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Like, there are a handfull of Indie wrestlers already warning indie promotions that they would refuse to do business with them if they hire Riddle. Hardy and Riddle are two different cases completely. Riddle is scum, simple as that. Im not sad he is gone, i will be more sad if i see him in any promotion i like. I could see UFC being the final reason that they released him. From what i gathered, nobody in UFC liked the guy...and that says a lot. If you got some of the worst right wing people in UFC and they dont like a scumbag like Riddle? Wow.

The Releases be what they are, unfortunate but many of them werent used and can elevate themself outside of the WWE a lot more because they have more restrictions in the WWE. What makes it so much more scummy is that this comes hours after they announced this billion dollar deal with the USA Network. Like its such a garbage move on their part. Sure its never good when the company who constantly celebrates how much money they make, fires people. But doint that just hours after such a huge deal, just looks this much more awful.

Isnt that with Emi meant to be "in character"? But yeah, she goes a bit too far with stuff. I often want to give her more benefit of doubt because of the sheer bullying she faced for years and still does...but she goes way too far. Like that one guy said something dumb about Womens Wrestling, but she kept insulting and bullying the guy several times. One tweet is fine, but literally checking out the guys profile and all that is pointless bullshit. And the way she handles it when people call out her shitty boyfriend...is also rather questionable.

Its Unfortunate, especially since they have this fallout in the public and all...really sad to see. I dont think any of them has a big future ahead as Solo wrestlers, but what can you do? If things between that turned this bad, its best to go seperate ways. Nothing wrong with what they want from their Careers, but its sad when this is put out in the open.

Yeah. Like, we should take these accusations serious, but its Matt Riddle...the man has a questionable track record telling the truth. But again, we should take this serious.

One day, sadly not today or Tomorrow...people will realize how utterly dumb they sound with the Ratings talk. Like, WWE makes record profit, AEWs value rises as we speak, Impact can upgrade their presentation because money is there, Joshi Wrestling rises in Popularity, NJPW does so well, many indy promotions pointed out that the number of tickets sold is up. And some can only think about the childish Tribalism which good running wrestling show on TV does better. One day we will leave this behind and just enjoy wrestling...i hope i will be still alive when that day comes.

A Part timer deal would be perfect for Punk. Go in, get paid...dont have to deal with shit, done. But the question is if the WWE is willing to take the risk, because you just never know what triggers Punk and his moods. I feel like being as involved in AEW as he was, maybe that was part of the problem. Like, he is one who wants to go things his way, if he doesnt get that...he can be hard to work with. A part timer deal would not have him around too much. Also, with NXT etc the wwe has created a environment where there are rookies who will listen and take advice...in AEW you have mostly guys who made it this far on their own and have a certain confidence etc that can make them a bit too cocky where Punk giving advice isnt as good as with these Rookies at NXT etc. Of course going back to the wwe would make Punk a Hypocrite...but that he is that, is not a shocker at this point. People kind of have built this idea around punk that he is more an idealist than he really is. Good enough offer and he would have gone back to the WWE long ago. If you look at it, this in the end could be a win/win for everyone. AEW has one less "problem" backstage, Punk who wasnt happy doesnt need to show up anymore, and as part timer in the wwe, they could have all the benefits with little of the negatives attached to Punk if its done right.

More than likely yeah. The rumor is that Punk visiting Raw was him seeing if he could get back into the WWE...absolutely wild. I just said yesterday he burned bridges there and all...but then, its WWE...wilder things have happened. And i could see a WM program happen for Punk. You know, that could also be a nice way to end his wrestling career. Have him be at the Rumble, start a program there for a WM night one main event...everything he ever wanted. Then he retires. Would be absolutely insane if that happens. We will see what the Cm Punk story holds in store in the next months. Maybe it all turn into a win/win situation for everyone. Gone from AEW who can breath a sigh of relief now, going back to the WWE for one final run. What a weird wrestling year we had either way so far.

Unlikely, maybe NJPW but for that i think he is too old. The Only two companies who have the money to pay him, he burned bridges with. Impact, NWA just dont have the money to pay him.

The Wheeler thing? Well allegedly he just showed people the gun that he was in an altercation with. Do people get fired if they get in fights or so outside of their Job? I would think that literally again punching people during the Job is more cause for firing than what goes on outside of work...but that comes down to what is happening. Punk got fired for the attack but allegedly there were many instances that made the ice thin for him. So its not "just" backstage fight but again i find it really questionable how people kind of downplay the fact that this man when coming face to face with someone, had to resort to violence. Even in wrestling, this should be unacceptable. That is being overly dramatic. Its not like people literally fight constantly backstage. That not everyone is on friendly terms should be clear. Sure a stronger leadership would be good to keep everyone in line...but its not like the wild west there.

In what way? Story goes they go in the fight and several officials etc broke it up, Punk threatened to quit and Samoa joe talked him down from that and all. These are rather fast things, they dont last 10-15 minutes so i doubt he and Perry were on each throats for minutes before finally someone stopped them. Gone probably just a minute or 2. I really wanna know what Punk did here. Like, i dont trust Meltzer on this at all...but im curious what happened there. It must really have messed with Tony Khan, he probably never expected Punk to be angry at him.

And like he doesnt strike me as one who was ever in fights or even screaming matches or so. He is not used to being screamed at or worse. He strike as a very shelter man who just isnt used to confrontation and Introvert. Imagine a CM Punk full of adrenaline during a real fight lunging in your direction, screaming at you and all. No surprise if he is completely overwhelmed by that.

Ehm no, according to several reports...he literally lunged at him. People have to be real here. If Khan is forced to fire Punk, the man he was bending backwards to please...then the things were as closer to what the worst reports state. Simply as that. Its unfortunate, but a needed thing to do from AEW. Walking on Eggshells around Punk, was never working out for long. Its damn shame...the man has what? 3-4 years left as wrestler and it could have been cool...but you cant change CM Punk. Punk is who he is and always was, one for confrontation. If the investigation that includes footage and many eye witnesses comes to the conclussion that its best to fire Punk...then Punk is not innocent on this at all.

Man, you cant go to sleep when stuff like this happens because you miss so much stuff. So to recap, it was revealed that nobody was picked up from the Airport, not just Punk. Then a story came out with Miro and Punk, claiming them almost throwing hands...just to be revealed they were joking around about it. Then the story varies from Punk having a heated talk with Khan in the open to just in the locker room. You cant take your eyes off of this for a second it seems. The whole situation in general pisses me off so much. AEW just came from a record breaking, fantastic Wembley show...and again all people can talk about is backstage shit. Really unfortunate.

But why? I just dont get how this situation could bother someone so freaking hard. Like how? So he couldnt use real glass on a segment...why is this a thing that rubbed him the wrong way so much that he held onto it for some time and planned to take a shot during a PPV? I just cant wrap my head around it.

If that all is true, this guys ass needs to be fired. *censored*ing Unprofessional and unacceptable...absolutely unacceptable. Take care of talent no matter your personal feelings. If he cant do that...fire his ass.

The question is on that, who got Physical first. And seeing Punks history, it seems he is more a trash talker than one who would throw the first punch. He got into verbal fights, but physical fights not really. But then, an older Punk being faced with young talent who gets into his face...who knows. Punk isnt one to back down easy so its possible that in this case Perry was in his face, punk shoved him away and stuff. But we just know the 100% there what exactly happened. I dont know what more Khan can do at this point. Fire people...but thats all. And you got Locker Room Leaders like Jericho and Moxley that already tried to talk sense into people. What more could Khan do there?

Drama just follows Punk were he goes. But this time im not sure if i would blame him. The man was worried about the safety of the workers some weeks ago when Perry wanted real glass. Perry held a grudge till ALL IN, did the spot with allegedly real glass, took a shot at punk on air, then walked backstage and gotten into his face. Like how? Dude just felt real glass was dangerous to use. How is that a thing to hold a grudge and stuff? A very weird story at the moment, one of these things really pointless to start a fight over. Like why would you even want to have real glass? That stuff is super dangerous and not worth the possible injuries. Either way however, Khan has to be careful. I get that Punk sells well, but it never was a good idea to have a Wrestler calling the shots. I cant remember any story where such power for one Wrestler benefited a company.

Like im not a fan of her, her wrestling style just isnt for me and the match with Britt was really clunky medicore...but thats about it. She or Britt arent untalented or so, they just had a bad day and a match that just didnt work. Taya has been all over the world, that doesnt happen if you are that bad and she looks fine. Like who are these dudes to talk about a Person that way? 80% of the IWC can not reach around to wipe their ass Properly, who are these sweat donkeys to insult any Wrestler ever?

I dont get why many of us thought that, maybe in the wrestling bubble he was really smart...but i doubt that because look at how far he fell. He is literally repeating the most basic right wing talking points without an ounce of unique thought in them. Recently about "protecting" Women in sports crap while at the same time being one of the dudes that want actively take womens rights on their bodies away. Bastard.

The older he gets, the more he looks like one you totally expect to be some MAGA dirtbag. Super sad to see, the amount of love i had for Kane for a long time is completely gone. Disappointed in this guy.

Never a dull day with Punk involved. There is no reason to bring Steel back at all...and if Punk demands that, *censored*ing get rid of Punk. This shit is just insane at this point. These are grown ass people and they act like god damn children. Someone has to put their foot down and make hard decision. Get your shit together and make a ton of money...how freaking hard is that?

Well he considered AEW once before his return so i wouldnt rule it out 100%. But this sounds to me like he is done in general with Wrestling soon. Would be neat to see him one more time with Christian or in an AEW ring. Either way, man its sad to hear him say that he is looking towards the end of his In-ring career. The good thing is that he can end it on his terms.

Yeah. Sure Miz is a great worker who does everything, has no ego and all that...but considering his on air character, there is no reason why he should be part of this. I checked it and the last match he won was Raw December 2022 against Dexter Lumis. Im sure there are names that arent in that won more and more recent matches than him. Being a loudmouth on screen shouldnt be enough to have a place in a tournament for the title. As for the title, im afraid they give it Cody...which would feel so bad to me at least. It would make the title really feel like second place. So i do hope they pull something and take cody out of the tournament. Im all for Rollins winning the title, he seems to me like the best solution. He is on fire for a long while and can elevate the title from the start. Edge would be neat too. Balor i dont think, would be cool. Styles has the return momentum, i could see him. Nakamura too has the momentum so it would feel good. The rest i cant really see with the title.

They have UFC under their banner, i doubt that negative press is bothering them too much. But then, literally the only problem for weeks is one person...its not a bunch that cause negative press over and over again. Its really just one old guy who has been proven to be out of touch. Like, just get rid of Vince...thats all they need to do for things to run smooth again.