Monthly News Thread (November 2019)

[JackSlater]

That's good news for WWE. Even if it ends up failing, I still look forward to the stories of the inevitable continuation of the Punk/WWE feud that stem from this.

 

[Chris Pronger]

Better watch Survivor Series in Chicago

 

[boredmale]

The corpse of Roddy Piper is coming out of it's grave to sue CM Punk for theft

 

[tony d]

Good to see Punk back with the WWE. I wonder if he'll wrestle with them again.

 

[kingbrath]

That was seriously one of the most underwhelming ways to return for Punk possible. What a waste of a moment that people have been waiting for for years.

 

[Jussi]

That was seriously one of the most underwhelming ways to return for Punk possible. What a waste of a moment that people have been waiting for for years.

He's signed by Fox, not WWE.

 

[ColePens]

I mean I don't think a Punk in-ring comeback really would keep the needle moved long-term. I think enough time has gone by that it's sort of lost unless there is a massively good story that is executed well.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

At this point it's all but guaranteed. The Fox behind the scenes video you can tell he damn near breaks down in the beginning.

It's going to be a matter of who caves and picks up the phone first, and where they settle on money. If I had to guess, nobody calls, and Vince, not wanting to look like the one who caved, will just so happen to show up at Fox Studios for a show, and will just so happen to accidentally, "Bump into," Punk.

 

[donkshow]

That was boring. My goodness.

 

[JackSlater]

Of course Punk will have a match at some point. It probably won't be a good match, but likely the promos will be good. I just hope that someone manages to keep Tri from interjecting himself one he notices that whatever angle Punk is in gets attention.

 

[kingbrath]

He's signed by Fox, not WWE.

Nevertheless, Smackdown is on FOX. Having him come out on that stage and then announce he is with Backstage would have been 10 times more exciting for the viewers. Now it is very possible that Punk didnt want it to go down that way. I just feel they completely missed a great opportunity, but this is the WWE afterall...

 

[JackSlater]

Nevertheless, Smackdown is on FOX. Having him come out on that stage and then announce he is with Backstage would have been 10 times more exciting for the viewers. Now it is very possible that Punk didnt want it to go down that way. I just feel they completely missed a great opportunity, but this is the WWE afterall...

WWE is the company that decided to reveal that Bryan was cleared not with an announcement and huge reaction on TV, not with an angle that would have had instant heat, but rather on twitter. I don't doubt that WWE and Fox collaborate on a lot of this stuff, but WWE is supposed to be the entity that knows better when it comes to wrestling. Hopefully when Punk actually makes an appearance on WWE tv it will be decent.

 

[xtra]

If punk wrestles but doesn’t get the mania main event what are the odds that he faces HHH and HHH takes the pin

 

[Chris Pronger]

If punk wrestles but doesn’t get the mania main event what are the odds that he faces HHH and HHH takes the pin

The build up and storyline for this match could be unreal because of the IRL heat between these two and theyd both sell it

 

[tony d]

I think Punk wrestles again. I ? if he gets another title run or not.

 

[ColePens]

Could not imagine a single way Punk's return would ever live up to hype. The most outrageous scenario is like a .00001% possibility and that is Punk works for Fox on WWE then turns up to AEW.

Any WWE Punk return is pretty much meh to me. It would be cool to see him wrestle again, but wouldn't move the needle the way the Summer of Punk did.

 

[GKJ]

They don't need Punk to do anything unless it's setting him up for Wrestlemania, so unless they're running a huge angle at Survivor Series, I don't think we'll see him on Smackdown (it won't be Raw) until then

 

[Allie Kitsune]

Lots of fans pretty excited with how he bodied Rollins (the internet's least favorite person as of late).

 

[ColePens]

Lots of fans pretty excited with how he bodied Rollins (the internet's least favorite person as of late).

Part of it is sad because it's WWE making him look like a f***ing nerd. Then it piles on because Seth defends WWE making him look like a nerd.

 

[Allie Kitsune]

Part of it is sad because it's WWE making him look like a ****ing nerd. Then it piles on because Seth defends WWE making him look like a nerd.

Like, at this point, if I was signing with WWE, I'd demand that I _not_ have to have a public Twitter account.

 

[Guardian17]

New IC belt.

 

[JackSlater]

Whenever you can take your best looking belt and replace it with an indistinguishable mess, you just have to.

 

[ColePens]

That's a leftover TNA Belt. For sure.

 

[Guardian17]

I wonder if the IC belt was replaced because Cody Rhodes was the one who brought it back?

Cody Rhodes reveals the classic Intercontinental Championship: Hell in a Cell 2011

 

[Maffew]

It's a shame that title was used to replace the IC belt. The new belt looks badass, bro, but the IC strap wasn't one that needed a makeover.