Why did CM Punk leave WWE? We analyze the reasons behind him walking out on the company and spending seven years away from the wrestling ring, before a disastrous return to All Elite Wrestling in 2021. CM Punk left WWE due to being unhappy with his booking, due to being lied to and nearly dying ...
In one of the most shocking confessions ever, Tommy Dreamer revealed that he wanted to murder Paul Heyman at WrestleMania X7. He planned to run into the ring and shoot the former ECW boss, before turning the gun on himself live on pay per view. You can read the full details of the planned murder ...
CM Punk’s AEW career was short, explosive and memorable. From his electric debut to his disappointing firing after a Wembley Stadium epic, nobody could ever accuse the Best in the World of being boring or formulaic in AEW. When CM Punk walked out on stage for his AEW debut, it felt like an incredible, special ...
CM Punk spent his second run in AEW walking around AEW Collision as the Real World Champion, brandishing his own version of the AEW Championship belt. The belt was branded with his trademark “Straight-Edge X” symbol, spray-painted on the belt in a huge shot at the real AEW Champion, MJF. CM Punk proclaims himself to ...
CM Punk won the AEW Championship for the first time at AEW Double or Nothing 2022, pinning “Hangman” Adam Page to win the belt. That would be the high point of his reign, which was dogged by injuries and backstage issues that ended his wrestling career for good. During his 90 days (well, not really, ...
The AEW Championship is one of the most prestigious titles in the world right now, with one of the most impressive lineages. So far, only six men have held the AEW Championship – although each one has been at the top of the industry, putting on some of the best matches of their life. Some ...
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter welcomed seven new inductees into their Hall of Fame, but CM Punk was a shock name to miss out on the fan-voted Hall of Fame in 2023. Punk was up for induction this year, but narrowly missed out on the vote after a tumultuous year in the business. Getting just 44% ...
CM Punk will go down in history as one of the greatest (and most controversial) wrestlers of all time, putting on multiple 5-star matches and ruffling even more features during his incredible career. He changed the business in the WWE with his iconic Pipebomb promo, before spending 434-days as WWE Champion. He walked out of ...
CM Punk’s AEW run may have ended in a bang, but that doesn’t take away from the incredible matches he had during his time with the company. From his epic debut on AEW Rampage in 2021 to his final match in the biggest wrestling show of all time, one thing you could never accuse the ...
One of the selling points at the start of AEW the state of their promos. They opposed the WWE model of being handed a script and asking the wrestlers to repeat it verbatim. It may work for some people, but for most creatively-minded wrestlers, this is not the best way to do it. A lot ...
CM Punk and MJF cut one of the best promos in AEW history on the 2021 Thanksgiving episode of AEW Dynamite. A week after Punk interrupted MJF’s promo in the ring, the pair faced off on the microphone in one of the best “promo battles” ever seen in wrestling. Here is the entire transcript from ...
With the recent revelation that CM Punk met Triple H backstage at the latest WWE event, we look back at the planned match between the pair that was meant to take place at WrestleMania 30. This match would have been a rematch three years in the making, following their disastrous bout at Night of Champions ...
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