Hell of an interview.

 

Awesome interview. I can only think DX in 2006/2007 came close to outselling Cena's merch for a while. Maybe at one point it did. That shit was flying off the shelves. The shirts, hats, armbands, the light up X's, etc.

 

I remember checking DX merch on WWE website. It was #1 at one point.

 

20 Min Cm Punk Interview with Rosenberg

....I'll watch with caution

 

:lol

 

Interviews are always a lot better when the interviewer is visibly a huge wrestling fan. I went through all of Rosenberg's wrestler interviews on his youtube channel and most of them are quality. I recommend you check em all out.

 

Really good interview. As for the shoot, from another interview I think it was a work in that Vince knew he was going to go out there and rant but he convinced him to let him say whatever he wanted. It was a shoot because he was ranting about things he'd been wanting to say for years

 

Best part was the Elimination Chamber story.
LOL at Vince being a dick and then burying Punk for speaking his mind.

What a horribly booked match.

 

Arguably the best interview in recent memory and Punk as well Rosenberg was spot on about the IWC thinking they know everything that goes on in the wrestling business when in reality we don’t know jack shit.

By also witnessing this interview, I honestly believe Daniel Bryan is where he at now thanks to CM Punk, it’s just coming together in my opinion.

 

I also like the fact that whenever you have a great interviewer who asks some very detailed and interesting questions but at the same time is humble, knows enough to understand what the wrestler is saying, and shows legit interest that those tend to be the best interviews. I think this has honestly been the best interview Punk has done since the BS Report back in August of last year. That was a very great one that gave us the now famous quote of:

"I'm here to make this shit cool again."

Arguably the best interview in recent memory and Punk as well Rosenberg was spot on about the IWC thinking they know everything that goes on in the wrestling business when in reality we don’t know jack shit.

By also witnessing this interview, I honestly believe Daniel Bryan is where he at now thanks to CM Punk, it’s just coming together in my opinion.

That is a great observation that I had in mind but wasn't thinking of when watching it. I think after looking at a non-WWE product like CM Punk become a major and huge success for the company, they are being more lenient to take risk and add investment onto others like a Daniel Bryan or like a Zack Ryder (pre-Kane). Daniel Bryan's success can be somewhat give some credit of for Punk for being the guy that doesn't take nonsense and knows what is shit when he sees it. It's no surprise that WWE has gotten, in my opinion from a creative and wrestling standpoint, better ever since that "Punk 6:27" promo last year. Sure, there were some dark spots here and there but it has overall improved substantially.

Another interesting topic about the interview that I thought was interesting that some our downplaying is the opinion of where Brodus Clay has been. What that proves to me is that Punk has not stopped in making a strong effort to get people over that he knows can get over and be an integral part to the product. Granted, even if Brodus is unsafe, he has a gimmick that doesn't have to always wrestle and can be put in backstage segments and montages if possible. You just don't take off a hot and over talent such as Brodus off for a good two weeks and not expect people to start asking where he has been.

Like Punk has said before, it will take a team effort to really change the company drastically but I'm glad to hear he is still trying to be the spearhead that leads that charge.

 

Is this in mp3 format anyway? Wouldn't mind listening on the train to work

 

http://bit.ly/wu6Iun

 

Great stuff. I really wish I could speak with the man one-on-one, we see things similarly, we are both openly critical, I was even critical of him on Twitter once(it was mostly constructive) and we even like the same music. Damn good guy!

 

interesting vid. some decent subject matter for once, not whose banging who, but some wrestling chat.
hope this rosenberg guy gets cm punk back again soon.

 

I listened to whole thing. Great stuff. From listening to other CM Punk interviews in the past, I appreciate the fact he comes across as real genuine, down-to-earth guy who you feel you could talk to about anything. He doesn't have this fake TV image that so many other wrestlers have, he's just himself, and that's what makes him unique and earns my respect for him.

 

Great interview! Cool hear about his relationship with Trips and that the guys don't have to use the scripted promos.

 

Not exactly what he said. What he said was, if you're going to risk deviating from the script, you better make damn sure that what you end up saying is better than what they wanted you to say.

 

Fucking sweet thanks for posting!

 

Loved the interview. Rosenberg is great with wrestling and hip-hop, he's so passionate about it. Much like Sam Roberts.

 

I didn't even know Sam Roberts was considered a serious person outside of O&A. :hmm:

 

Really great interview. I have to give it to the interviewer, he was awesome.

 

Regarding the shoot. It's his genuine feelings but come on it is a work.

It's the same thing with him and Trips and Cena and Rock. Reality and Kayfaybe can be blurred.

 

Punk nailed it, The IWC expects everything to be told to them in one episode.

 

You guys do know it's month 7 now, right?

So far since Punk has said he's going to make this fun again all he's said was "I'm the best wrestler in the world".

But now he's going up against Jericho whose the Best in the World at what he does.

What a compelling storyline.

 

Punk Fans Are Fucking Dumbasses, Defending this bitch that says "Ratings Don't Matter" WTF. God if his monkey ass could draw shit in a toilet he wouldn't say that. Overpushed Pile of garbage.

(Rock316AE Mode off)

Great interview. Really hit the nail on the head with some of the stuff.

 

Awesome interview. What Punk said is to show the smarks they really don't know anything they think they know, and sometimes you just gotta sit back and enjoy the product.

 

OMG!!!!! CM PUNK WAVED AT ME!!#!$!~#!!!!!!

Great stuff though. Always love listening to Punk. So dead on about the IWC. Let shit play out, enjoy it, relax.

 

Excellent interview. The host didn't ask the normal stupid ass questions most wrestlers get asked when they go on radio, etc.

 

for a straight edge guy he sure talks like a stoner.

Interesting interview, especially about some of the guys not wanting to rock the boat. LOL'd when he said he always thinks, across the board, scripts are suggestions. Wish more of them thought like that rather than coming out in robot mode.

 

One of the best wrestling shoot interviews I've seen. Rosenberg knows how to conduct an interview very well, and his excitement over drawing out information from his guests always shows. Punk covered a lot of ground here. I do agree with Starbuck's point that a great deal of the criticism toward WWE in recent months and years has been their apparent near-inability to follow through with their bigger, more ambitious storylines, perhaps most recently Punk's own "Conspiracy" arc this past late summer going into the fall. But nevertheless, many of his points are perfectly valid and his stories of the doghouse treatment (amazing to think he walked into Vince's office a few months after debuting and simply said, "This finish sucks"--which it did, what a horribly booked match that was), Triple H (gee, he isn't The Devil after all?) and other things were great.

 

Some summarization from wrestlinginc:

C.M. Punk was interviewed by Peter Rosenberg over at Hot97. During the interview, Punk discussed the changing point in his WWE career, his feud with Chris Jericho and his relationship with Triple amongst other topics. Here are the highlights:

On the legendary promo he cut on June 27th, 2011: "t wasn't my design to have this as a platform to even continue my career. I was done. That was my second-to-last Monday Night Raw. You know? I was going overseas the next day -- we were doing a tour of Australia and New Zealand -- and then we were doing some TV in Boston and then the pay-per-view.

"So, to me, I was like, 'I'm already on the pay-per-view. What are they going to fire me two weeks before I do it?' I figured they were going to take me off the international tour and there was nothing they could do. There was no repercussion for my actions. So I just went out there and spoke from the heart."

On doing what you feel vs. doing what they write for you: "I don't have to do anything that's written. Here's the funny thing; I don't think anybody has to do what's written. Everybody is so petrified to rock the boat or they're not skilled enough to do their own stuff. People get handed stuff and I truly thunk that across the board, it's a suggestion. It's up to you to put it in your words. It's up to you to do what you want.

"There's been times when I get handed stuff and I say, 'I can't do this,' and it changes the entire show. I say, 'Let's do this,' and they listen to me."

On how he views his feud with Chris Jericho: I think it could be very special. If we handle it the right way. Everybody is so fickle, though. I read online somewhere that someone said they're sick of Punk and Jericho already and the genius about that is that we have done anything yet. It's brilliant that [this fan] is already so mad and so over this.

On smart/internet fans: "More power to them but you can take any one of those people and give them the position of booker and they would lose their mind. They don't realize the intricate little things that go into putting stuff together.

"On top of that, we worry about ratings in this company which, to me, is madness at this point. Ratings don't mean anything expect to the sponsors. Which is why we do it because we want to keep sponsors happy. ... I just think everyone loves being negative. 'Ah! Punk came back too soon. They did this,' and it's like, 'Shut up and enjoy it.' Yeah. I know that sometimes it gets really, really bad. You can be vocal about that. But they don't let anything play out. They almost forget that there's going to be a Raw next week."

On his relationship with Triple H: "It's pretty good, I think. [Laughs.] I mean, you know, honestly, I guess I'll never really, truly know. We have a good, open relationship, I guess. We talk. He's very knowledgeable about the business and he's in a spot that he knows about a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff that fascinates me. I pick his brain about that stuff."

On Brodus Clay getting on TV only to be taken off shortly thereafter: "[Triple H] is in a position and now I'm in a position where I can ask him, 'OK. I don't understand why we put a guy like Brodus on TV and then he's off TV for two weeks. Explain that to me, Hunter.' Then he tells me, and I get it.

"We're not just catering to the people that are probably watching this. [Waves to the camera.] We're catering to a much wider audience."

 

Awesome Interview from Punk, Could have gone for anther 40 minutes.

I wish they had asked his thoughts on his program with Triple H and clear the air with The Rock situation and his thoughts on him.