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Will CM Punk retaliate?

  • Yes

    Votes: 61 68%

  • No

    Votes: 29 32%
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#41 ·
AEW is too small a company to impact his legacy. His legacy will always be centered around his WWE run. For better or worse, him breaking through in WWE opened the floodgates for far less talented indy guys to make it nationally. The Bucks and Hangman should worship the ground the guy walks on, honestly.
 
#43 · (Edited)
Gn1212 said:
People don't get it. The diehard wrestling fans, which includes me tbf, thought nobody would give a shit about Cody or will booed out of buildings when he arrived in WWE.

The dude was despised in the end and he was pretty much a midcarder in AEW in his last few months.

He's now an even bigger star than before.

If Punk were to return in WWE now it the reaction would be insane.
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Off the charts.
 
Discussion starter · #44 ·
The XL 2 said:
AEW is too small a company to impact his legacy. His legacy will always be centered around his WWE run. For better or worse, him breaking through in WWE opened the floodgates for far less talented indy guys to make it nationally. The Bucks and Hangman should worship the ground the guy walks on, honestly.
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Yep. Punk was the first "indy" IWC darling that really made it.

He opened the door for Danielson, Rollins, Ambrose, KO, Zayn and many others.
 
#47 ·
ClintDagger said:
WWE wouldn't be in any danger of legal trouble. Nor would NBC or Austin. The only person on the hook would be Punk.
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Not true at all. People who broadcast interviews xan be held accountable for it

Stone cold podcast is funded by wwe. It's a wwe product the defamation came from wwe show and just opens them up to lawsuits

If a newspaper runs a bad article the person can sue the COMAPNY not the person

Same here
 
#48 ·
kentl said:
Not true at all. People who broadcast interviews xan be held accountable for it

Stone cold podcast is funded by wwe. It's a wwe product the defamation came from wwe show and just opens them up to lawsuits

If a newspaper runs a bad article the person can sue the COMAPNY not the person

Same here
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If what you were saying was true nobody would do interviews for fear of liability. Obviously if you are talking about a case where a journalist or media outlet knowingly broadcasts a lie then yeah that’s a problem. But who would advocate for that? It would be ridiculous to go after WWE if they were doing the interview in good faith and did all of the prerequisite disclaimers. The only way WWE could get in trouble is if it somehow is violating a non-compete but they would vet something like that before bringing someone in. They would also vet what Punk was going to say and who he was going to talk about to avoid doing what he did in the Cabana podcast. What you’re talking about is extremely rare and that’s because it’s hard to prove and easy to avoid. The 1st amendment protects speech and press for that very reason.

Now if WWE knows Punk is going to lie and has foreknowledge of the actual events then yeah it’s a bad idea. I don’t think WWE would go for it anyways because of Punk’s toxicity but none of that fear would be from a fear of some kind of defamation.
 
#49 ·
ClintDagger said:
If what you were saying was true nobody would do interviews for fear of liability. Obviously if you are talking about a case where a journalist or media outlet knowingly broadcasts a lie then yeah that’s a problem. But who would advocate for that? It would be ridiculous to go after WWE if they were doing the interview in good faith and did all of the prerequisite disclaimers. The only way WWE could get in trouble is if it somehow is violating a non-compete but they would vet something like that before bringing someone in. They would also vet what Punk was going to say and who he was going to talk about to avoid doing what he did in the Cabana podcast. What you’re talking about is extremely rare and that’s because it’s hard to prove and easy to avoid. The 1st amendment protects speech and press for that very reason.

Now if WWE knows Punk is going to lie and has foreknowledge of the actual events then yeah it’s a bad idea. I don’t think WWE would go for it anyways because of Punk’s toxicity but none of that fear would be from a fear of some kind of defamation.
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Theu absolutely have. Reporters have lied without the knowledge of the newspaper and the newspaper losses

mclellan.law.msu.edu

the McLellan: Could a person or a newspaper get sued for defam...

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Also, we should make it clear that if a libelous statement is printed in a newspaper, the newspaper can be held liable even if the quote is coming from someone else and not the paper or a reporter. Why? Because while the newspaper did not make the statement, it published the statement.
 
#50 ·
They have Punk on video acting the fool up in that arena. There would be nothing to manipulate, nothing to make him look good in front of his fans. Aside from making a nonsensical and opaque comment like "truth will be revealed soon" or "you don't know everything", he's going to keep his big mouth shut as it has a tendency to get him into trouble all the time.
 
#51 ·
deadcool said:
They have Punk on video acting the fool up in that arena. There would be nothing to manipulate, nothing to make him look good in front of his fans.
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Kinda depends on the content of the video, doesn't it? You talk like you've already seen it, so please describe the actions taking place in a matter-of-fact commentary as unbiased as possible.

Thanks in advance.
 
#52 ·
Killy Bidman said:
Kinda depends on the content of the video, doesn't it? You talk like you've already seen it, so please describe the actions taking place in a matter-of-fact commentary as unbiased as possible.

Thanks in advance.
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If there was any doubt about what this alleged video shows he likely wouldn't have had his contract terminated. He'd be sitting at home serving a suspension.
 
#53 ·
Killy Bidman said:
Kinda depends on the content of the video, doesn't it? You talk like you've already seen it, so please describe the actions taking place in a matter-of-fact commentary as unbiased as possible.

Thanks in advance.
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When outside sources insider courses, and history all point to Punk being the issue?

We have people putting their name on it that the idea jack hit first was a lie.
We have Tony Khan saying that he felt life's were in danger which gives credit to the idea it w a more rhen just shoving

Evreyhting BUT Punk points to this heing true.

Show a non biased person siding with punk
 
#54 ·
If you ever want to create a modern day NWO - this is how you do it.

Have the firing be fake. Have CM Punk show up - through the crowd - in Chicago tonight to cut a shoot promo. Blur the lines of reality.

Not saying that's going to happen - but man it would be incredible if it did...
 
#57 ·
Gn1212 said:
Brawl In and Brawl Out will be events that will be talked about for years to come.

Punk was always controversial. He became even more controversial but as a result became even more popular than he was before.
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If anything, to the casual audience this might actually rehabilitate his image somewhat. Guy went from embarassing UFC-Matches to fighting japanese indy darlings 3 on 2 in a locker room and coming out on top while injured. A year later he chokes out a jobber in a backstage confrontation before casually walking out in front of 80.000 people and having a better match than said jobber half his age.

His Mindy's press scrum promo is already iconic. Probably second place after the pipe bomb.
 
#60 ·
Killy Bidman said:
So you guys haven't seen the video, huh?
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No but I have word form mutiple groups of people, as well as the boss who saw it all who last time defend punk
All turning their backs on him

Even miro someone who is "friends" with punk called out the lie.

Aew legal saw the footage and they say they have reason to fire him.

I trust a legal opinion of if it's right or wrong over my own opinion
 
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