The Jerry Lawler/CM Punk angle from Raw: Too Much?

[Postman Dave]

Obviously this has generated debate as to whether it was bad taste of WWE to play up Lawler's heart attack in order to get heat on Punk. Did you object to it? Why?

 

[Cyrus Riddle]

Honestly, the angle they played last night with Punk and Lawler didn't bother me as bad, mostly because Lawler was present and presumably had to sign off on it for it to happen. As far as getting heat on Punk, I believe the job was completely flawlessly. Had Lawler not been there, I might have had some objections to it happening. There are only a couple of times that I have had a problem with WWE's exploitation of real life events, and the one that comes to mind the most was when Orton told Rey that Eddie was in hell (RIP). I felt that Orton, and WWE by extension, had crossed a line there. But, as far as last night's segment, it didn't bother me. Hell, I thought the bit with Heyman faking a heart attack came across and semi-comical and corny. I think it's important to remember that none of it was done out of spite, as WWE is no different than a Hollywood production when it comes to the storytellin aspect (albeit the "actors" are not as good lol).

 

[Sabretooth]

Jerry agreed to it (I hope so it's fine.

 

[JakeYourBooty]

It's like Jerry pouring booze down Jake the Snakes throat

 

[Castiel]

I can definitely see why some would consider it tasteless but honestly I just thought it was gold. Punk was perfect, his over the top comments like "I'll beat you to death... again!" were dark but good. It also helped them with the whole "Lawler beat death" thing too with how many times they mentioned he was clinically dead and such and that's obviously something they really wanted to get in.

 

[Sabretooth]

He was dead for 20 minutes. It is a true miracle that he's alive.

 

[The Viper]

I, however, do find it to be near impossible how someone can be dead for 20 MINUTES and then come back alive. The brain can't go more than a couple of minutes without oxygen. He should be considered brain dead but if all of this is true, then it really is a miracle and I'm really glad he's back to health again.

Besides all of they, at first, I was offended. When Punk's music hit, I just yelled "No! No! No! No! No! No! Do not do this!! No!!". Then when Heyman started coughing, I just rolled my eyes and was just disgusted. Then Punk yelled "WHY ARE YOU ALL JUST STANDING THERE?!?! HELP!!!" I bursted the fuck out laughing my ass off. At the end of the day, it was pure gold. It's a heel that did the most heelish thing anyone can do and it worked.

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[Sabretooth]

I, however, do find it to be near impossible how someone can be dead for 20 MINUTES and then come back alive. The brain can't go more than a couple of minutes without oxygen. He should be considered brain dead but if all of this is true, then it really is a miracle and I'm really glad he's back to health again.

Besides all of they, at first, I was offended. When Punk's music hit, I just yelled "No! No! No! No! No! No! Do not do this!! No!!". Then when Heyman started coughing, I just rolled my eyes and was just disgusted. Then Punk yelled "WHY ARE YOU ALL JUST STANDING THERE?!?! HELP!!!" I bursted the fuck out laughing my ass off. At the end of the day, it was pure gold. It's a heel that did the most heelish thing anyone can do and it worked.

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I think they had him on oxygen while they gave him CPR