Strummer Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Mentioned in the WWE and Meltz threads but I thought I'd start a separate one. He's been written off future storylines,including mania. Fuck him this is going to cost Bryan the belt now. (Bryan V HHH is now on for mania). That's all I care about now. I'm going to have to enter psychoanalysis over this shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeplastictrees Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 It will be a news story if Cena left. Cena has proven he is the only one who constantly moves the needle for WWE. How many times have WWE rushed Cena back to TV due to low ratings? If/When Punk leaves the IWC will cry foul and that TERRIBLE website cagesideseats.com will post a million markish articles by their idiotic staff on how this is the biggest WWE fumble in the history of the company and how the WWE will go out of business within a year. The reality of a Punk departure? WWE business will keep on trucking upwards and ROH might get a special Punk appearance here-and-there. That will be the state of the world when Punk leaves WWE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Like I alluded to it's strange I'm a huge Punk fan but all I can think about is how this affects Bryan. Orton/Batista are still going to get that match. Good luck with that This is going to be a shitstorm of a couple months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Punk leaving most likely is the reason Bryan went from fifth from the top match against Sheamus to a top level match with HHH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I actually want them to do Bryan vs HHH for the title now. There was some talk of them changing plans to have Bryan win the Elimination Chamber, stick with that. Then do Bryan vs HHH for the title with HHH not trusting anyone else to get the job done. There is no better way to ensure a great crowd reaction than leaving that match to the very end of Mania. Â Who cares how they screw Batista out of his Rumble prize, they can still do Batista vs Orton, Lesnar vs Taker and Cena vs Bray Wyatt. Might as well have the last 3 matches be Taker vs. Lesnar, then Batista vs Orton then HHH vs. Bryan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostka Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Not that I'm happy about this (I'm not), but this TOTALLY works out in Bryan's favor. Â Bryan vs Sheamus = throwaway mid card match. Â Bryan vs HHH = headline match, and a win over HHH at WM? That, at the very least, means AS much as a title victory in this fucked up fed these days. Â So Bryan beats HHH at WM, in a fresh, and likely very good match (could see it being like a Punk/HHH / TAKA/HHH hybrid). Bryan could be hotter than ever coming off the HHH win and at that point, best time to get the title for real this time. Extreme Rules is in Bryan's home state. Maybe Lesnar will be champion? Â I know this is all wishful thinking and blah blah blah, but I actually am feeling good about the Bryan situation at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Not that I'm happy about this (I'm not), but this TOTALLY works out in Bryan's favor. Â Bryan vs Sheamus = throwaway mid card match. Â Bryan vs HHH = headline match, and a win over HHH at WM? That, at the very least, means AS much as a title victory in this fucked up fed these days. Â So Bryan beats HHH at WM, in a fresh, and likely very good match (could see it being like a Punk/HHH / TAKA/HHH hybrid). Bryan could be hotter than ever coming off the HHH win and at that point, best time to get the title for real this time. Extreme Rules is in Bryan's home state. Maybe Lesnar will be champion? Mike Johnson had reported they had changed their mind and Bryan was going to get the title at the EC and then it would be triple threat with Batista and Orton at Mania. Not happening now. I'm just freaked out he's never going to get that belt. I don't think him v Hunter will be for the belt. No way. Â Â and trying to decipher Meltz in a post at cageside, he seems to be implying that Punk might never come back. Everyone in wrestling comes back but Punk has saved his money and thinks he doesn't need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 So, Bryan vs HHH. Oh, those Hunter & Stephy promos to come... Â Well, if Punk leaves (and being booked against Kane in 2014 seems a good enough reason), there's your big nostalgia comeback for WM in 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 That might not be smart enough to do HHH challenging EC winner Daniel Bryan but it's right there waiting for them and nothing else they can do with Bryan or the title would get a better reaction on the show. It's even better than Bryan finally beating Orton clean since they've already established that Bryan can beat Orton. Â The ultimate goal for Bryan vs The Authority should have always been Bryan winning the title and HHH challenging him for it. They fucked it all up but they could actually wind up taking a big shitty detour and still making it where they need to go. Â Then they can still recoup their Batista money by having him be Bryan's first challenger. Heel Batista is money anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 In the interview he did with Helwani, Punk seemed very noncommittal about his future plans. Looking back, I wouldn't be surprised if he already had his mind made up at that point and was just waiting for the proper time. Â Dave did point out in the BREAKING NEWS update that Punk's never been concerned about money, and seemed to be implying he's just tired of dealing with all their bullshit. He's one of the few guys that has fuck-you money, and that appears to be what he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 As far as Punk leaving, if he is actually gone for good, I am not sure it ultimately hurts the WWE that much. Bryan already seemed like he was about to take his spot as "the guy behind Cena" and I don't think he was ever going to be able to do another good heel run, so he was pretty much stuck as lame pandering babyface until the end of time. It doesn't hurt Punk either because I don't think he'll really miss WWE that much and if he misses wrestling I'm sure he'll eventually do a match or two somewhere a few years down the line for some person willing to pay way too much money to do an indy show with CM Punk on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Meltz also said they were pretty shocked by this even though they assumed he was leaving in July anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeplastictrees Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I don't believe Punk quit. I think he is just taking a break to collect himself. I don't see a wrestler WILLINGLY walking away from WWE before that wrestler's biggest payday of the year. After Mania? Sure! Before? No way. Even if this is an extended break- he will be back within 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 No one seems to know how the Mania payout will work with the Network this year. Perhaps they told the guys what to expect and Punk figured there was no point in waiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlittlekitten Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Fucking hell Strummer, your mental breakdown from this Bryan situation is quite pathetic. Â I not sure if putting the belt on Bryan at EC is a good idea. He needs to win it on the big stage if anything, and that's unlikely. Batista swanning in and taking it is annoying but he brings the big numbers. I honestly think it might be too late with Bryan anyway. He should have got the belt last summer. That's when they truly fucked him. Still, I'm happy with HHH/Bryan, with or without the belt, it's the way this tale was supposed to go. Â Strangely not bothered about Punk leaving. Loved his heel run a couple of years back but he's looked completely rotten since his return and it seemed like he was just getting worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I am back to wanting Bryan/Brie vs HHH/Steph now then, both to see Steph get comeuppance since she's the better heel and to see how Strummer would react. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I know guys I''m ashamed of myself <_ believe me i know how pathetic it is. started in october>Â and I didn't give a damn about RVD and their ilk. it's strange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I am back to wanting Bryan/Brie vs HHH/Steph now then, both to see Steph get comeuppance since she's the better heel and to see how Strummer would react. Â actually I would kinda like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Plus I haven't thrown a brick threw my TV yet! Not yet. Or a baseball bat. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Why was Punk unhappy? Has anything more been reported on this? This thread is the first I'm learning of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 There's been a lot flying around but I think the WON side of things is pointing towards the revenue change for PPVs due to the birth of the network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I'll throw out something our old friend Victator said on DVDVR a while back: WWE doesn't want to create superstars. They want to create an army of midcarders who are financially dependent on them. As we're seeing with Punk, a financially secure wrestler has leverage, and they hate that. I think it's also why they're hesitant to do anything with Bryan. They're afraid of creating something they can't control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Well, if Punk leaves (and being booked against Kane in 2014 seems a good enough reason), there's your big nostalgia comeback for WM in 5 years. Which would be funny considering the driving force behind his leaving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJRogers Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Why was Punk unhappy? Has anything more been reported on this? This thread is the first I'm learning of it. Gist I've been getting, hence my last post, is reliance on part-timers like Brock and Batista, as well as what happened with Bryan Sunday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjh Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 No one seems to know how the Mania payout will work with the Network this year. Perhaps they told the guys what to expect and Punk figured there was no point in waiting. I wonder if being pencilled in to work with Hunter at WrestleMania played a factor in this too. He knows how that goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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