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Saw Punk and AJ at Blackhawks game

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Now I dont know if I put this is the wrong section or not but anyways. I was at the hawks game and im standing getting food and i look to my left and literally 2 feet next to me aj and punk are standing. Now I am obsessed with both punk and aj so i had a little heart attack. But what I kind of didnt like is the only think I said to them was Hey Phil can I get a picture please and he smirked and totally ignored me looking around like he was spacing the hell out. I didnt say anything else so he didnt think I was a crazy fan but dude has punk always been like this in public? It seems like hes got a stick up his ass and doesnt even want to acknowledge his fans that spent lots of money to get him super famous and rich. But at the same time I understand because I am sure he is totally sick and tired of always having people wanting photos with him and talk to him and asking him about coming back to WWE. I wasnt going to ask him that but still he shouldve at least said hi or sorry not now. What do you think?






 
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#83 ·
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I always try to look at this from the other persons point of view, Punk seems to go to a lot of Blackhawks games. You know how much this probably happens, I can't really blame him for not wanting to do anything if he takes a picture with you then every wreslting fan around you is going to come up and ask for a picture.

Sure there are people like Daniel Bryan who seem to some what embrace it, but most people just want to be left alone. I'd say if anything the smirk he gave you was a good thing more like an, "thanks for not making a scene out of this.".

If I was a Patriots season ticket owner for example I'd get pissed off if every 2 seconds some person came up to me asking for a picture and an autograph, I'd just want to watch the damn game.
 
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I think trying to approach celebs in general is kind of corny, but there's nothing wrong with calling a person by their real name. It's just one of the old "live the gimmick, brother!" carny things wrestlers have a stick up their ass about.

I am a huge Frasier fan, and the character was on network TV for over 20 years before being retired in 2004. If I ever met Kelsey Grammer I would not go up to him and say, "Hey Frasier, what's going on? How's Niles?" because Frasier is a sitcom character he portrayed on television.

"CM Punk" is no different. It's a pro wrestling character which is now retired.

Most actors get offended when you refer to them by one of their character names because they are a real person beyond a role they portray(ed)...it's hilarious that pro wrestlers are the opposite in an era where kayfabe is pretty much dead.

You don't see Adam Copeland getting upset when someone calls him by his real name. Then again, the name Adam Copeland is attached to a budding acting career independent of anything he did as a pro wrestler. Phil Brooks hasn't done much of anything outside pro wrestling, and the gigs he's gotten since retiring is due to his WWE fame. Maybe that has something to do with it.



I always try to look at this from the other persons point of view, Punk seems to go to a lot of Blackhawks games. You know how much this probably happens, I can't really blame him for not wanting to do anything if he takes a picture with you then every wreslting fan around you is going to come up and ask for a picture.

Sure there are people like Daniel Bryan who seem to some what embrace it, but most people just want to be left alone. I'd say if anything the smirk he gave you was a good thing more like an, "thanks for not making a scene out of this.".

If I was a Patriots season ticket owner for example I'd get pissed off if every 2 seconds some person came up to me asking for a picture and an autograph, I'd just want to watch the damn game.
On his WM doc, Daniel Bryan talks candidly about how it's uncomfortable when people approach him when he's doing his own thing outside of WWE (such as grocery shopping).

He didn't come across as someone who embraced the attention.
 
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Maybe he thought you were being a dick by calling him Phil?

I can't blame him for not wanting photos, he's there in the middle of all those 'normal' people, if he took photos with everyone it'd take up a fair bit of time. Rather than take the odd one and people feel pissed off that he has took one with you and not them he just doesn't with anyone.

Remember that he is there to watch the game, give the guy some respect rather than take pics of him when he clearly doesn't want them taken.
 
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#90 ·
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I've heard of a few cases of people having less than positive experiences with him in person, i've never personally met him so I don't have a personal opinion on him. Sometimes people can approach wrestlers/celebs at bad times, I remember one saying he was trying to take a piss and someone asked him for an autograph.... although if what OP stated is correct I don't see any issue, unless he didn't like being called Phil?
 
#94 ·
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Should've said "hey ass hat" and hit him over the head with a trash can and started a hardcore brawl.

Or he'd probably like "OMG aren't you that wrestler that fought John Cena??" "Do you know John Cena" "I love the Rock, do you know The Rock"
 
#95 ·
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Jfc...if he said no or didn't say yes, you should have respected his wishes.
I don't much like the guy nor care for him, but everyone is entitled to at least a hint of privacy, especially when they specifically ask you not to conduct such an invasive thing.

It's like the celebrity equivalent of creepshots - don't do them.
 
#97 ·
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That's creepy as hell..
 
#99 · (Edited)
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Most people close to CM Punk and many of those that met him from 2005 to about 2009 would say he was cool as hell and would take pics with everybody, but from about 2011 onwards fame really got to his head among other things, I'm a massive Punk mark but even I would know to stay away from him in public and I'm just glad I met him back in 2008 when he was a clearly a different person and significantly more humble.


PS - There is a video of how many years ago Punk talks about how tried to get a handshake off Hogan and he got completely ignored, you'd think an experience like that would make him understand his fans more but apparently not.
 
#102 ·
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Most people close to CM Punk and many of those that met him from 2005 to about 2009 would say he was cool as hell and would take pics with everybody
me and my friends met punk in 2006 the day before mania 22. he was outside the wwe hotel talking with everyone and talking with everyone. sad to hear to became dave batista :(
 
#100 ·
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Slicked back Punk is back!!!!! :mark::mark::mark:


You should start bring a toy WWE title with you to Blackhawks games and next time you see punk, wrap it around his waist.

Also, proceeding in taking several photos of him despite him saying no! :clap
 
#106 ·
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I don't like approaching Wrestlers and rarely ever do if I see them, I saw Jeff Hardy in Orlando airport once and asked for an autograph because he's one of my all time favorites, he literally talked to me for like 20 mins about music and random shit pretty humble guy but I see where they get annoyed with it and it's why I don't do it. moral of my post ask wrestlers for pictures who use their real names haha
 
#107 ·
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You call him Phil fpalm he says no and you still take a couple pictures of him fpalm. Then people wonder why Punk is sometime angry with some fans who approach him. Surprised this thread hasn't turned into an all out Punk hating one.
 
#108 · (Edited)
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With celebrities and pictures it's always 50/50. You catch them on a good day I'm sure they'll take a pic with you, catch them on a bad day or when they're busy or moody you'll probably get rejected. It's really that simple, you can't be bitter about it (which you don't seem to be). And I'm sure you snapping lots of creepy pictures and calling him Phil didn't help lol since that's usually meant to be disrespectful. There's also the possibility where if you stop and take one picture in a public setting like that then you'll get bombarded and have to take more with other fans.

But yeah, Punk's pretty douchey anyway IRL he's admitted it too.
 
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