Where in the World is CM Punk?

[Kassidy]

this: makes me believe it is a work, it is before the rumble but I highly doubt that much changed after 1 day.

 

[SAIYANS]

- WrestlingINC.com reports that one of their readers attended CM Punk's Wizard World Q&A in Portland, Oregon this past weekend and said he doesn't think Sting should come to WWE because he doesn't have anything left in the tank and would again take away from the younger Superstars. Punk called Batista a friend but said he didn't feel the time was right for Batista to return because it was so unfair to take away from the other wrestlers who work hard everyday.

All over the place, this time with just an I don't want Sting thing from this site

 

[SAIYANS]

PWInsider Elite Podcast: CM Punk thought that wrestling Triple H at Mania was a joke when they proposed it to him over a month ago, not exciting at all, and it was something he was very against. WWE creative thought wrestling Triple H would be a reward for CM Punk. They said if the match happened it was expected Hunter was going over due to Punk's contract, unless he signed back up with them. They then informed him that plans were changing with Bryan in the spot vs HHH after the Rumble, as Batista has it in his contract that he gets the title match at Mania and taker was promised Lesnar, and that CM Punk wasn't happy with the decision

 

[Andrew]

- Word is that Monday's RAW had 10 or 11 re-writes just that afternoon and evening alone. The last re-write came after 6pm after Vince McMahon and officials had the meeting with CM Punk.

- Ryback tweeted the following joke on CM Punk this afternoon:

"I call dibs on GTS, Pepsi Plunge and running knee in corner. I am sureSheamus will take the rest."

@ Ryback.

But reading over the other posts it's hard to say it this is legit or a work

 

[PHX]

There is going to be 100's of different stories on this but work or no work this all comes down to 1 thing no matter what the story is and that is he does seem to just need a break from wrestling after never having much of a chance to recharge in his career. If this is a storyline long term this is the perfect guy to do it with because it is very easy to believe this is legit more than it would be with anyone else.

 

[John McHenry]

people sighting ryback tweets as relevant

 

[SAIYANS]

I'd still laugh to see him attempt the corner knee

 

[Deezy]

Who cares if Ryback tweets are relevant, they are just fucking great.

As for any of this being legit, what a diva this supposed rebel sounds like, Warrior level. "he needs some time off"? Like those two months after Mania, and the one where he was in his hometown against an easy opponent? LOL dirtsheets be burying their messiah.

 

[AF.]

Goodbye Punk. Inb4 he comes back in a few months and gets a title run.

 

[PHX]

A few months in a like 8-9 year WWE career is nothing let alone doing that without using any drugs or alcohol to try and numb it. No matter if I was a fan of a wrestler or not I would never think aww that guy or woman is weak cause they said they needed time off with the amount of grind they have to do every year.

Also just listened to that interview posted pretty interesting to say the least with stuff like the TTT incident but of course got taken out of context.

 

[SAIYANS]

- Daily Sports in Japan reports that WWE has offered a contract to Pro Wrestling Noah star KENTA and that Noah will be doing a farewell show for him but that's likely a premature report. We noted before that KENTA was at the WWE Performance Center for a tryout this week.

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

It makes sense now, Punk is running as Kenta is coming in to claim his move set back

 

[SAIYANS]

Just going to post the Observer Newsletter, no opinion, take what you will from it:

The status of C.M. Punk has become a major talking point in WWE, as he told Vince McMahon about 30 minutes before the start of Raw on 1/27 in Cleveland that he was flying home, and did.

He wasn’t on the show and didn’t appear at the Smackdown tapings the next night. WWE has since pulled him off all shows, although at press time he was still being advertised for Elimination Chamber on 2/23 in Minneapolis. We’re told that he will eventually be pulled off that show as well.

It’s sketchy what happened. Over the last week, ever since Punk’s interview with Ariel Helwani before the Chicago UFC show where he openly brought up that his contract was up in July and didn’t want to say what he was going to do next, several people who know him had noted not to be surprised if he leaves. Two different people said that he was “as good as gone” in July, and one said that they didn’t expect him to even last until July.

There were frustrations with creative and with money, even though he has made great money the last several years. This was not a spur of the moment thing as much as something that had been building. The way we were told was that he couldn’t take it any longer and told McMahon that he was going home. McMahon had been tied up all day since they were rewriting the show, based on what happened the prior night at the Royal Rumble to figure out a way to keep the show under control and not have the audience hijack it again. Punk had been scheduled for an interview on the show to presumably build up a match with Kane on the PPV, which would lead to his planned WrestleMania match with HHH.

Because McMahon was so busy, Punk didn’t see him until 7:30 p.m., when he told him he was leaving. The reason the Kofi Kingston vs. Alberto Del Rio match on Raw went so long is because it came during the period laid out for Punk’s interview and had to go a second segment to cover the time, so the key “money” segments would be in their correct time slots.

The working assumption internally has been for several weeks that Punk was leaving in July and not going to sign a new deal. The belief was that he is not a spender, has saved his money and doesn’t have to work. It was a weird dynamic because he’s one of the few guys on the roster that the company and Vince McMahon knew believed he didn’t need them, and financially, really doesn’t. So they can’t deal with him from the same level as all the other guys who are scared to lose their jobs and spots.

Within the company, the reason was that he came to the realization that he would never be positioned higher than he was. His goal was to main event WrestleMania, as in be in the real main event. He felt that because he didn’t fit the mold of what they think the top star in the company should look like, he would never be the guy and the centerpiece.

It’s not known at press time what caused the situation to get to where it did and what was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Another person close to the situation who was aware it was coming, just didn’t know when, said it was a classic case of being burned out, and noted the dichotomy that he’s never had a job where he’s made anywhere close to the same amount of money, nor ever been as famous, and gotten more out of wrestling than this one. But, he has been miserable at the job for some time, and he was a guy who loved working in pro wrestling when he made nothing or very little. It was noted that he never had the personal connection with Vince McMahon that most of the big stars had, and always knew he was not their kind of guy, didn’t have the look they thought a star should have, and felt he got over in spite of how he was used and not because of how he was used. The feeling was that there was a communication issue and lingering unresolved issues that dated back some time, probably most of the last year, combined with frustration regarding creative going forward and of late.

 

[PHX]

You're in like Chris Broussard mode right now with this story with all these multiple sources.

 

[Chris]

Crazy how I can still easily see this being a work still. Won't be surprised either way.

 

[PHX]

Yeah same either way I see him being back just a matter of when not if to me. Just makes too much sense to make a storyline out of this and use the dirtsheets to work it.