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.
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.
Asides from Phil Brooks the person confirming 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.
Lmao a decade of talking shit and he goes back. What a chud. I have no idea how anyone buys his voice of the voiceless speaking truth to power bullshit. Motherfucker spreads bullshit rumors in dirtsheets to the point that it’s a meme, bullies jobbers and tries to get them fired for tweets he misread, feuds with people because they ask for a phone number or send him a text, throws punches because people come see him after he told them to, fucks over the debut of a brand new show he pretty much booked and ran because he wants his nepotism hire to be able to come to work after throwing a chair and biting someone.
Honestly wish he’d never come to AEW - he got all of those WWE boring people to take up airtime, got his shitty, “what” fans, and stunk up the product when he wasn’t derailing it because he’s made of glass.
I’m less interested in what Punk does and more if it pushes anyone to jump ship from WWE. It could always be a work, but it already seems a lot of wrestlers aren’t exactly keen and I think there are a few contracts coming up in 2024.
I think its both a work and some of the WWE crew don’t like him. The only question is whether he can moderate himself enough to not lose his cool when things don’t work out exactly as he has planned; and likely because of what he did in AEW he didn’t have much leverage left so won’t be coming in with the impression that he’s helping to run the show.
But then, if you listen to RVD interviews that didn’t stop him back when ECW was a thing and Punk would try to run the locker room etc back then. His problem is that its years later, he’s done very little in the business in the interim but might still want to be the guy people turn to for advice etc.
At least the WWE style should suit his current ability better, though he’ll be more restrained on the mic than he was in AEW he also won’t have to be able to go in the ring as much so maybe he won’t injure himself straight away.
Apparently when he came out, Rollins was screaming at him and flipping him the bird. That could be a work, but Rollins did previously call him a cancer on Twitter when Brawl Out happened, so it wouldn’t be out of the question for it to be legit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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