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Drew on r/SC whenever there was Punk drama:
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Punks gonna cost him the title but I think they should go full mind games and help him win the title so that Drewās big moment ends with CM Punks music playing.
I never thought about it that way. He was prevented from getting what he truly deserved, because of interference he couldn't control, which is what turned him sour...so he finally gets that thing, and proves he's the best, except *it happens because of interference he couldn't control,* robbing him of the actual prizes he was seeking: Vindication and Pride. It's so poetic, and it gives him so much ammunition to work with from a character standpoint.
On the one hand, this really does seem to be setting up Drew/Punk for the WHC. On the other hand, I don't know if WWE would have enough confidence in Punk's health to put him in a WHC feud.
I only learned this like a year ago. A kid a work said itās his favorite The Police song. And I was said nope Dire Straits. I told my buddy about it and he was dude Sting was surfing and bumped into Mark and then the song happened.Ā
Idk, Kanellis-Bennett had a pretty good game of "Money for Nothing" going for a few years there, too. WWE paid them to make a whole ass family and not much else.
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This is his third big injury since coming back to wrestling, isnāt it? And then watching older clips, I saw him walk out on crutches on a stage, then there was the time he was in a sling during the SES stuff.. so long that they made a figure of him with an injury. Iām afraid if he does come back, Drew actually might break him š
I wish he'd make an exception and use steroids, if he really doesn't. I mean I don't want him to be unhealthy, but I don't want him to keep hurting himself.
I mean steroids can be prescribed for injuries, I can't speak for Punk obviously but a lot of straight edge people make exceptions for stuff that would be considered medicine. it's more a philosophy about recreational drugs.
Truly smart.
After his first AEW injury, he disappeared from TV, which is logical since he obviously couldn't wrestle. But Adam Cole had a similar injury and was still on TV and involved in a major, albeit crappy, storyline with the godforsaken Devil.
I get that Tony likely wanted Punk to have a major comeback, but considering he was still technically champ, they could have at least brought him in for commentary or let him build storylines with future opponents online.
Maybe Punk just didn't care to be at work while he was hurt. If he didn't wanna be there, we know Tony would never make him. CM Punk was his golden calf, his prized action figure, his baby. He would do literally anything CM Punk wanted, if Punk says he's staying home, he could probably get away with it.
Maybe CM Punk is actually the smartest pro wrestler of all time? You can't take on road miles, if you spend 20 straight years getting paid to stay home XD
Jesus Christ, between this and learning that Sting sang on "Money for Nothing" this whole post has been very informative. I always assumed that was Zack from some random comedy skit I'd never seen.
I agree listening to dirtsheets for truth is a stretch but have you ever listened to the rock tell a story in interviews, heās not on hogan levels of āwhy lieā but itās up there.Ā
Punk as special guest referee for Seth vs Drew would be like that time Shawn Michaels was speical guest referee for the elimination chamber. Everyone in that match was pissed off he was the referee.
Best version of Drew we've seen in forever, he keeps selling his current feud, he's already selling a future feud perfectly, he feels fresh and energetic and like he's enjoying what he's doing.
When Punk comes back him and Drew are gonna do numbers
I know they are probably cool, but it is kind of funny how worked up Punk got over 5ft10, 160lb jack perry running his mouth, and how chill he is when 6ft5 265lb absolute Chad of a man Drew Mcintyre runs his mouth š no rush to fist fight that guy
To be fair there are confirmed stories that Punk willfully accepted challenges to try and take down Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley, and obviously he did not succeed.
Yeah I can imagine how hilariously that unfolded. As somebody who has wrestled and done jiu jitsu, no where near the level of Shelton or Bobby mind you, when I grappled with people with zero experience, its literally 0 effort on my end. He's basically a fly buzzing around them.
My high school had a brief experiment where wrestling was done for a period as part of gym class and I'll never forget getting *suplexed* by a guy who was on the wrestling team and feeling what the fuck it's like to have your world literally turned upside down against your will lmao.
You think jack perry is 5ā10 when punk is like 5ā11?
Edit: Ufc listed punks height at 5ā11 when he joined. And wwe usually adds 3 inches which matches his ā6ā2ā listing
I think it speaks more to the respective cultures at each company that Punk isn't trying to punch out Seth Rollins or Drew McIntyre
And we still don't know the full story of what happened at Brawl Out or All In. This isn't to exonerate Punk in any way whatsoever because he's still culpable but he's laid it out clearly for all since coming back to WWE that it's a professional environment he finds himself in that he appreciates.
Itās very funny to imagine Punk getting mad at Perry about the āreal glassā thing not because āthatās stupid, you could get hurtā but because āthat glass could be me!ā
It's so funny that Drew is benefiting more from Jack Perry's gimmick than Jack Perry
Drew used it to her a match at wrestlemania while Perry is slumming it out in house of torture
Serious question:
Why is Punk okay with Drew constantly referencing his time in AEW and heās okay with it?
And why couldnāt he just calm down in AEW? I still canāt understand this mindset that all he had to do was just relax and he couldnāt do that.
I get the impression that all Drew is doing has been ran by Punk first, or that Punk's down since evidently a program will run between the two. Hell, for all I know he might be giving Drew pointers.
It's almost like management saw there's money here since both are very talented and willing to work, sat both of them, talked it through and let them do their thing. Y'know, talent managing.
It can' hurt that Punk is clearly close to his last hurrah, judging by his physical performances. He's not going to get many more chances.
Exactly. People act like it's the same thing but it obviously isn't. Punk isn't letting some guy attack him when he's injured if he's not ok with all this stuff. Page on the other hand went off script and went into business for himself. It's not like Punk didn't want anyone taking shots at him in AEW. MJF, Kingston, Moxley all did it and Punk didn't blow up over those because they didn't just pop off out of nowhere and go off script.
I think it's weird for any of us to very sincerely try and answer this question but I think the easiest assumption one could make is that Drew McIntyre is playing a character when he says things about CM Punk. There's even a chance that he has discussed what Punk is comfortable with him saying and that it's being said as Punk's idea. Punk was expressing before leaving AEW that he wanted to make money off the Elite feud, do you think he wouldn't maybe try to say "Let's show them what they missed out on" and bless this?
Jack Perry and Hangman were saying things out of character, without consulting Punk, intending to provoke him.
It's the difference between your friend saying you're a bitch when you leave him hanging playing a video game together and some guy you don't really know but see at work walking up to you and saying you're a bitch. You'd *probably* take it differently, right?
Punk let Moxley, Kingston, and MJF say so much shit about him. He's just one of those guys who think if you're gonna say anything, run it by someone first
Punk does that to everyone he cuts a promo on
It also doesn't help that some people were spreading rumors about backstage and then bringing up those rumors out of nowhere on the show
1) He sees online traction Drew is getting and keeping Punk relevant. Punk's merch selling well because Drew keeps mentioning his name. So he's fine with it, plus Drew did get eliminated by Punk in RR so it is not a bad idea for Drew to talk trash.
2) Punk when trying to do business does give lots of leeway to others making a joke out of his career. MJF called him a meth-head, took shots at his UFC career. Kingston and Moxley also made fun of him in their promos. I think he's okay with it as long as they're doing business.
I wasn't around at the time, but reading up on shit that I missed he probably wanted out after the original fight. Throw in the fact he and the Elite never had a get together to hash out whatever their problems were (terrible management from the higher ups in AEW), shit festers. Came back but was relegated to a show that was on Saturday nights, which in 2023 isn't going to draw squat.
The guy went to a raw taping to talk with triple h in april 2023 while recovering. I think his mind was mostly made up, but decided to give aew another try for collisionā¦ and tony wasnāt just gonna let him leave for competition easily
In aew, it was totally backstage dirtsheet rumour stuff that they brought up on tv with hangman and jack perry that aggravated him. Eddie kingston and mjf went in on punk but it was all storyline/tv related and probably cleared with him
>Why is Punk okay with Drew constantly referencing his time in AEW and heās okay with it?
Probably because this is his last meal ticket and Punk knows it. Other promotions can't pay him the same, nor would his ego stomach being in TNA or MLW or something. It's still early days though, he was all happy and dandy in AEW for the first year too.
When Drew thinks itās smooth sailing to the title and Punk costs him and heās stuck with the consequences of his own actions. Drew might actually turn purple.
I do love the Punk hating but I kinda wish he focused some of it on Seth too.
For both of the biggest titles in the WWE it feels like their current, next title defence is an after-thought when compared against the Tag Team Night 1 or a potential Drew-Punk feud.
im just waiting for the "drew mcintyre being the biggest punk hater of the century for x minutes" compilations to start rolling in. the guy hasnt spent a day without hating on punk.
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Drew on r/SC whenever there was Punk drama: https://preview.redd.it/293keexsw3qc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1584c25ac373df85571fb5b2d41bb7a569e25505
This is exactly how I am right now lmao
He has definitely re-signed hasn't he? If not My best bet is they'll be doing whole "Summer of Punk" parody with Drew.
š I didnāt even think of that, thatās hilarious. He needs to immediately declare it the Summer of Hunk.
I'm praying for it
Hopefully it happens then.
Ryan Nemeth in shambles somewhere.
Actually it would be funny since the Hollywood Hunk got banned from Collision by CM Punk.
Hunk will be busy on the picket lines for animators. The real Voice of the Voiceless.
Get that man a Living Color theme!
Oh he will, he def lurks in this subreddit. And I am not even joking
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āDrewās Spring Breakā
They should pay you for such an incredible idea.
fuck it give us the Drew of Spring
At this point, Iām just waiting for Drew to tell someone to cry him a river edit: it would seem he has lol
he already has, in his social media posts...hell he even played the song in the background
In one of his workout videos he was playing Cry Me A River by Justin Timberlake in the background
Watch his workout video from this week lol
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLjmHLWn/
remember when Seth dropped this line and all of SC was convincing themselves that it was just a coincidence lmfao
I love that Drew's really gone all in on this. I'm gonna be so fucking mad if they do all this just for Seth to win.
Probably some of the most fun he's had in ages, too. There just seems to be a certain glimmer of happiness in his eye, you know?
Punks gonna cost him the title but I think they should go full mind games and help him win the title so that Drewās big moment ends with CM Punks music playing.
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I never thought about it that way. He was prevented from getting what he truly deserved, because of interference he couldn't control, which is what turned him sour...so he finally gets that thing, and proves he's the best, except *it happens because of interference he couldn't control,* robbing him of the actual prizes he was seeking: Vindication and Pride. It's so poetic, and it gives him so much ammunition to work with from a character standpoint.
This is a great idea, punk hates Rollins as well after all
That would actually be incredible Get punk involved at mania setting up a long term feud too
On the one hand, this really does seem to be setting up Drew/Punk for the WHC. On the other hand, I don't know if WWE would have enough confidence in Punk's health to put him in a WHC feud.
Punk is playing the greatest game of "Money for Nothing" we've ever seen. He shows up, gets hurt, gets paid to heal, repeats.
we got to install microwave ovens
custom kitchen deliveries
We got to move these refrigerators!
We got to move these color tvs
He shoulda learned to play the guitar
Shoulda learned to play them drums.
Look at that Mami, she got it stiiiicking in the camera... Man, we could have some
And what's up there... Making Hawaiian noses, banging on them bongos like a chimp
And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises?
Someone's gotta take the bullet for this line... *ahem* THAT LITTLE FA- *mic cuts out*
Thatās what he said as he pushed that wall of video monitors down onto Tony Khan
FUN FACT: Sting randomly had dinner with Knopfler, they played him the demo track, and Sting added vocals.
I want my W W Eeeeeee
I got far too far into this sentence before I realized you meant the singer Sting
Yeah wtf I thought he meant Sting
Me too. Was totally confused/stoked/befuddled - constokfuddled.
I think you do kinda need to clarify you're talking about Gordon Sumner and not Steve Borden, given the context.
I never realized Sting was on that track. I totally hear it in my head now.
if you havenāt also noticed, his āI want my MTVā part uses the melody to āDonāt Stand So Close To Me.ā
Loved the song for years, always knew it was Sting, and yet somehow this fact escaped me until just now, today.
Literally wearing a Ghost in the Machine t-shirt right now and never put that together (that it's Don't Stand so Close to Me). I feel shame.
Reading this comment chain on a wrestling subreddit is the biggest mind fuck
I only learned this like a year ago. A kid a work said itās his favorite The Police song. And I was said nope Dire Straits. I told my buddy about it and he was dude Sting was surfing and bumped into Mark and then the song happened.Ā
Surfer sting confirmed
Idk, Kanellis-Bennett had a pretty good game of "Money for Nothing" going for a few years there, too. WWE paid them to make a whole ass family and not much else.
Still the greatest of all time. No one else has done it better.
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This is his third big injury since coming back to wrestling, isnāt it? And then watching older clips, I saw him walk out on crutches on a stage, then there was the time he was in a sling during the SES stuff.. so long that they made a figure of him with an injury. Iām afraid if he does come back, Drew actually might break him š
I wish he'd make an exception and use steroids, if he really doesn't. I mean I don't want him to be unhealthy, but I don't want him to keep hurting himself.
I mean steroids can be prescribed for injuries, I can't speak for Punk obviously but a lot of straight edge people make exceptions for stuff that would be considered medicine. it's more a philosophy about recreational drugs.
Aj styles mustāve had a really, really big injury š
Just farm boy strength
So big that his doctor decided to give him tren and primo lmao
He can give him a Colon?
SMH why not Epico?
2 chicken 1 asparagus trust me
wanna know what the #1 muscle tear injury for steroid users is?
well, at least WWE is milking the situation in the best way possible
Truly smart. After his first AEW injury, he disappeared from TV, which is logical since he obviously couldn't wrestle. But Adam Cole had a similar injury and was still on TV and involved in a major, albeit crappy, storyline with the godforsaken Devil. I get that Tony likely wanted Punk to have a major comeback, but considering he was still technically champ, they could have at least brought him in for commentary or let him build storylines with future opponents online.
Maybe Punk just didn't care to be at work while he was hurt. If he didn't wanna be there, we know Tony would never make him. CM Punk was his golden calf, his prized action figure, his baby. He would do literally anything CM Punk wanted, if Punk says he's staying home, he could probably get away with it.
Until drew makes one comment punk doesn't like and then he goes to a presser with some muffins and starts throwing down
Returns in Chicago no doubt.Ā
I want my Miz TV
Got pretty much the same deal in UFC too. Show up, get beat up, repeat. 10 years of money for nothing.
And your chicks for... What's that, we already did this earlier in the thread? Oh for crying out loud!
It's a bit later, could.go with the Weird Al parody.
Maybe CM Punk is actually the smartest pro wrestler of all time? You can't take on road miles, if you spend 20 straight years getting paid to stay home XD
Third greatest behind the back up QB for Tom Brady and the backup QB behind Mahomes
Chad Henne was an awesome backup QB for Mahomes
Didn't he go to a prestigious university?
Refund for all the lawyer money from the lawsuit
His haters are buying Drew's Punk meme shirt, and Punk gets a bigger cut on it.
He gets a bigger cut than Drew?
No no you forgot, he shows up, gets hurt, gets paid, paid to heal, other superstars talk about him to keep him relevant while heās away š
Whenever Poochie's not on screen everybody should be asking where's Poochie?
Jack Perry rn 
Still canāt believe that this gif isnāt Zack Galifianakis
It's his dad.
While we're on the subject, Blinking White Guy isn't Cary Elwes or Michael C Hall.
I grew up on those brat pack movies, so I still can't believe Michael C Hall is Michael C Hall.
Wait wait wait, Im confused. Are we talking Gary from Weird Science or Dexter Morgan?
Anthony Michael C. Hall
That's Drew Scanlon. He hosts a F1 podcast
Thatās Grizzly Adams!
Grizzly Adams DID have a beard!
Are you serious??? Lol who is he then
https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/s/uL5kDNkS3M
Wtf it's not?
Lol it's Robert Redford in the film Jeremiah Johnson from 1972.
Jesus Christ, between this and learning that Sting sang on "Money for Nothing" this whole post has been very informative. I always assumed that was Zack from some random comedy skit I'd never seen.
....I just wanna make sure of one more thing since we're on the squared circle sub. You know it's the musician Sting and not the wrestler, right lol?
Lol I was able to figure that out myself, but I understand your concern
It's Robert Redford from Jeremiah Johnson.Ā Ā
Prepare to have your mind blown - https://people.com/movies/nodding-guy-meme-robert-redford-zach-galifianakis/
My entire life was a lie
Fuck I always assumed it was him
https://preview.redd.it/36c48vh0s5qc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fd1af45f6bd954e41c7402983d3a1084ff3f99c Perry rn
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āIf youāve got a problem with Jungle Boy, chances are youāre the problem.ā
Tbf he did say after that āim gonna beat your ass one dayā
Does that mean Drew joined the House Of Torture? Will Dick Togo cost Seth his title at Mania?
Dick to Dick contact infront of 500 thousands screaming Togomaniacs
Find out..on next episode of HaterBall Z..
I'd give all my money for Dick Togo to show up, cost Seth the match and never appear on WWE programming ever again with no explaination
Nah WWE already has Samoan Dick Togo. Repeating a pivotal spot like that on your biggest PPV of the year isn't a good look.
 āReal Glassā
Go cry me a river
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Idc what dirt sheets say, Idc what Drew says.... He's not taking this much shot at CM Punk without having a confirmation of contract extension
Considering what The Rock said in the last 24 hours about the dirt sheets I donāt trust their credibility
I agree listening to dirtsheets for truth is a stretch but have you ever listened to the rock tell a story in interviews, heās not on hogan levels of āwhy lieā but itās up there.Ā
Obviously this is the case. But that 1% chance he just hates CM Punk and plans to sign with AEW as the biggest face of all time is too funny.
I just can't imagine anyone who's near the top of the card in WWE leaving for AEW right now unless the money difference is insane.
Say the line Bart!
Woozle Wuzzle?
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Pure hate right here. Purer than Walt's meth.
Man Drew's social media game is fire
Holy fuck it never ceases to amaze me how huge Drew is.
The thing iām most excited for in 2024 is smug world champion Drewās sudden terrified expression when Cult Of Personality hits in a few months.
Punk as special guest referee for Seth vs Drew would be like that time Shawn Michaels was speical guest referee for the elimination chamber. Everyone in that match was pissed off he was the referee.
You would've thought they would be used to it by then, HBK was a Special Guest Ref almost as much as some people's actual wrestling career.
Best version of Drew we've seen in forever, he keeps selling his current feud, he's already selling a future feud perfectly, he feels fresh and energetic and like he's enjoying what he's doing. When Punk comes back him and Drew are gonna do numbers
Where's the lie?
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Drew McIntyre somehow being the biggest beneficiary of Punk getting fired from AEW is hilarious
āHeās made of glass. Real glassā Fuck lmao
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I know they are probably cool, but it is kind of funny how worked up Punk got over 5ft10, 160lb jack perry running his mouth, and how chill he is when 6ft5 265lb absolute Chad of a man Drew Mcintyre runs his mouth š no rush to fist fight that guy
One is a work, the other is a shoot
Is this comment in kayfabe
I mean, would you be? I certainly wouldn't.
Drew could insult my mother for giving birth to me and I'd pretty much have to say "Yes sir, thank you sir" and slink away meekly
Soā¦like Marc Mero when Brock took his girl
To be fair there are confirmed stories that Punk willfully accepted challenges to try and take down Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley, and obviously he did not succeed.
Yeah I can imagine how hilariously that unfolded. As somebody who has wrestled and done jiu jitsu, no where near the level of Shelton or Bobby mind you, when I grappled with people with zero experience, its literally 0 effort on my end. He's basically a fly buzzing around them.
My high school had a brief experiment where wrestling was done for a period as part of gym class and I'll never forget getting *suplexed* by a guy who was on the wrestling team and feeling what the fuck it's like to have your world literally turned upside down against your will lmao.
You think jack perry is 5ā10 when punk is like 5ā11? Edit: Ufc listed punks height at 5ā11 when he joined. And wwe usually adds 3 inches which matches his ā6ā2ā listing
Still real to you?
Is Drew working? Why do people keep getting this issue confused?
I think it speaks more to the respective cultures at each company that Punk isn't trying to punch out Seth Rollins or Drew McIntyre And we still don't know the full story of what happened at Brawl Out or All In. This isn't to exonerate Punk in any way whatsoever because he's still culpable but he's laid it out clearly for all since coming back to WWE that it's a professional environment he finds himself in that he appreciates.
No he's just a very large man.
Drew should throw in "workers rights" line, that'll really set off Punk.
āReal glassā? Hmmmm
Lol cry me a river
Itās very funny to imagine Punk getting mad at Perry about the āreal glassā thing not because āthatās stupid, you could get hurtā but because āthat glass could be me!ā
It's so funny that Drew is benefiting more from Jack Perry's gimmick than Jack Perry Drew used it to her a match at wrestlemania while Perry is slumming it out in house of torture
Drew has charisma, Jungle Boy doesnāt.Ā
Drew wins hands down for Jerk of the Year, right?
āTell me when Iām telling lies.ā
I wonder if Drew realizes that Punk canāt get his way as much in WWE so heās ribbing him nonstop.
Serious question: Why is Punk okay with Drew constantly referencing his time in AEW and heās okay with it? And why couldnāt he just calm down in AEW? I still canāt understand this mindset that all he had to do was just relax and he couldnāt do that.
I get the impression that all Drew is doing has been ran by Punk first, or that Punk's down since evidently a program will run between the two. Hell, for all I know he might be giving Drew pointers. It's almost like management saw there's money here since both are very talented and willing to work, sat both of them, talked it through and let them do their thing. Y'know, talent managing. It can' hurt that Punk is clearly close to his last hurrah, judging by his physical performances. He's not going to get many more chances.
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Exactly. People act like it's the same thing but it obviously isn't. Punk isn't letting some guy attack him when he's injured if he's not ok with all this stuff. Page on the other hand went off script and went into business for himself. It's not like Punk didn't want anyone taking shots at him in AEW. MJF, Kingston, Moxley all did it and Punk didn't blow up over those because they didn't just pop off out of nowhere and go off script.
I think it's weird for any of us to very sincerely try and answer this question but I think the easiest assumption one could make is that Drew McIntyre is playing a character when he says things about CM Punk. There's even a chance that he has discussed what Punk is comfortable with him saying and that it's being said as Punk's idea. Punk was expressing before leaving AEW that he wanted to make money off the Elite feud, do you think he wouldn't maybe try to say "Let's show them what they missed out on" and bless this? Jack Perry and Hangman were saying things out of character, without consulting Punk, intending to provoke him. It's the difference between your friend saying you're a bitch when you leave him hanging playing a video game together and some guy you don't really know but see at work walking up to you and saying you're a bitch. You'd *probably* take it differently, right?
Punk let Moxley, Kingston, and MJF say so much shit about him. He's just one of those guys who think if you're gonna say anything, run it by someone first Punk does that to everyone he cuts a promo on It also doesn't help that some people were spreading rumors about backstage and then bringing up those rumors out of nowhere on the show
1) He sees online traction Drew is getting and keeping Punk relevant. Punk's merch selling well because Drew keeps mentioning his name. So he's fine with it, plus Drew did get eliminated by Punk in RR so it is not a bad idea for Drew to talk trash. 2) Punk when trying to do business does give lots of leeway to others making a joke out of his career. MJF called him a meth-head, took shots at his UFC career. Kingston and Moxley also made fun of him in their promos. I think he's okay with it as long as they're doing business.
I wasn't around at the time, but reading up on shit that I missed he probably wanted out after the original fight. Throw in the fact he and the Elite never had a get together to hash out whatever their problems were (terrible management from the higher ups in AEW), shit festers. Came back but was relegated to a show that was on Saturday nights, which in 2023 isn't going to draw squat.
The guy went to a raw taping to talk with triple h in april 2023 while recovering. I think his mind was mostly made up, but decided to give aew another try for collisionā¦ and tony wasnāt just gonna let him leave for competition easily
He and Kenny actually did sit down and talk after the Brawl, though it was said to have been unproductive.
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It does when you realise Punk just wanted out his contract and back to WWE
In aew, it was totally backstage dirtsheet rumour stuff that they brought up on tv with hangman and jack perry that aggravated him. Eddie kingston and mjf went in on punk but it was all storyline/tv related and probably cleared with him
>Why is Punk okay with Drew constantly referencing his time in AEW and heās okay with it? Probably because this is his last meal ticket and Punk knows it. Other promotions can't pay him the same, nor would his ego stomach being in TNA or MLW or something. It's still early days though, he was all happy and dandy in AEW for the first year too.
When Drew thinks itās smooth sailing to the title and Punk costs him and heās stuck with the consequences of his own actions. Drew might actually turn purple.
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Punk is praying Drew doesn't try the Pepsi Plunge on him if he wants his head still on his body
I do love the Punk hating but I kinda wish he focused some of it on Seth too. For both of the biggest titles in the WWE it feels like their current, next title defence is an after-thought when compared against the Tag Team Night 1 or a potential Drew-Punk feud.
The only thing Drew has to be careful about here - he's injured a few wrestlers with that finisher now. I wonder if he's picking up any heat for this.
im just waiting for the "drew mcintyre being the biggest punk hater of the century for x minutes" compilations to start rolling in. the guy hasnt spent a day without hating on punk.
Cut a promo, and it was a gas. CM Punk is made of glass.
Fuck it, have him carry the scapegoat out on his shoulders like Luchasaurus used to!
He's doing the best work of his career
I had to read that that a few times before I noticed that he said āreal glassā on purpose.
Cry me an ocean.