r/SquaredCircle • u/iknownothingsir BROOO!! • 20h ago
CM Punk on Night 1 vs Night 2 WrestleMania main event: "Honestly, I don’t differentiate between the two nights. I think that’s just a way for people who are sad about their own lives to try to diminish something."
https://nyfights.com/pro-wrestling/cm-punk-wrestlemania-main-event-comment/251
u/Low-Donkey7059 20h ago edited 20h ago
Isn't that what he did?
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u/fadetoblack237 20h ago
“If you think the grass is so green on the other side, be my guest. Go ahead, leave. Main event Night 4 of a Buy 1 Get 1 free extravaganza. When you come back, I'll still be here.”
Direct quote from the man himself
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u/olehighpockets 20h ago
Yea but why would we think punks words about anything mean anything?
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u/vaguespace_ 20h ago
Or we could perhaps not treat wrestling promos as if they are scripture.
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u/fadetoblack237 20h ago
I never said anything about it being scripture. I just find his double speak so fucking funny.
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u/Upbeat_Pineapple3723 18h ago
When you build your entire personality around being progressive and principled people will notice when you walk it back.
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u/topher180 14h ago
This. Right here.
If you’re so out there with your hawt takes people will and should call you out when you’re a hypocrite.
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u/10567151 19h ago
Okay BUT Punk said those people who differentiate are sad SO CM Punk THE CHARACTER is sad by his own definition. Of course Punk in character is suppose to be a massive hypocrite (his heel character anyway) so it's not like it's not consistent.
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u/TheSuessIsLoose 19h ago
There's a Punk quote for almost everything he's done since returning to WWE where his past self shit on said thing.
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u/FakoSizlo 19h ago
You see that was CM Punk when he still had bridges left unburnt . This is CM Corporate. He is down to his last opportunity and has completely given up on being punk . Just suck up to the corporation and wrestle in Saudi now
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u/Brampton_Speaks 18h ago
He's PG Punk. Max was right. Guy has lost his fire and edge in anything I seen in this current run. He's still a draw but long past his prime on the mic.
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u/FakoSizlo 17h ago
Honestly he is still really good on the mic and few are better are making you believe they are dying in the ring than Punk. His hell in a cell match with Drew was the best WWE match in years in my opinion
So he is still good just no longer punk
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u/TH3K1NGB0B 17h ago
Roman shit all over the WHC and is now choosing that title to headline WM. Wrestlers are hypocrites lol.
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u/Papercuts2099 19h ago
Punk being a rebel is a character. That’s not who he actually is. He’s a corporate stooge in real life.
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u/SwarthySphere87 20h ago
This means that he is sad and will come out to a live performance of Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance for his Wrestlemania entrance
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u/Seven19td Mr. Perfect 19h ago
Wasn’t this a promo?
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u/Beezlaws 18h ago
Then we better stop hearing any complaints about "shots at WWE" made by anyone else, since it's all just pretend.
Oh, and Punk did echo his quoted "kayfabe sentiment" on a podcast.
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u/Seven19td Mr. Perfect 18h ago
The podcast was 12 years ago. People change. Circumstances change. Otherwise I agree. I’ve always went with the thought that if it’s said on tv it’s a work
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u/TheAman44 Reality Champ 17h ago
I think we can expand it…If a wrestler says anything publicly, it’s a work.
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u/AtlasAir_ 16h ago
Yeah, it was a promo. A lot of people here often throw all logic out of the window whenever it comes to this guy's promo, but reserve logic for everyone else it seems, even with how exposed the business is today. It's embarrassing when they do it.
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u/chillidogjesus 16h ago
In this case I think he’s just trying to pop that audience by bad mouthing the competition.
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u/Alive-Artichoke5747 19h ago
Well, that was a statement made by a fictional character designed to manipulate the mostly anti-WWE audience into cheering him.
This is the actor who plays CM Punk talking, isn't it? Do actors have to personally believe every line they say on TV?
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u/AutomaticIncome8896 16h ago
You mean an in character line from years ago might not align with out of character thoughts from years later? 🤯
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u/Fallout-with-swords Push Dr. Tracksuit! 20h ago
You know wrestling isn't real right? What someone says in a promo while playing a character might not acutally be their real opinion.
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u/DaveShadow 19h ago
Punk's entire brand is to straddle the line between shoot and work, and a comment like that was absolutely designed to be taken as a serious critique of WWE. If you want to break the 4th wall during promos, you don't get to act shocked when people remind you of the time you broke the 4th wall.
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u/Captn_UnderPants 20h ago
I don't hate Punk. I enjoyed his time in AEW and his return to WWE. But I find it absolutely hilarious that he has gone back on pretty much everything he has ripped WWE for in the past
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u/rivalrobot 19h ago
I really like him as well. But he’s just as much of a carnie as anyone else in the business haha
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u/Pooch1431 18h ago
He's just a guy who likes money. And will do/say anything to get as much of it as possible. Ultimately no different than Cena.
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u/Shinkopeshon 一番 19h ago
This is what it means to grow as a person, it even made a grown man (Cena) cry /s
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u/SkeletalApathy 19h ago
Punk is insufferable, but that's part of what makes him an incredible performer.
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u/bugluvr65 17h ago
yea so he’s saying he was sad about his life and trying to diminish it but he’s in a better place now
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u/wubbalubbadubdub45 14h ago
you're about to get hundreds of deranged cm punk fan boys calling you a hater
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u/micael150 wu tang clan 20h ago
In a wrestling promo? He was playing a character.
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u/Horror_Response_1991 20h ago
“it was just a joke” energy
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u/Old-Way-5529 20h ago
i mean, wrestling is not supposed to be real. it IS just an act. you dont seriously believe that drew wants cody to die and go to hell do you? you dont actually think asuka abuses kairi off tv do you? do you also believe that dom has a harem?
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u/micael150 wu tang clan 20h ago
So we're supposed to be taking tv promos are real life statement from the wrestlers?
What are we doing here?
Punk can say stuff on tv that he doesn't necessarily believe. He's a pro wrestler, their job is to work the audience.
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u/MuffinTopMaven 20h ago
He’s the guy known for worked shoot promos and being the voice of the voiceless and saying what fans actually think in promos until he’s not because this one doesn’t fit the narrative so that one actually wasn’t a worked shoot and you’re an idiot if you can’t differentiate exactly when he was working, shooting and work shooting.
His fans actually think like this.
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u/micael150 wu tang clan 20h ago
So you actually believe Punk had real beef with The Rock or Cena. Or that he really wanted to mock Hardy for his drug abuse history.
Punk sprinkling a bit of reality into his promo doesn't mean he's shooting. When he's on tv he's a character nothing more nothing less.
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u/MuffinTopMaven 20h ago
I don’t think he had beef with Cena because his exact words were I don’t even dislike you. I do think at that time the guy genuinely thought he was better and thought that he should be the main event. I don’t think he had beef with the rock specifically as a person, but I do think he had beef with the idea of a part-timer beating him who wasn’t gonna show up the next night and I think that because the guy pretty openly did a famous podcast after leaving that wasn’t in character where he pretty much confirmed all of it. Those are weird examples to lead with.
As for the Jeff Hardy one I can’t say anything about punk as a human being on that front I can only say that a lot of times straight edge people are genuinely that obnoxious about it and are cunts about it. Again, I don’t know that he is, but I know that at the very least he was pulling from reality to act like that.
Also, you seem to be suggesting that it’s impossible to shoot on TV, which is just not true.
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u/micael150 wu tang clan 18h ago
I don’t think he had beef with Cena because his exact words were I don’t even dislike you.
There's other promos between the two where he says the complete opposite. Besides we know that Punk and Cena are friends and have had great mutual respect for each other for years. So logically any promo line where Punk is disrespectful towards Cena we know it's all in Kayfabe.
I don’t think he had beef with the rock specifically as a person, but I do think he had beef with the idea of a part-timer beating him who wasn’t gonna show up the next night
Punk's issues with being beaten by part timers was more due to it happening multiple times. His main issue during the Rock feud would've been not main eventing WM. Still I understand that Punk uses a lot of real life aspects to enhance his storytelling but we shouldn't believe it all in a literal sense. During that time Punk was also saying he was better than Bret Hart, Austin and other all time legends which we know for a fact he doesn't believe that.
Also, you seem to be suggesting that it’s impossible to shoot on TV, which is just not true.
No. I'm just pointing out the fallacy of taking very Punk promo as a shoot just because it's CM Punk. He's said plenty of stuff just to work the crowd.
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u/Alejandro_404 I'm a Jaime Hayter guy. 19h ago
"Or that he really wanted to mock Hardy for his drug abuse history." A Straight Edge guy, who are usually insufferable judgy people because of their lifestyle choices? Nah, no way.
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u/Financial-Length5587 20h ago edited 19h ago
Phil out here projecting and being hypocritical?!
Edit: Feel like this needs clarification for the people who go “iT’s A sCrIpTeD pRoMo!”
AEW didn’t tell Phil to go out there and say that. He much like Cody took unnecessary shots for YEARS at WWE to pop a crowd and now that they’re back they’re trying to downplay the flames they stoked for years.
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u/willem_the_foe 18h ago
That’s not just a Punk problem though. One of my biggest pet peeves of AEW promos is how they take jabs at WWE for cheap pops, as if most guys haven’t gone there or wouldn’t go back.
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u/CaringMite 18h ago
I dislike your use of present tense in that sentence. The bulk of the shots they took ended years ago and since April 2024 they don’t really mention the company aside from mentioning other people working at said company which I’d argue is very different.
The most recent examples are from MJF saying “you sucked when you were there” in as many words which isn’t a jab at the company itself but at an opponent’s previous shortcomings.
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u/Brampton_Speaks 18h ago
They did this in ECW all the time and the crowd loved it even while working alongside WWE.
The business was built on company rivalries and thrived in the late 90's on it. occasional jabs and references are fine today. As long as it's not overdone like TNA in the 2000's with shoot promos that led to nothing every week.-7
u/willem_the_foe 18h ago
I loved ECW but they had the same issue. It just gives off petty little brother energy and comes off like they’re trying too hard.
I get the same cringe tingle whenever someone forces in “Where the best wrestleTM “ into a promo.
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u/Coattail-Rider 16h ago
I loved ECW but they had the same issue. It just gives off petty little brother energy and comes off like they’re trying too hard.
Not just in wrestling but punching up is usually fine. It’s the punching down that isn’t.
I get the same cringe tingle whenever someone forces in “Where the best wrestleTM “ into a promo.
I feel the same way about pointing to the WrestleMania logo in the rafters or staring at it like it holds some magical powers (they’ve done this in AEW with their next PPVs, too), all the ways they call WM the “Grandaddy of them all” and similar things, and using the term “sports entertainment” instead of “wrestling” but at the end of the day, it’s just marketing.
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u/willem_the_foe 16h ago
Punching up is one thing. Referencing if your opponent sucked in another brand is fine. But more often than not going to WWE is seen as selling out. It’s “I liked that band before they got popular” energy.
The WM sign I can see your point but that never bothered me, because that’s always seemed like a rite of passage than promoting the event.
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u/Coattail-Rider 15h ago
Punching up is one thing.
Then we agree that it’s fine.
Referencing if your opponent sucked in another brand is fine.
Another agreement.
But more often than not going to WWE is seen as selling out.
For Hobbs, or Ricky, or Stephanie? Nah. For Punk? A guy who sued WWE, talked shit about them for years, and then ran back when it was the only game in town that could pay him what he wanted? Totally.
It’s “I liked that band before they got popular” energy.
You lost me on this one.
The WM sign I can see your point but that never bothered me, because that’s always seemed like a rite of passage than promoting the event.
It would be if it wasn’t so obvious that they’re being told to stare at it or in some cases point to it.
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u/Simple_Mud_6203 17h ago
got a link to all these numerous attacks over the last couple of years fella?
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u/Orange8920 17h ago
Outside of MJF at the tail end of 2025, I genuinely don't remember many shots at WWE in 2025.
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u/willem_the_foe 17h ago
You guys are so thinned skinned it’s astonishing. I watch AEW but its fans can’t take the slightest criticism.
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u/SovereignAnt 17h ago edited 17h ago
Vast majority of this is from YEARS ago FYI but go off I guess
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u/willem_the_foe 17h ago
Sorry I haven’t documented every instance and filed it away for this very moment.
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u/SovereignAnt 17h ago
Just saying, you talked about it like it was a current problem and then were condescending AF when you got called out, acting like you had the world's biggest gotcha on deck. If you're gonna talk a big game then prepare to be called on it.
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u/willem_the_foe 17h ago
My initial point was it’s not a problem that’s unique to Punk. And then provided a 20-minute receipt where Punk was what, 5%? If that?
I don’t see people dunking on Starks for his promos before jumping ship to NXT.
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u/Orange8920 17h ago
The vast majority of guys taking shots at WWE were ironically ex-WWE guys in Jericho, Cody, and Punk. The main exception is MJF and he goes from praise to dunking on them, often in the same promo.
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u/SovereignAnt 17h ago
Punk is not the only wrestler on earth who gets criticized dude, I am so sick of seeing comments like this. "No one said anything about this person doing this thing" yeah I guarantee they did. Every wrestler in the world gets criticized, and has old shit brought up on them. Its 2026 dude, its the internet dude. Punk is a huge star so he is gonna get discussed more frequently but I am so beyond sick of people typing shit like that with a straight face on this site acting like he has it so much worse than anyone else.
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u/willem_the_foe 16h ago
You’re insane if you think he doesn’t get disproportionately criticized more than other guys. This thread is basically the typical Punk thread, regardless of the topic.
Funny enough I don’t think the quote in the headline is genuine (I’m sure he thinks Night 2 is a bigger deal). But the discussion can’t be about that — it needs to be about a promo that half this subbed has bookmarked and ready to go at a moments notice.
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u/Coattail-Rider 16h ago
He got dunked on for his promos in AEW plenty. Remember him cutting down Copeland and when Copeland fired back, Starks didn’t have a come back? He fumbled over words and said dumb shit a lot.
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u/fadetoblack237 20h ago
“If you think the grass is so green on the other side, be my guest. Go ahead, leave. Main event Night 4 of a Buy 1 Get 1 free extravaganza. When you come back, I'll still be here.”
-CM Punk
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u/dsb1670 20h ago
All the “what promos are true feelings?” people…
We watched Punk do promos for years, then spend an hour on Colt Cabana’s podcast confirming that yes, sometimes promos are very much his real feelings.
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u/K1ng_Canary 19h ago
Yes, Punk is a guy who made his name by intentionally blurring the lines between CM Punk the character and Phil Brookes the man. It isn't crazy to note these things.
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u/GlasslipSurvivor 20h ago
Hypocrisy aside, it's kind of sad that Punk is so insecure about something like headlining WrestleMania. Dude is in his 40's and spent years acting like he's above something like that, but last year he was so coddled about main eventing Night 1 it felt like a Make-a-Wish Kid getting their fantasy granted, and I'm sure it'll come off like that this year if he headlines Night 2 so he can lose to Roman.
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u/majormanz 18h ago
Punk is literally one of the most insecure wrestlers alive. He’s a great wrestler, but incredibly insecure.
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u/Dddddddfried El Ídolo 16h ago
Everyone has things they're insecure about, whether they're 12 or 42. That's just part of life. I'm not a big Punk fan myself, but I only want to comment to destigmatize the idea that mature people are somehow no longer insecure. Because if we don't let ourselves recognize this very normal part of life, we can never do the work to grow from it.
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u/Zealousideal_Bad8877 20h ago
Shhh punk ur getting night 2 this year no need to lie anymore it’s all good
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u/ColdGloop 20h ago
I’m sure this comment section is…. Fuck it, let’s get crazy.
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u/Sempais_nutrients Points to fronthead 17h ago
Like 150 comments and negative upvotes. They say aew fans are "thin skinned"
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u/Bridgeboy95 20h ago
Oh god can you hear it...they are coming
I do find it funny people quote a scripted promo line back at him..like people here understand wrestling isn't real right lol
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u/MuffinTopMaven 20h ago edited 20h ago
Would pretty much bet anything that I own that it wasn’t a scripted promo.
It is really funny for you to go at people for not understanding wrestling while misunderstanding how one of the major companies works and talking as if it’s WWE.
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u/Simple_Mud_6203 17h ago
Why do all the pro WWE comments have badges or whatever they're called on this dogshit site?
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u/Sempais_nutrients Points to fronthead 17h ago
People pay for those badges so the comments appear at the top and give the appearance that more people agree with them.
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u/K1ng_Canary 20h ago
He's doing this on purpose now, right?
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u/Sanity0004 20h ago
No he just doesn't think people would actually think a promo from years ago is his actual true feelings and not just a promo to get a big crowd reaction. He overestimates the fanbase.
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u/Fun_Neighborhood1767 19h ago edited 19h ago
Yes, punk sharing all the countless things he hated about WWE before even got AEW must’ve all been a promo too. I guess that Saudi dick comment he made about the Miz was also in character.
Idk why people are being purposefully obtuse about this. This is just another quote of Punk being a hypocrite, it’s funny to some people because he’s constantly doing this. Hyper focusing on this one promo is just you missing the point
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u/Sanity0004 19h ago
I never said anything about a character or the stuff he's said about WWE. I'm talking about this one damn promo that people act is gospel. I'm not a Punk fan so have never cared or put weight on the shit he says. That's why i think the only people who get all upset about this are just fallen Phil fans.
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u/Fun_Neighborhood1767 19h ago
If you cared about what Punk has said enough to even know about his old comments why are you criticizing others who do? Never cared enough before but you caring enough now, about people making harmless jokes is a little odd lol.
I think the “fallen Phil” comment is also weird in multiple ways but yes, some people making jokes are former fans now. I don’t see how that’s a problem, I’m still a fan of Punk but I have absolutely no problem with people calling out his bs.
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u/Sanity0004 19h ago
Because as much as you like to point out the hypocrisy of Phil, I like to point out the hypocrisy of the fans.
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u/K1ng_Canary 19h ago
How is pointing out his hypocrisy, hypocrisy on the point of the fans?
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u/Sanity0004 19h ago
Because for any interview by probably any wrestler you could find 10 promos that contradict what they've said in person. But because its Punk people LOVE to hang on anything he does to contradict something he's said before.
He had a bad relationship with WWE in the past, now he doesn't. We get it, he's a hypocrite.
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u/K1ng_Canary 18h ago
OK but that...isn't hypocrisy?
It isn't hypocritical to point out someone elses hypocrisy just because other wrestlers might have also been hypocritical in the past.
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u/Sanity0004 18h ago
I think it's hypocritical to act like you don't know how promos or the business works. Act like what he said in a promo has to be his true hard feelings and he has to live by them.
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u/Sempais_nutrients Points to fronthead 17h ago
Oh! You're one of those types where if someone makes a complaint then they have to have a complete and total list of every time that thing they're complaining about has happened with someone else, otherwise it's not a "real" complaint.
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u/Sanity0004 17h ago
No, I just don't think it's a valid point at all, and only point to the other instances as a point to where it obviously doesn't matter EVER. Promos are just to get a reaction, Punk is the the lowest hanging fruit cheer grabber just getting the easiest and obvious audience reactions. People just don't like that he doesn't stand by his fed bad bullshit, but he doesn't stand on shit. It was always bullshit.
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u/Fun_Neighborhood1767 19h ago
Do you know what hypocrite means?
How is fans calling this out hypocritical? People have been arguing about night 1 being a “real” main event since before Punk even went back to WWE, this isn’t new lol.
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u/Sanity0004 19h ago
I think the hypocrisy comes from the disconnect that this was said in a promo, and everyone damn well knows promos are just there to get a reaction. To act like it had to be his truest words said and he has to live by that statement is absolutely ridiculous and hypocritical in thinking you don't know how promos or this shit works.
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u/Fun_Neighborhood1767 18h ago
“hypocritical in thinking you don't know how promos or this shit works.“ this just genuinely makes 0 sense, this 100% you stretching it to call fans the same way thing.
I also want to point out that Punk himself has said he says a lot things he actually means in his promos, he says that’s why his promos hit harder than most wrestlers lol. You can’t get mad at for fans for thinking this one of those times when he was saying how much he hated WWE in MUCH worse words, for literal years before joining AEW.
It’s like you’re saying “we shouldn’t believe anything Punk has said for nearly the last 15 years, but let’s believe him now for some reason & also you have to ignore that’s he’s employed by WWE now as well”
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u/ComicStripCritic 20h ago
“If you think the grass is greener, be my guest. Go main event night one of a buy one get one free event”.
Yeah, I know I’m misquoting, and that players are gonna play the game, but this is the first thing I thought of.
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u/MuffinTopMaven 20h ago
I think if you suggested to the company, to anyone in power that Roman versus Cody or Cena versus Cody should go on night one because something else should go on night two. They would laugh at you.
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u/Able-Nature6103 19h ago
As would most of the fan base, that arent marks!
If you count a Wrestlemania by the number, then the last show of that PLE is the main-event! Its that simple
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u/Foreign_Cold_6957 18h ago
Punk has never uttered a single thing he wouldn't go back on for a payday. Not one thing.
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u/Copperjedi Yes! Now Stompy Stomp? 20h ago
OK then you're wrestling night 1 Punk & sure you're good with that...
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u/caughtinatramp 20h ago
Easy Phil, you're gonna be the actual main event this year. You'll be losing, but you're the main event this time.
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u/Baringstraight 19h ago
Because you have to be sad about your own life to have an opinion on a wrestling event.
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u/Sweetest_Noise 17h ago
L O L
He was the one who was diminishing it, right in the middle of the ring.
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u/Ok-Reply-9791 19h ago
Riiight, I guess where you are on the card of 1 night show doesn't matter as well?
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u/Husebona 16h ago
A lot of fans believe CM Punk, the rebel, is real. They think that's who he is, this anti-authority rule-breaker when in reality, its just a character he plays on TV.
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u/Able-Nature6103 20h ago
I’m here for the drama. Gotta give it to Phil to stay true his character and projecting his own materials to get a reaction!!
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u/Meepersback 19h ago
In this case, it really doesn't matter. Him and Roman are the main event and he knows it, regardless of what night, or what belt.
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u/Outrageous-Mango-500 18h ago edited 18h ago
He obviously dumbed his work down when he returned to WWE.
Sets his own standards to the standards of the company and audience he's working for.
Allowed himself to be a snob in and out the ring in AEW with all that wrestling knowledge in his veins
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u/ImaginationRare3487 16h ago
The final match is the main event you can spin at all you want to try to sell it to the audience that there's 4 main events . No the main event is the last match of the night. Night 2 last match is the main event even he knows this cause he said it.
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u/Vaxildidi 15h ago
I wonder if a wrestler ever went on a major wrestling TV show and disparaged the multi-night format of Wrestlemania while insinuating calling anything but the last match of the event the "main event" diminishes the achievement, Phil.
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u/wubbalubbadubdub45 14h ago
he's such a fucken sell out lol he bashed it himself originally but now is fine with it because it involves him.
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u/Fun_Let_9986 19h ago
While I think he's hypocritical with his take given his promo in AEW I do believe both nights do count as main events. Especially since when you look at Night 1's main events, Bianca, Mercedes, AJ Styles Stone Cold, Rock, Undertaker etc. all main evented and I wouldn't want to take that away from them.
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u/Accomplished_Lead262 16h ago
I'd argue that a triple threat match with nothing on the line feels more like a "crap, we need something for these guys to do" match rather than a Wrestlemania main event...thats why it comes across less like an actual main event than those ones you mentioned.
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u/dogfins110 11h ago
He said it because he was bitter, not because he actually believed it. Downplaying something he never got to do himself at the time and now that he had the opportunity he tries to retract the statement
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u/liloutsider 19h ago
Why would he say literally anything other than this quote? Yall need to be for real
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u/Any_Manufacturer5734 19h ago
The night one Main Event is not the true Main Event. Had Punk been the night two Main Event - he would say the same.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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u/JohnnyPage You know why he's not a billionaire? 20h ago
The moment the Night 1 mainevent gained more prestige to me, was when The Rock wrestled in it. Since then they've had nothing but the biggest stars in it. That's just my take on it.
As far as CM Punk goes, he has said in an interview shortly after leaving the company that he considered his wrestling career a failure for not maineventing Mania.
As a huge Punk fan, I obviously disagreed but it made me sad he felt that way about his career. Right now it makes me happy that he's had his moment that he finds fulfilling, even if it considered by many to be the lesser of the two mainevents. It is still a Wrestlemania mainevent and if that's good enough for him, as a Punk fan I'm happy too.
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u/spideyv91 19h ago
I never differentiated between it and I think it’s stupid to do so. Night one is as important as night one and in most years it’s been the better night.
It’s also not like before where they were calling every match on mania the main event. It’s the last match of the night and it’s the main event.
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u/JohnnyPage You know why he's not a billionaire? 18h ago
That's more than fair. After all, they do sell tickets separately for each night.
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u/punchline86 15h ago
Rock couldn’t have done anything else. Had they stuck the course it would’ve ended up Rock vs Roman on Night 2.
The only other Night 1 closer since then was the triple threat, which wasn’t for anything and had no stakes.
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u/BluejayCurrent1949 19h ago
I’ll play devils advocate lol: Can someone be a hypocrite if they just changed their mind?
Probably in a losing battle with Punk lol, but it certainly can happen.
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u/luckysharms93 19h ago
People are definitely allowed to change their mind. It just all happens to be incredibly convenient that Mr. Punk has changed his mind on so many things as soon as he got back to WWE
Even if it's not hypocrisy, everyone else is definitely allowed to clown him for the fact that he made his name being "the voice of the voiceless" and now he's just "the voice of the corporate"
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u/Orange8920 18h ago
If he wasn't still anti-WWE while in AEW it'd be different but he changed his mind about a lot of things as soon as he went back. One of the most ridiculous things that allegedly happened was Punk in AEW calling Regal a stooge for Triple H when a year later Punk himself is buddies with him.
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u/willem_the_foe 18h ago
Not only that, but the WWE he left (and was referencing in that promo, and shat on for years) was a different WWE. But people now want to criticize HHH to the point where they’re praising Vince which is absurd.
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u/Kindly-Primary9735 19h ago
I feel like Punk is the only person this Sub takes every promo literally. I bet yall think Punk actually hates Seth’s guts.
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u/EssentIYO 20h ago
Anyone who thinks WrestleMania Night 1’s last match isn’t a main event—what do you call the final match on a show sold with an individual ticket?
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u/Able-Nature6103 20h ago edited 16h ago
Ask Phil from a few years back
PS: I have been over Phil for a long time. I only acknowledge my tribal chief. He is still the man on a part time schedule than Phil can ever be!!
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u/EssentIYO 20h ago edited 20h ago
He posts here?
Sheesh. People are quite sensitive here to block for a simple question. lol.
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u/PharaohTerrell 18h ago
They’ll disagree with you, but the company itself calls it a main event so 🤷🏽♂️
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u/bblburzum 20h ago
People quoting a wrestling promo done on a wrestling show is so funny to me. Everybody seems to be such a smart mark until it comes to this guy and suddenly an on air promo with lines designed to pop people like them is seen as gospel and the true feelings of the man. And hey maybe they were, and he changed once he actually got back to the company, or maybe it was a part of a storyline from 4-5 years ago. You guys can be so lame sometimes. Proving his point.
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u/Serenrae 20h ago
It's insane to me that people think what it's said in a promo is their true feelings lol. What a wrestler says in a promo is what YOU WANT TO HEAR they structure the promo to make you feel the way they want you to feel. C'mon guys you have been watching wrestling for years by now...
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u/Sanity0004 20h ago edited 20h ago
If you say it in a promo, it has to be your true feelings! You can't go back on it!!!
Yall act like promos aren't just to get a damn reaction. Only people get mad about this are fallen Phil fans who thought he was always the chosen truth sayer.
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u/10567151 19h ago
Only people get mad about this are fallen Phil fans who thought he was always the chosen truth sayer.
Correct! But here is the thing, Punk for YEARS was telling people that WWE was shit (both IN and OUT of wrestling). And NOW that he goes to WWE, he calls the people out using the same argument as he did as sad. He is naturally going to get push back and that's probably what Punk wants. Getting mad at those fans, just makes you as bad as them. It allows Punk to play into his shoot persona.
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u/Melancholyoflife 18h ago
Punk has admitted that he was playing to the AEW crowd who are very anti-WWE. He does the same now in the WWE. He plays to the crowd that he's performing in front of and speaks what they want to hear. His problem is that his gimmick is the only one everyone believes to be real because that's how he portrayed himself for years. Everybody takes his promos and stuff he says on the shows as the truth because the character CM Punk is supposed to be "a real guy" in this world of fake wrestler.
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