The General Wrestling Thread

[JimLeavy59]

[JimLeavy59]

Warner you know if its true Punk took his ball and went home?

[Guest]

That's apparently the report going around right now

[Bigpapa42]

So if Punk is indeed gone as is it being rumored strongly right now... how many fans will that lose the E?

[Warner2BruceTD]

Warner you know if its true Punk took his ball and went home?

True.

He walked into RAW, didn't like something, went up to Vince, said "I'm out", and went home.

LOL.

Contract was up in July anyway, and it was 50/50 if he was re-signing.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Punk basically said, "fuck your Mania payoff!", and walked out. He gives no fucks.

Mania obviously has to be re-booked. Bryan vs Trips looks like the direction based on RAW opening segment, but who knows.

[Dan The Man]

The part of CM Punk will now be played by Hunico.

[MrBill]

Not faulting Punk, who I am sure had his reasons but what could he possibly have up his sleeve that equals his WWE paycheck? Could TNA and the "new investor" gimmick have pulled him away or is he under some kind of non-compete?

[Warner2BruceTD]

Not faulting Punk, who I am sure had his reasons but what could he possibly have up his sleeve that equals his WWE paycheck? Could TNA and the "new investor" gimmick have pulled him away or is he under some kind of non-compete?

He doesn't care, he saves his money and was probably leaving in July anyway.

[FedEx227]

Even if TNA gave Punk a $9 million/year downside, I don't think he'd go there. That's an atmosphere he would absolutely despise.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Speculation that Mania was re-booked Monday and he wasn't happy with it.

Also, and this is more likely based on the Ariel Helwani interview from last Thursday, the crew found out about the new royalty payoffs with the network compared to PPV and he thought it was unfair.

He has stated for years that his last goal was to headline Mania. If he was told definitive plans counter to that on Monday, knowing this was his last Mania anyway if he was planning on leaving in July, then maybe he just said "fuck it", threw his hands, and left now.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Also in that Helwani interview, he's annoyed with the part timers jumping on board for the Mania payoffs every year, and taking spots.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Also in that Helwani interview, he's annoyed with the part timers jumping on board for the Mania payoffs every year, and taking spots.

[FedEx227]

The Helwani interview helps bring everything together. You can see a lot of the writing on the wall.

http://www.mmafighting.com/2014/1/24/5340578/cm-punk-talks-future-in-wwe-and-mma-brock-lesnar-wwe-network-ufc-on

I think the payoffs are a huge deal for everyone and the lack of clarity they've been receiving is becoming a huge point of contention.

[Guest]

Punk can essentially hold WWE hostage to bring him back and give him the WM 31 main event spot, but considering that wouldn't be "earning it" I don't think a person that is goal-oriented like Punk would do that.

I see where he is coming from. He was the WWE champion and didn't even main-event a show. If not for the Rock returning the past two years, Punk should have been in at least one main-event. With Batista winning the Rumble, he probably has had enough, and I can't say that I blame him.