The original run of CM Punk in AEW - 23 matches!

#cmpunk #aew #allelitewrestling #wwe #fired wanted to find out just how much of a loss CM Punk was going to be for AEW so the only way to do that was to have him compete on Ring of the Hawk season 4. The show where we watch back a wrestlers short run with a company and then give them a final grade. This should be CM punk at his best in aew because there was no drama for the majority of these 23 matches. The high point was the MJF feud and a random jobber called Lee Moriarty who makes the girls party!
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[@Kinterlude]

Regarding Matt Sydal/CM Punk, I don't know how many people know that these two came up together in the indies. Both got their big break in IWA-Mid South and are pretty good friends. Matt doesn't get enough credit and Punk fed a ton to him to make him look good.

[@889654]

That match with Wardlow was Super Cena-levels of booking.

[@pk_1]

It was just Bullshit

[@artirony410]

The Matt Sydal match was incredibly one sided but the one with Wardlow where Punk just eats like 19 elevated powerbombs in a row and still wins has to be the most egregious by far

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

The efed I'm in just booked a match like that, and I had a problem with it there, too.

[@tubster105]

If you play with your food it doesn’t Matter what happens before He let MJF distract him from a victory Clearly that was the story

[@davemugoti9484]

It only made sense of they were planning a heel turn shortly

[@LCKrazy]

Oh, I forgot I was watching the UFC! Wait, I’m not?…. It’s scripted? They told a story? They made it obvious Wardlow could’ve won at any time but MJF’s shit screwed him? Fuck my life

[@freewillygoss]

@@LCKrazy You mean you don't collar and elbow lock up in real fights? smh

[@matthewmciver7615]

If i remember right the bobby fish wasnt supposed to kick out at all but he did it intentionally to try and make himself look strong in defeat and thats why punk looked a bit shocked. I might be remembering it wrong though.

[@dranzerjetli5126]

Exactly he shoot on punk like hangman

[@greenrandall143]

@@dranzerjetli5126or like punk on hangman latter on, or punk on Kenny and the young bucks.

[@isitoveryet9525]

@@greenrandall143hangman shouldn’t have started it lol

[@Castoth1]

I didn't realize he had so few matches to compete in Ring of the Hawk, haha. Busy now but will definitely watch later. Love this channel!

[@tubey84]

For Punk to come back after so long out, I thought his early stuff was actually pretty good, and he got better as he went. Just skimmed through and fair scoring on the whole in my eyes, if a bit negative in areas. For me you can see in the first 10-15 he was putting over other talent by making the match competitive, and that meant some pacing issues/things went a bit long, but it was a rusty veteran versus pretty green rookies, so I rein in my expectations personally as a result.

[@jthom0027]

Yep this is an accurate take. He said on many occasions that he was coming back to help the young stars in that locker room and he actually tried. Unfortunately for Punk, he was sometimes in the ring with people that had never been in actual wrestling matches before that weren't just spot fests so there were some botches. He would also make people look good just for them to be forgotten by booker of the year Tony Khan the next week. I'm not sure I ever saw Lee Moriarty again after the Punk match.

[@Mike-ze1by]

You put it perfectly brother.

[@ellisdalton4282]

Maybe add a couple more paragraphs making more excuses for this run that has done extraordinary damage to the entire brand of AEW. That might make the cope in your post less obvious.

[@tubey84]

@@ellisdalton4282 This video and my comment are about his run of matches. The political BS is secondary and I don't really care. If you want to have petty 'wrestling wars' by all means do it, but I'm simply not interested. I want wrestling to be good, regardless of whether it's WWE or AEW.

[@ellisdalton4282]

@@tubey84 That was only one paragraph.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

I thought Punk had some great matches in his first run . Hell , I liked his second run ! I was looking forward to more of it . Collision was banging the first several episodes . Especially some of those main events . Matches of the year in my book . But sh!t happens and im super tired of talking about the behind the scene drama at this point . No use .

[@Markyd123]

You and me both!

[@Brando-Lee3725]

@@Markyd123 Cant wait for you to do his second run . If there is enough matches . Do it anyways !!!! Love ya , thanks for the great content as always .

[@douggoins2960]

I look for him to pop up in wwe for a final run. Non of the immature bs drama. Tony khan messed up big time. Punk isn't faultless, however, but Tony khan allowed it to continue

[@Kissingh1]

​@@Markyd123please do more aew vids.

[@Brando-Lee3725]

@@douggoins2960 I agree with all that .

[@chrislastname4387]

It’s crazy that I never realized this show never looked at story or match psychology of the run. That cuts out so much of the story of the run

[@Markyd123]

It does but I already gave him more time than almost anyone else on the show. Plus I have no faith the video won’t get taken down, so is that time wel spent?

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

11:05 Sting's face randomly appearing in the bottom right-hand corner made me think he particularly approved of that move. In fact, he thought it was 'TOASTY!!!!!'

[@slasherdope8065]

It's a damn shame how everything turned out. This started out as HUGE and a long overdue comeback. All well, now we know how a CM return would go.

[@theletterh1081]

I wanna see Bobby Fish’s “where’s the lie” run in impact

[@Markyd123]

Where’s the what

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

@@Markyd123 His recent return to Impact from this year after he failed to convince Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly to leave with him for WWE.

[@theletterh1081]

@@Markyd123bro just watch his promo when he debuted. You could hear one of the hawk’s feathers hitting the ground with the amount of crowd reaction

[@jthom0027]

The only person that cares about Bobby Fish is Bobby Fish. He is an unprofessional ass clown.

[@richardgadberry8398]

BF SUCKS!

[@TheManInTheLongBlackCoat]

It was never about being the best: it was the promos, the post-show interviews, the praising the other wrestlers… CM Punk was everything about modern wrestling.

[@jthom0027]

Exactly right. Punk said on many occasions that he wanted to help the younger wrestlers on the AEW roster. That is why he had so many matches with unknown people. He arguably gave them too much in each match but I can hardly blame him if he was trying to make new stars. Khan also does a horrendous job of consistently booking people so whatever Punk was trying to do was getting nuked by Tony's shitty booking. Punk's AEW run was about as good as any actual star could have in that bush league company. Jericho, Moxley, and Danielson's runs have been worse overall than Punks was.

[@aerostrafe1075]

@@jthom0027 You think Mox aew run is bad? Do you remember what he was doing in wwe before?

[@TheRealAhoy]

​@@jthom0027They've all had good runs, you don't have to say they haven't just to hammer home how good Punk was. Punk was great in aew for the short time he was there.

[@jthom0027]

@@aerostrafe1075 Oh I remember his WWE run. It ended badly but his Shield run was pretty damn good and is the best he's ever looked. I hate the garbage death match crap he does in AEW. Plus his offense looks horrendous alot of the time.

[@jthom0027]

@@TheRealAhoy Jericho and Danielson have had pretty good matches but their overall runs have been plagued with bad booking or injuries in Danielson's case (similar to Punk's). If you don't like death match garbage, Moxley's run has been abysmal.

[@ofentsekgatla3886]

Agree with most of this video but the Kingston match was unbelievable when it happened. It's also important to note just how hot Kingston was at the time. It was a 2 week build to a one off match at a ppv in a sprint (by punk standards at least). It just felt so fresh not just for punk but in wrestling as a whole at the time. And this run really shows how difficult Ring of the Hawk actually is. It's easy to watch the videos on runs you didn't see but the context really is everything. Nice to see a run I was actually watching so I can see how the matches are graded in comparison to watching the shows.

[@Goldenleyend]

Honestly I dont think its an issue of "getting on with the times". Dont hate modern wrestling but kicking out of so many hard hitting moves in a random match is ridiculous

[@User91894]

The flipping clothesline thing is one of Hangmans finishers its called the "buckshot lariat", and when punk did it to silver it was meant to mock hangman. Punk called his the "punk-shot lariat".

[@abealih92]

Marky knows the finishers, there Nwa-Tna reviews where he spot Elix Skipper doing Buckshot Lariat.

[@Markyd123]

Yea I kinda caught that too late. It got to the point where making small commentary adjustments is a waste of time as the video is going to get taken down anyway.

[@User91894]

@@Markyd123 You're good man. I enjoy your content. I honestly didn't know if you were unaware or if it was some kind of satire.

[@TrueTrueTrain]

Imagine having to use a move like that to beat 5'2 Jobber Jon Silver when you're one of the most famous wrestlers in the world 🤦

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

CM Punk's run was bizarre from start to finish

[@DasNordlicht91]

It started off promising, but veered into weirdness by the time the Hangman feud came and the wheels kinda fell off after All Out 2022.

[@digitalmarketinghumans]

@@DasNordlicht91 This

[@DeadmanInc336]

​@@DasNordlicht91literally. Not only was that the start of Punk coming unglued but it was also the beginning of his body really breaking down.

[@ethanw4253]

@@DasNordlicht91 I think he shouldve traded places with danielson, in that punk shouldve kept wrestling midcard and uppermid card stars and danielson shouldve won the title as a heel.

[@SpaceGhost92]

But have you seen rocky 3?

[@michaeleaton5824]

great vid one ive been waiting for

[@KillerAri]

Begging you to cover the Lord Tensai run. Pure gold.

[@Smeeeeeghead]

I loved Punk's run in AEW, and I think his feud with MJF was AEW's best ever feud period, imo. I thought "Oh wow, the kayfabe is so good! Punk is the old guy struggling to keep up with these young guys, what great psychology!" but the reality was that Punk really was struggling to keep up 😂😂.

[@38achref26]

it was

[@JoseGarcia-qb3tz]

Which isn't a bad thing, he did great things in this run and it proved he could hang, even if people say barely.

[@artirony410]

I will say, the promo Moxley cut after beating Punk was pretty great where he goes "what? is that not what you guys wanted?"

[@bguy3667]

An important thing about his earlier matches is that 1, he wanted to work with a lot of younger guys to give them a rub and 2, the story for Punk at the beginning of his run was that he was trying to shake off ring rust, hence why he went 50/50 with a lot of mid card guys

[@Syfcobra8549]

1-Giving a "rub" means nothing when he beats them in the end 2- shake off the ring rust lmao Edge is older and was retired longer than Punk and he went straight to main event matches and moved like he never left

[@MTMuppet]

@@Syfcobra8549thank you for exposing yourself as a complete idiot

[@thirdpositionisthefuture]

he buried every young guy in company. it took Darby almost a year to recover

[@FaizalKuntz]

i usually love CM Punk first run and matches, but then i saw this video without the hype magic from CM Punk first return to wrestling and i just agree with The Hawk with this one. all the best part is usually who CM Punk was facing and not himself.

[@johnpaxton3098]

Thanks for the video I enjoyed it a lot

[@stingray-sw3jj]

watching this before WBD takes it down

[@TheMC1102]

CM Punk's AEW tenure can be perfectly described with a certain meme from South Park" "You blew it! You had it all and you blew it!"

[@viperrecords3288]

AEW blew it. That’s why their ratings are in the toilet

[@ktownshutdown21]

​@@viperrecords3288Their ratings not only have been unchanged since CM Pussy flamed out, but their about to cut an HBO Max deal. Cry me a river 😉

[@jaylenjeongpark]

Wasn’t bad, more of the definition of talking them into the building. Without the promos; the matches don’t feel the same without context. But the AEW run wasn’t bad, nothing is better than the MJF stuff. Nice video

[@kevinramsey417]

Khan must have MJF under a strong contract because there's no way WWE shouldn't have made him an offer by now, he's the best heel in the business because he knows how to get that Hollywood Hogan-in-1996 nuclear heat (the good kind). Then again I'm glad they didn't because they'd have taken away everything that got him over.

[@RockerxxRicardo]

Honestly sucks that Punk decided to wait so long before coming back to the wrestling world.

[@PahadiSher]

because despite all the mark fanboying, Punk cares about money the most.

[@Casey_The_Editor]

Him going to UFC didn't help any.

[@RockerxxRicardo]

@@Casey_The_Editor oh yeah his debut match was a total joke

[@Casey_The_Editor]

@@RockerxxRicardo I watch both MMA and Pro Wrestling. When I saw "CM Punk joins UFC." On an article my first thought was "oh no." Should have bet money with my friends that thought he was gonna win. Could've made $300.

[@darthbigred22]

@@Casey_The_Editorin fairness UFC popularity is based on Brock Lesnar. Just look at their buyrates before him and after. But Brock looked like he could win and was a legit wrestler….while Punk has a regular man build

[@RudeBoyKyle94]

With the MJF matches, a lot of it revolved around the promos they were cutting on one another. Highly recommend you take a look back on those when you get the chance if you haven’t already, it was very compelling. Love the video regardless keep up the excellent work!! Shuv it!!

[@leongraham1009]

That shuv it sound is awesome!!!

[@CarlCage16]

I have been waiting for this🙏🏾😂

[@marquissmason2108]

THX for the vid

[@xddddddddddd4646]

Little bit of roh before bedtime 😊

[@brotherray5888]

Glad you finally did cm punk thanks hawk keep up the great videos 📹!!

[@jennygholson]

Love your videos

[@thehaunted8055]

This video put alot of people's safety in danger and made me fear for my life

[@MrQdiddy85]

31:06 when I heard "surprisingly jon moxley isn't busted open," I literally did a cartoon style double take lol

[@ihatetheantichrist9545]

"Just because a match is long doesn't mean it's good." God I feel this way with a lot of wrestlers right now, Omega being a prime example.

[@jthom0027]

Watching a Omega or Bucks match is like watching a Street Fighter match with a 30 minute time clock. No selling, just moves.

[@San-li9ml]

I never really understood the dislike for his style of wrestling, it is exciting, somehow always has something different about them, and long enough for it to have high stakes. Not trying to have an argument, I just wanna understand the point of view

[@jthom0027]

@@San-li9ml If we are talking about Omega, to me, he doesn't tell good stories in the ring. He doesn't convincingly sell. He does way too much goofy shit in the ring for me to take him seriously. He also looks like a goof which doesn't help his cause either but that's just me being a dick. He is also one of the worst mic guys I've ever had the misfortune of listening to. You can tell he was never properly trained.

[@San-li9ml]

@@jthom0027 Yeah I can see how you would think that, the only good part of his promos is the way he ends it, it's catchy ngl

[@DeadmanInc336]

​​@@jthom0027I think what it is about Omega is that he is somebody who's way better as a heel than a babyface just because he rubs so many wrestling purists and lapsed fans the wrong way even though he is legitimately one of the nicest people in the business. He's pretty damn entertaining as a sniveling, unhinged, opportunistic little prick like when he was doing the Belt Collector gimmick. I think another thing is that Omega is a reminder that wrestling fans are all geeks and nerds, and I mean that in a good way. I think wrestling purists don't like being reminded that deep down we're all geeks. I could listen to Omega shoot talk about a match, analyze it, and break the match down all day. He has such a fascinating way of discussing this kind of stuff.

[@WolfEatZombies]

Gotta watch this quickly before Tony Kahn complains and gets this video taken down lol 😂

[@Markyd123]

I give it 12 hours I’m open to all bets though.

[@WolfEatZombies]

​@@Markyd123I give it less than 5 hours

[@jadthecat387]

I can already see his manbaby face grimace and his soy dripping from his sweat glands.

[@Markyd123]

@@WolfEatZombiesfive hours of revenue for me then 😂😂😂

[@WolfEatZombies]

​@@Markyd123Facts 😂

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Look into the whole Bobby fish CM punk shenanigans going on right now

[@Dr_1212]

Thanks Hawk 👍

[@j.b.595]

“Qt Marshall when it comes to the girls he’s quite partial” 😂😂 I needed that laugh.

[@PraiseThaDon]

10:15 - 10:20 LMAO him jumping while the music plays in the background 😂😂

[@xxibmehrab]

thank you youtube algorithm

[@luisa.acevedo3326]

Don Stevens 👀

[@jayja9230]

This should be a good vid

[@brokenkayfabe]

You are truly amazing my man. I hope one day to improve enought to be near your level!

[@jefferyjones8399]

I think the combination of him being away for so long, leading to multiple injuries and with all of the real life drama just made the whole thing disappointing.

[@Bruno-bb9er]

Tbh nobody was really in the right in the situation. At least to me.

[@thejosemartiansexperience]

Let’s goooo 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DeadmanInc336]

I think the issue with Punk's run is that his specialness wore off very quick. He never shoukd have been on TV as frequently as he was. I understand that he eas trying to work off the ring rust, but this guy should have been used like a special attraction. He should have been used like how WWE uses Brock. Bring him in every once in a while to build up to the big shows and build up the big storylines.

[@Markyd123]

Yea I agree but maybe a bit more than Brock shows up.

[@Senseismoke777]

Man these video too Damm funny bruh 😂😂

[@virusINJUSTICE]

This video made TK fear for his life

[@Akatsuki365]

The thing about Punk’s matches is that as he had more of them and got older, his body started to give up on him which led to botches and bad-looking moves and finishes. Oh and that self-inflicted suspension didn't help his cause

[@petesmart1983]

It all depends how good the person he was wrestling if they could make him look good

[@LimaKiloRomeo]

Self inflicted? You’ve got to be kidding.

[@spac18]

​​@@LimaKiloRomeoYup, self-inflected. He acted like a duck during the press conference, and his friend bit Kenney.

[@TrueTrueTrain]

Most wrestlers do have more matches as they get older as their character doesn't do it for them anymore. Hardy Boyz are a good example.

[@govardhanposina17]

​@@TrueTrueTrainnot exactly, Flair dove head first into his character more and more as he got older(even though he loved to wrestle) and people prefered seeing his character work rather than seeing him wrestle I do get your point though, but it can't hold true for Punk because none of these other yesteryear guys were coming off a 7 year break, barring Edge and Christian I guess and even then Edge got injured 6 months in his first run

[@billyb4688]

I don't always agree with some of your opinions, but I do appreciate that you wind up covering stuff that other channels don't, which is cool and the presentation has gone up as well, which is cool, too.

[@KiLLeRisMe100]

Awesome vid.

[@dx91mike]

Better watch now, guys, because wbd will flag this eventually

[@TheDeviousDrDoom]

HIT BABA BOOEY WITH A BRICK HAWK HOGAN!!!!!

[@Kamau1865]

I suppose it's slightly ironic that CM Punk's late career work with AEW was characterised by overly long, self-indulgent and boring matches. Punk's end career was similar to Triple He's body of work; where all matches were dragged out and way too long.

[@matthewbesson5367]

I missed this entire run and pretty much all of Punk's stuff in the AEW. Watching this his age really shows.

[@patrickdoherty4527]

Yeah, compare him to Christian. He hadn't missed a beat.

[@toptiertech7291]

The reason that Punk was always the opener is that Rampage aired right after Smackdown at 10pn. They wanted to get as many viewers to watch them right after Smackdown. It didn’t work 😂😂

[@LegenDarryl]

This was one of your more fun videos, I can’t wait for part 2(please don’t punch me in the gut)

[@manzac112]

CM Punk would be a long-term main event, mid-card, commentate, or manage wrestlers with the right storytelling employee to the Ring of the Hawk. But, he has to learn how to keep his ego in check sometimes.

[@Playboigerm]

When you put it like that he really does sounds like a modern day Macho Man Randy Savage

[@angelbamba6987]

@@Playboigermexcept macho man wasn’t a cancer to every locker room he was in

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

@@Playboigerm Macho Man could actually wrestle and kept his ego in check.

[@angelbamba6987]

@@user-fe8gx3ie5v and was one of the definition of real charisma btw

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

@TheSleepyJoe What will Punk do? Bitch and yell like always, then tear a muscle.

[@jamieholmes4751]

With how CM Punk has behaved recently , can we confirm he really is Straight Edge lol

[@Grizzexploder]

It actually confirms that he is as if he took a hit off a blunt for once, maybe he'd be more chill and less aggro to slights lmao

[@The80sWolf_]

​@@GrizzexploderHe needs to smoke a whole forest

[@theguy1233]

Can you do Jershow on roh they had 25 matches and were very entertaining .

[@ravinderpalsingh7729]

CM Punk has the best matches backstage ever

[@reallysmallguy3871]

I literally shouted yes when I saw this upload

[@Gurziak]

Im saving this to watch later but I know how AEW can be. Hopefully you got your bases covered.

[@Markyd123]

No better time for me to drop this. It’s now or never 😂

[@ddt-np8sk]

i can't wait for you to do edge's last wwe run :) your videos are so aweosme and funny

[@wweminehead5458]

This video is gonna get hella views 4 sure

[@Markyd123]

I give it 12 hours

[@monsterfreek82]

Match 9 was also a dark match at greensboro north carolina ,so you forgot one but all good keep up the awesome videos.

[@firebattastic3661]

You are in a groove MarkyD.

[@kdogglobalworldwide5259]

Hey man so I’m warning you that AEW might take this video down cause they’ve been taking down a lot of peoples videos down.

[@Markyd123]

I’m not expecting it to stay up but at least I can say I finally made this video.

[@ryanrichardson76]

They only seem to take down videos criticising them.

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Yeah they took down Stevie Richards video because he expose these people

[@kokotheclown2588]

@@ryanrichardson76it’s it them or Warner cause Warner are known for taking videos out

[@Markyd123]

Obviously I’ve dealt with copyright in wresting since 2018. I’m pretty much an expert on it. I will let you all know if AEW treat me different to WWE etc.

[@kutulukutu]

Can't be said, enough - The Hawk listens to his people!

[@RaulSHermano]

Thank you for saying something many dont understand. It doesnt mean if the match is long it has to be good

[@johnc8446]

He shouldn't have dove into the crowd that is what injured him

[@JackNormalMemes]

Do you have another channel talking about rough parts of the UK? I think ive had a stroke if you dont.

[@CSG370]

Very much appreciate your work as always, Marky. Another great video. One thing I would say though, is you left out a lot of contextual points. Don't you generally put promos and storylines into a ROH evaluation? He had a lot of great work with MJF up to the dog collar match. A lot of drama with Hangman. The bad storyline with Mox/Punk at the end, pre-All Out.

[@Markyd123]

Yea you’re right I do. But I have zero faith this video won’t get blocked and I already worked on it for three days. And other than the mjf storyline his promos were also a b for me.

[@1983jcheat]

Another quality episode.

[@Nylle_]

Hell yes dude, i was wondering if Phil was gonna be featured in ROH but his full run was 31 or 32 matches (i think?) so i thought maybe not. Really excited for this.

[@16dwreck]

Glad to be here before this video gets flagged by Tony Khan’s minions

[@shadic1988]

I wouldn't worry about demonetization, I'd be more worried about Warner blocking the video.

[@Markyd123]

Best watch it whilst you can then 😂

[@jeffers1985]

Aew have been aggressive with blocking. They took Stevie Richards vid down showing in detail fenix given out the concussions on moxley

[@Markyd123]

@@jeffers1985yup I saw that. It’s no different to the the WWE though who have taken around 60 of my videos in my career. It’s part of the package if you want to do wresting KZbin.

[@user-fe8gx3ie5v]

@@Markyd123 Try to add watermarks or some slight edits so the footage doesn't get ID'd.

[@Turdtowns]

@@user-fe8gx3ie5vI’m sure he’s never tried any of that since 19

[@sithari518]

Hangman hits a WICKED GTS. He should use that now that Punk's gone. Punk shit all over Hanger a few times, badly, and Hanger hasn't said a thing about old Phil, he's just let him stew. In their match here, Punk looks all pissy and can't believe he would be booed, or that empty headed Hangman would have split the crowd 50-50, and it's Hangman who actually gets the crowd to turn on him and go for Punk by doing the GTS mockery. This was still when Punk was beloved and the honeymoon phase hadn't worn off yet, pre-Elite brawl. They derailed Hangman here, who was on a huge run after beating Omega and ending that long story arc whose roots created AEW! Not gonna say keeping the belt on Hanger would have meant more money than the Punk/MJF feud, but they could have done more, a second match at least, where Punk beats him then. This one and done sent Hangman way back, most viewers won't view him in the same way, especially given the top heavy upper card.

[@mucahidkilinc8948]

I got following requests: Sting in WWE, Warrior in WCW, Flairs first WWE run and Hogan in NJPW. Thanks for the excellent content.

[@t3st1fy91]

You mean flair in 91-93? He did that one already

[@Markyd123]

Hogan in njpw would be sweet but I would get a strike. Other ideas are fine to do. I did Flairs WWF run already

[@dustinsimpson6775]

It's really sad that Punk isn't who we though he was.

[@awesomecool3280]

He is better

[@gimmeachance8106]

here before this gets taken down lol

[@kenzhernandez6276]

Is part 2 out?

[@mgtwrestling123]

When I got the notification I immediately clicked on it😉and yes I think cm punk is gonna return to WWE

[@anonluxor470]

It's really crazy how CM punk had the whole wrestling world in the palm of his hands when he returned to the ring but his ego cost him his career

[@PancakeProduct]

If you tell your child to not eat the cookie, and he eats the cookie, would you respond positively? If your coworker spreads false rumors about you, would you respond positively?

[@clawy99]

@@PancakeProduct i would definitely not go fight them. or basically confirm that those rumors are partially true, by going, even though nobody asked me about him, on a 5 minute rant about how the guy I am not trying to get fired is a piece of s**t who shares a bank account with his mother

[@rmcdudmk212]

CM punk is probably the most overrated wrestler of all time. If not number one he's easily top 5.

[@mattdalton9672]

"I definitely would not go and fight them" I believe that lol

[@shugieboy14]

Good know mfs would beat their kid over a cookie lmao

[@LG215x]

Awwww lawd this is what we’ve alll beeen waitinnnnnnnnnn forrrrrrrrrrrr … ring the bell!! 🔔🔔🔔

[@soumyadeepbanerjee964]

It's really about promos and the personality along with the solid in-ring work. I am pretty sure that most Rock or Austin matches won't be bangers week in and week out either. For me personality comes far ahead of consistent great matched.

[@jpford6622]

Just here to help the drive ‼️

[@CeemPlay]

This fire burns. Always

[@shawnconway6009]

Man hindsight is 20-20. Seeing that match between Punk and Page, and seeing how unnerved Punk is by Page's support looks pretty different now that we know about their issues.

[@TheBorkLaser]

Fair review. The Hawk has watched enough wrestling to see right through it

[@donaldsimmons4526]

I think what you're missing is that Punk was helping put over guys he felt needed a rub when he first got there and was killing time until MJF became available. Thats why he was wrestling no name guys and putting them over in matches. Also, Punk agents those matches and you'll notice this guys never looked better. He didnt really start cooking until he got to MJF and that was the best rivalry in wrestling in about a decade. A+ grade from me.

[@Markyd123]

You’re not wrong about the mjf feud

[@donaldsimmons4526]

@@Markyd123 honorable mention for the Darby match too. Darby never looked better. That match was timeless and any generation would've loved it.

[@jthom0027]

You're exactly right. I think its funny when wrestling youtubers don't pick up on stuff like "perhaps the veteran is trying to get someone over" or "perhaps the veteran is trying to tell a story in the ring rather than relying on flips and no sells". Some of Punk's matches were botchy but hell, its AEW, what match doesn't have a botch that either breaks someone's leg or concusses someone. He was also wrestling people that weren't used to actually wrestling matches that weren't spot fests. I loved the stuff he tried to do with Team Tazz and the MJF/Kingston stuff was fantastic. Its just a shame AEW is run by a clown college.

[@SubZero589]

Was watching a Matt Cardona video and he has your "a wild slapnuts appears" on it, thought I cannot escape that guy (Jeff not Marky)

[@michaelgsell6047]

MARKY you could not put out a more controversial video in this moment but as a Chicagoan who has seen every punker match in Chicago i appreciate you calling it down the middle. Phil and Joe have a mutual respect for each other that wont be confounded by whatever drama.

[@rackroll4405]

You were really kind to him.

[@destroy-zn1zl]

His go to sleep is one of the most wackst looking finishers out ther.

[@jimmysdadgoingcrazy]

Punks AEW run could’ve been better if he had a competent booker. Idk why AEW felt the need to have his matches run so long. AEW cannot learn that less is more.

[@SteveReaves]

It's so strange to see one of your videos where a Wild Slapnuts does not appear.