The Gaffer Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 Imagine having to have a wrestling forum clue you in that different people have different fear response thresholds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanny Pack Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 41 minutes ago, Accident Prone said: Bullshit. You've never left the house in your life. 38 minutes ago, Big'Olympic_Hero'Pete said: Questionable they've ever left their room Jokes so vicious I actually fear for my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paid Members Supremo Posted September 3, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2023 (edited) The way that opening statement was scripted, and the way Tony delivered it like a hostage, I’m almost certain phrases like, “scared for my life,” were specifically chosen by lawyers for specific reasons I’m not clever enough to understand. Same with the way he kept saying, “…with cause.” Not that there would be anything wrong with him actually fearing for his life, but everything in both the press release and the on-air statement felt like a gang of lawyers determining the exact thing to say to protect themselves from the inevitable lawsuits. They’re not fucking about here. This wasn’t, “Punk screwed Punk.” I guess we’ll have to wait and see if CM Punk’s legal team use an animatronic T-Rex as Exhibit A in their case against him. “Look at his tiny arms! He couldn’t even choke Luke Perry’s kid!” Edited September 3, 2023 by Supremo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted September 3, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2023 A fun fact I learned about CM Punk today: He recently took part in an amateur BJJ contest under his own name (to avoid press). He finished third. There were only three people in the contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted September 3, 2023 Share Posted September 3, 2023 25 minutes ago, Supremo said: “Look at his tiny arms! He couldn’t even choke Luke Perry’s kid!” Maybe his were the arms that were too short to box with God after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted September 3, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2023 45 minutes ago, Supremo said: Look at his tiny arms I didn't know Rhyno was backstage at Wembley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adjarrell Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 It's just all such a shame isn't it. Punk is one of my favourites of all time, and always will be, but goodness me, why does HE have to be like this. There's a plethora of talent in the books at AEW that would not make a single bit of difference if they left, Punk's left us without a hell of a lot of dream-matches. Shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew "the ref" coyne Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Supremo said: The way that opening statement was scripted, and the way Tony delivered it like a hostage, I’m almost certain phrases like, “scared for my life,” were specifically chosen by lawyers for specific reasons I’m not clever enough to understand. Same with the way he kept saying, “…with cause.” Not that there would be anything wrong with him actually fearing for his life, but everything in both the press release and the on-air statement felt like a gang of lawyers determining the exact thing to say to protect themselves from the inevitable lawsuits. They’re not fucking about here. This wasn’t, “Punk screwed Punk.” I guess we’ll have to wait and see if CM Punk’s legal team use an animatronic T-Rex as Exhibit A in their case against him. “Look at his tiny arms! He couldn’t even choke Luke Perry’s kid!” On the various court tv shows I watch, I notice people trying to shoe horn in "scared for my life / safety" as it effectively a key method to get a exemption from contract terms. Often cases tend to fail or succeed on if they can successfully argue this point. Like, yeah you have a contract, but if your legitimately threatening someone's well being, then it's acceptable to break a contract / lease. Honestly though I don't even think it was necessary if what's come out is true. If he assaulted someone without being physically provoked, that should be enough. Add in him "lunging at his boss", and if filmed, you've got more than enough to fire a guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 4, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 4, 2023 11 hours ago, SuperBacon said: Maybe his were the arms that were too short to box with God after all. Maybe that's why he hangs out with Cash. They both like small arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I feel like WWE is even more corporate than ever and regardless if Punk is good with Trips these days they're not going to wantv such a loose cannon in the company, Brock is enough but at least he's a mega draw. We're probably closer to seeing Phil Brooks vs KSI in a fixed celebrity boxing match at this point, there's surely room for him to take that kind of avenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted September 4, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted September 4, 2023 18 minutes ago, Merzbow said: Brock is enough but at least he's a mega draw. I'm not particularly sure there's any real suggestion Lesnar is difficult to deal with these days, he tends to turn up when he's paid, win when they want him to, lose when they want him to with fairly little fuss, outside of not wanting to do a Bray Wyatt Spooky Bollocks program for Mania, which is quite a few rungs down the ladder from Punk's track record for unscripted physical altercations with colleagues. Not to repeat from my previous post about the nature of "a draw" in 2023, when more than ever its the ensemble that's the draw... how do we quantify who's a draw? CM Punk just had a match on the PPV that drew the largest live house for a single night in the history of pro wrestling in the Western world, but he didn't draw the house by himself - but then, nobody is going to suggest MJF vs Adam Cole sold 81,000 tickets for their match by themselves either. Similarly - WWE just sold >130,000 tickets over two nights for WrestleMania and apparently broke a ton of revenue records for merch etc. Brock was on the card, but in a thrown together match that wasn't particularly the focus, and the attendance was up from the previous year where him and Reigns to unify the belts was undisputedly THE focus. I'm not particularly hanging my hat anywhere is terms of Lesnar vs Punk as adding value but I don't think it's worth talking about who's a "draw" in the current WWE model. 15 hours ago, Fanny Pack said: Christ where did all the men go? Due to a culture in which toxic masculinity still prevails, large numbers of them killed themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d-d-d-dAz Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 https://whatculture.com/amp/wwe/report-cm-punk-had-another-aew-backstage-confrontation-with-who I mean, I can’t even begin to believe this is true. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard anyone say a bad word about Regal. Still, If it is true I hope when Punk eventually does go cap in hand back to WWE that Regal greets him as a fellow ‘stooge’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Land Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, d-d-d-dAz said: https://whatculture.com/amp/wwe/report-cm-punk-had-another-aew-backstage-confrontation-with-who I mean, I can’t even begin to believe this is true. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard anyone say a bad word about Regal. Still, If it is true I hope when Punk eventually does go cap in hand back to WWE that Regal greets him as a fellow ‘stooge’. That story's been out there for a while and has included FTR as part of the confrontation. Did the rounds when Regal left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted September 4, 2023 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 4, 2023 A guy on Twitter who has been previously shown to have reliable info from within AEW said that there has also been some issues around Punk being creepy and inappropriate with some of the female wrestlers. Punk used to come to weekly TV with Starbucks gift cards and give them to all the women wrestlers as presents and eventually management asked him to stop. Seemed to notably be some unspecified creepy behaviour from him toward Britt Baker, among others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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