The Cathartic Rise & Chaotic Fall of CM Punk in AEW
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Published 2023-12-13
00:00 Intro
04:27 Before #AEW
06:14 The Debut - All Out
09:29 Eddie Kingston
11:13 MJF
14:12 Hangman Page - Double or Nothing
16:24 The First Injury - Jon Moxley
19:24 The All Out Scrum - "Brawl Out"
22:16 The Elite return - CM Punk recovers
23:02 Collision - Punk's return from injury
25:52 Poking the Bear With a Microphone
26:49 All In
28:21 Cry Me A River
29:56 CM Punk is Fired
32:02 Is the Grass Greener in #WWE ?
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All Comments (21)
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Punk getting injured in the summer during his first world title reign will always be one of the bigger what ifs in AEW I Believe.
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Punk was right.
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I like how every speech that Tony Khan gives, he looks like he's a hostage delivering the demands of his kidnappers.
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As someone who was on the LA show that Punk broke his leg on, I'm just so weirded out I got to witness the biggest butterfly effect of the wrestling world. Regardless of how you think of wrestling this year, it has been a crazy crazy year lmao.
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All the backstage drama that happened during Punk time in AEW pretty much shown wrestling hasn’t truly change from the ‘good old days’
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I LOVE a video like this that doesn’t point the finger at one individual in a grand brouhaha that has more than enough blame to go around. While the wrestling Twittersphere has largely drawn hard lines in the sand, no individual came out of this looking squeaky clean. Just about everyone acted infantile, petty, weak-kneed, or all of the above.
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As a CM Punk fan, I agree with everything you said. Also, as we all know, when it comes time to shovel the blame in regards to how everything went down, EVERYONE needs to own their pile. Not just Punk. Not just The Elite. Not just Tony Khan. EVERYONE. No one is innocent. The only people who are innocent in this drama are Bryan Danielson (who was just doing his job) and Punk’s dog.
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So after AEW inexplicably released the footage of the Punk/Perry altercation that looked more like a middle-school fight it’s clear that it all stems from Tony Kahn refusing to be a boss and handling the backstage issues. Punk told Tony “Handle that, or you won’t like the way I handle it”. Prophetic words. And it turns out Punk actually didn’t punch Perry, he just choked him out a little 😂.
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Out of all this, I really want AEW to thrive again. The last thing I want is for history to repeat itself and WWE to regain a virtual monopoly.
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Incredibly well balanced and well thought-out video, Brian. It was wild going through all the twists and turns of this story again. Keep up the great work, bro!
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I was trying to explain the whole CM Punk story to my mom who knows nothing about wrestling and it's way harder than you'd think. Me: There was a backstage fight involving a bunch of guys and a dog, and one of the guys got bit. Mom: He got bit by the dog? Me: No, he got bit by another man.
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You should post an updated version of this, since we’ve seen the horrific fight
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IMO, Z-Man, the "CM Punk in AEW" retrospecive is the best and most anticipated Wrestling WIth Wregret episode of 2023. It has drama, an honest intro, unique (arguably corny) humor and multiple sidebars.
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Wildest part of all the backstage drama is how everyone involved are adults, most of them in the late 30s or above, yet only made everything worse by refusing to act with maturity and professionalism
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The best in depth video explaining CM Punk's time in AEW...and arguably the single biggest devastating punch to the gut AEW has suffered to date. This video is fantastic.
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Coming back to this video after the Punk interview and AEW airing the All In footage is quite fun
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1k comments- Brian I hope you see this, but the slow zoom in at 24:04 actually made me PHYSICALLY Lean in closer too. Brilliant. 10/10 thanks for another year of greatness.
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You said it all and then some Z. Great coverage. I'm happy to be a part of the Patreon group.
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I really appreciate the strong, full-throated defense you made of Danielson. In all of this, he is the one person who has been maligned and who I would say was squeaky clean in his actions. Even if it was a stark minority of fans who ridiculed him, I appreciate you not standing for it.
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Ooof this didn't age well since Punk's latest interview lol
