or two crapping on AEW than WWE/TKO might see value in that.
If, rofl. Mother fucker isn’t gonna make it more than 4 lines into a promo without a coded shot at them I guarantee it.
He’s going to show up on Raw with the
AEW“Real” World Champion belt. I can feel it in me bones.Oh, for sure. He was pretty much making those shots while he was still with AEW lol. Calling out the Bucks, saying their fans are losers (can’t remember the exact wording but it’s close enough), the whole Brawl Out media scrum. He’s going to air as much dirty laundry as WWE will let him and I’m sure it’s gonna be a few hampers worth lol.
He’s your problem now WWE
Lol he’s their problem again! Anything for a quick buck.
Guess we’ll see how this goes!
…via social media clips and piracy cause I ain’t gonna start watching WWE for Punk lol
Paraphrasing Triple H from the press conference on the return…
“Love him, hate him, people talk about him, if the fans want it, if the Universe is excited to have it, then… Let’s go and we’ll figure it out from there. This came together super quick, it was speculation, it wasn’t happening then all of a sudden it was happening. Excited, if people are the same person they was 10 years ago 10 years later you’ve messed up, this is a new company, they are all on even starting grown, it’ll be exciting, it’ll be a thrill ride for the Universe, we’re thrilled to have him back home in WWE where he belongs.” - Paul “HHH” Levesque.
“Zero push from anybody past WWE. Very few people knew about it, past HHH and Nick Khan. We’re doing our thing and what’s right for business, thinks top people at TKO were watching and also went Holy Shit like the fans. Lot of energy lot of excitement, HHH is ready, let’s do this the biggest way possible and keep building what Vince made into a global juggernaut. We’re gonna make it bigger than before.” Paul “HHH” Levesque.
Great write-up. Almost word for word what Trips said.
CM PUNK!
This is Phil Brooks working with Paul Levesque.
So does he make it a year without starting a fight with someone?
I bet he does. He’s probably motivated to stick it to Tony/AEW right now. Whether that’s warranted or not.
Well everyone thought he’d be motivated once he got given his own show and we know how that turned out. Only way I see it working is if he’s kept apart from the rest of the crew and just comes out for his segments / matches and leaves. Eventually his attitude will rub someone the wrong way & then he’ll take great offence at their retort.
He was pretty motivated to stick it to WWE in his AEW run. That didn’t stop him there. He is who he is.
WWE is better positioned to keep a lid on him than AEW was, though, so when he does melt down again, he won’t cause nearly the level of damage. The machine will just keep chugging along without him.
Lol ok wow, countdown to the next implosion started, I guess.
Asides from Phil Brooks the person confirmeling he’s a complete hypocrite, this is ultimately a good thing for both WWE and AEW.
For WWE, I’m sure they will have a better ability to control his bullshit, and he may even be able to teach a few people a thing or two given the performance centre. Personality problems aside, Punk is a solid worker. It also gives ardent Punk fans something to watch with him on.
For AEW, it should reduce potential future hijacking by grumpy Punk fans, and hopefully stop the rumour mill distracting from the show.
For Punk, well, honestly, I can’t see much beyond him getting fed to Roman. And the money, obviously.
I give it a year.
Well. That is it. Nothing tops this in the “never say never in wrestling” scale. I thought we had peaked that in the past with other events but now we have definitely peaked.
Nick Gage could appear on the next Smackdown and set Roman on fire and I would be like, sure, checks out. Ibushi could be surprised added to the main event of WrestleMania with zero context, win the title, and I wouldn’t be even phased. Just, why not at this point.
As always, I’m deeply grateful to real life wrestling industry for making my Total Extreme Wrestling saves seem believable in comparison.
This will last until just before the announcement of Punk vs Triple H at Mania… Oh wait that’s been done before /s
I have more confidence in Triple H and the E in reining in whatever issue may arise from his return. Looking forward to his feuds, and to him putting people over
I think the same way. TK didn’t just put his foot down to stop issues, so they kept building in the background. I mean he tried to give him his own show instead of doing that.
I get the feeling the WWE machine has more experience and will more quickly handle issues so they don’t build.
Either way, it’s a win for the fans who want to see him.
Should we add a “Days Without CM Punk Drama” counter to the sidebar?
Maybe combine it with the Daddy Magic Chill Level?
I would say WWE fans are going to be conflicted. But they are too far down the kool-aid to think.
So… I guess he’s not the devil.
That’s a relief.
I’m here to see him get fed to Roman Reigns just to fill time until Cody/Roman at WM.
