CM Punk's Wasted Matches

[@JonathanH71]

I think by “wasted” he might have been thinking the rub didn’t help them in the long run.

[@Thecultofwrestling]

Also that they don't understand the business

[@Tyranno-Bore-Us]

I know, are most of them even with AEW at all? Lol

[@brendanflaherty9409]

Bobby Fish kicking out of the GTS at 3.1 prolly inspired this comment lol.

[@kinnikuboneman]

You doing an opening skit is always a treat

[@static_gmedina]

Damn, that intro was tight.

[@Roric_The_Red]

I just wanted to say I totally get why punk feels this way even if I think he doesn't take enough responsibility for his part in things. Though to be fair I don't think anyone involved took enough responsibility as it's a failure on ALL of them.

[@parsath_2584]

I mean if he has regrets fine. But he was blatantly calling his own shots. If there was matches he didn't wanna do TK would have bent over to find another opponent.

[@Roric_The_Red]

@@parsath_2584 I think like he said in the video he was probably only talking about Paige. (Hed probably say fish too but you'd have to remind him the dude exists like this video did for me 🤣) Which is still before the incident so he probably would have been trying.

[@brinnyxtreme]

you misspelling this just painted a picture in my head of CM Punk beating up former diva world champion paige so thanks for that ​@@Roric_The_Red

[@webs538]

He takes absolutely no accountability

[@webs538]

@@parsath_2584this

[@matthew2874]

It was actually a good question and the interviewer rephrasing it so he wouldn't offend Punk was a good read

[@WrestleJuice]

I agree; maybe in ten years Punk will be a bit more reflective cuz I’d love to hear an actual answer.

[@nevermindgaming6848]

Eh

[@sabreeemneely]

RIP Gypsy. We LOVE & miss you girl.

[@LHC2112]

That third match with Moxley was when he teamed with Mox against Pinnacle FTR leading up to Punk vs MJF.

[@randomnerd3402]

And that was like one of the best matches of the year too

[@AssembleShow]

lol it's the butter that makes it taste good😆

[@sabreeemneely]

😄

[@zo851]

Truly inspired video idea Steve, this was awesome and I can tell you had a lot of fun making it

[@jckorn9148]

Punk/Omega.....whoever stood in the way of this happening has no business being in the industry. Makes me think of Hogan/Flair in WWF.......like how could you NOT?!

[@webs538]

Punk couldn’t keep up with omega

[@Sizzlinpapaya1014]

That ten for the win opening was epic.

[@alexgood1039]

Oh it's definitely Hangman with a side dish of Fish if he was pressed on it. And I mean, folks... where's the lie?!

[@SeaBeast902]

That Kojima match was up there w my favs of Punks in AEW, crazy crowd, accidental groin shot 👌

[@trevorkenny]

Great opening bit.

[@oddlifestyle]

Love the skit intros! I also want to be devil’s advocate and say maybe he’s looking at his “wasted” matches from a standpoint of he feels the matches didn’t move the wrestlers involved any more over and didn’t move stories happening. But we know Punk and Petty is one you can’t say is lacking in his vocabulary.

[@bekindrewind6981]

For an atheist CM Punk sure has a god complex!

[@nevermindgaming6848]

Cry about it

[@leorelic]

@@nevermindgaming6848 like Punk is crying about AEW anytime he gets the chance? brother is in WWE having his match of the year with Drew and decides to not shut the fuck up.

[@JayMyke-j3w]

True 😮😮😮😮 but still my favorite

[@kareemramzey8870]

9:30 LARIAT LARIAT KOJIMA KOJIMA!!!

[@birdgangnaj]

I love your man cave brother

[@RomaroBrandon]

The only wasted match was losing to Jon Moxley on Dynamite

[@L3ghair]

I still see people defending Moxley for admitting to holding the belt hostage so he could get a win over punk first

[@RomaroBrandon]

@L3ghair it was an unnecessary victory. Either he should have beaten CM Punk and continued his reign or lose to CM Punk and the rematch. It didn't make sense for Jon Moxley to win then lose at Full Gear or whatever PPV it was, THEN win the title back because CM Punk got fired.

[@dagur3]

Hell no. That match ruled.

[@btdaniels9028]

And Bobby Fish

[@RomaroBrandon]

@dagur3 the match might have been good but there was no reason for CM Punk to lose if he was going to be champion in the end regardless. It's an unnecessary title change, like Drew McIntyre losing the WWE Championship to Randy Orton in 2020

[@troyzeleznik144]

Commenting to support the opening skit. loved that. Definitely more when possible.

[@jakekoehler1]

So offended.... this post needs more engagement!

[@TheSpektrum1989]

I love seeing Steve's creative process at the start of this video

[@kadharefinley224]

I wonder if Steve got those muffins from Mindy’s Bakery

[@luisramirez-or5vg]

Video idea: wasted vs not wasted tier list of all the matches in Cena's retirement tour

[@MrMK689]

That intro was awesome

[@butwhyalyssa]

I also looked through that comment from a wasted/missed opportunity perspective. Like... Wardlow, for example. I can see how that could be considered a missed or wasted opportunity in hindsight considering how his popularity was allowed to fizzle out in the way it did.

[@Urameshi-III]

Steve you kill it with the intros, brother

[@TheGarySphere]

In hindsight it was probably more of a waste for Hangman than it was for Punk

[@Greatnes2009]

Hangman is a waste!

[@atticus8659]

@@Greatnes2009 nuh uh!

[@ThedavoBall]

Intro was golden ‼️

[@MetalED]

Its definitely the Hangman match.. QT Marshall when responding to a fan who said it was probably him, said "nope, he asked for the match with me. He wanted someone who was safe in the ring and wouldnt go into business for himself".. thats sounds to me like the Hangman feud but idk the timeline with which match came first, just a guess on my part.

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

My 5 presumptions after looking at cagematch are... 1. Adam Page- Just based on their history it seems likely he considers any effort he put into a Page match wasted. 2. Moxley- They seemed to have a big fallout in AEW, and there was some screwy booking involved. 3. Bobby Fish- Kicked out of the GTS. Where's the lie? 4. John Silver- Just based on Punk's past disdain for comedy wrestling (despite being friends with Colt Cabana for a majority of his career), I could see Punk viewing a John Silver match as a waste. 5. Eddie Kingston- Both Punk and Eddie wear their hearts on their sleeves, so I assume there was some truth behind their animosity for one another. King and Punk were shooting shots at one another in promos before Page even cut his arguably forgettable needling promo. I put him low because I could see some begrudging respect between the two existing and Punk probably enjoying everything he did with Eddie despite the assumed hard feelings between the two.

[@Rcurtis777]

That red trunks punk mox pic was a tag match they had originally, think it was against ftr

[@PantheonLincoln]

Yeah, it was in the build to Punk's match with MJF and he had to face FTR in a tag match, typical MJF gauntlet stuff, but MJF specified Punk couldn't have Darby Allin or Sting as his tag partner, so Punk's partner ended up being Jon Moxley in his first match back from rehab.

[@arthurmordred8108]

I think CM Punk is referencing the question as "nothing worth to the business". You can have a match with your best friend or worst enemy, but if it doesn't contribute anything gain-wise to the business, then it wasn't worth doing. Essentially, if it made money or not. CM Punk is a business guy after all.

[@TheLastPaiva]

More videos should have cold opens like this one xD

[@gregtaylor7206]

Imagine how wasted the match is from Hangman’s perspective.

[@chewworldorder]

I love how Steve has to keep reiterating that this is for entertainment purposes. Opening with him stuffing muffins in his grill should make that self explanatory.

[@McCheeseincakes]

"where's the lie?" - Bobby Fish

[@adamhunter3692]

From how he's acted towards AEW since leaving, Id say Punk would feel all these matches were "wasted" but then I also expect him to show back up in the company in a decade/if theres a regime change

[@KingsPokemonEmpire]

Love the intro, more of this please

[@JawnNawva]

Love the intro!!

[@Queenlunaloveswolfking]

I love the intro Steve 😂😂

[@bdo333]

0:09 Thought that was the Doomguy UNF noise.

[@PW.Skyline.V37]

What is the board you’re using for this chart? Thats cool!

[@gavintshepho9606]

Bobby fish ,jon moxley,hangman waste🚯😃

[@victor.maskalenka]

I'm happy you said you like me, I'm one of the people punk wasted and I'd be really upset if you agreed with him

[@ElectricNikkiGames]

more intros like this one please

[@kromagnum]

I was there for his match against Penta. It was pretty good, except Punk did slip off the rope at one point.

[@Notben10-s3p]

Like any of these weren't ok'd by him directly.

[@ethangoldstein8063]

Punk V Omega should've happened

[@sequanlilly9586]

W intro steve 😂

[@Tyranno-Bore-Us]

33 matches?? I thought he had 10 at most lmao.

[@asianmerr]

I just wanted to say here that the Kingston match can go either way cause of course he was going to win but imagine the story if he lost in a squash (since the story up to that point was he was barely getting by jobbers)

[@honkedoffjohn]

I know CM Punk probably means Hangman cause he hates Hangman. But yeah he wasted some matches. Off the top of my head, John Silver, QT Marshall, Lee Moriarty, Bobby Fish, Matt Sydal. Why did AEW waste Punk on these guys. No wonder he got injured.

[@dsadams17]

Ask Punk. He was basically the booker.

[@Magic7ball]

I think he was talking about Bobby Fish

[@FadeGalaxis]

I think Spears vs Him is not one he would say is wasted. It built the MJF match alongside the Wardlow match. So I highly doubt that is a wasted match. Past that everything else I think is correct for it :)

[@shayurmohun5435]

Watching in 2160p, its crisssp

[@Hero-hs4gt]

Punk elevated MJF. Then Tony did Tony things and just about killed MJF.

[@DddkDdk-v7u]

Wasted is I should have never wrestled you

[@sweetrios]

Would have to move Wardlow to wasted. The dude is a ghost.

[@danielharris6867]

Punk such a rat, wanted to work with lower card people but now they are wasted because he couldn’t control his emotions and got fired.

[@xandercage2529]

Who cares he is in wwe

[@CulEdz]

He didn’t mean the lower card. He probably meant he wasted the matches on Page, Fish and that Mox squash.

[@romariogayle5878]

Before even watching this and I’ll also refrain from any backhanded comments outta respect to Gypsy, but the main guy he’s talking about is Adam page with other contenders beings, Garcia, Fish, and Moxley. Claiming it is anyone else is just misinformation. I’ll come back and edit this comment if a name like Eddie Kingston is on here Edit: aight it was all in good fun and wasn’t taken seriously.

[@WrestleJuice]

Glad you got the memo friendo :)

[@distinguishedallureproduct879]

Def wasted time with that Eddie Kingston beef

[@anxofernandez3344]

I think there was a match he could have had in AEW but didn't and he will have eventually in WWE, Cody Rhodes.

[@PTS_2112]

The ones against caster, sydal and silver probably weren't wasted in punks opinion

[@Surv1vor1993]

Where’s Brawl Out and Brawl In? Clearly Punk doesn’t regret those

[@Thecultofwrestling]

I believe Eddie Kingston was wasted

[@jakekoehler1]

10:05 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MAN

[@47ness5]

the CM Punk “reverse vortex” …? 🙃

[@danieldeleon45]

is Hangman the Goldberg to CM Punk's Brett?

[@RobertRich-jm8xb]

Is that a tennants hat in intro?

[@WrestleJuice]

YUP

[@leorelic]

brother only wasted 7 matches , had one of the biggest AEW contracts at the time and i wish he stopped talking about AEW now that he had a match of the year contender against Drew in that steel cage. i'm sick and tired of talking about this its almost 2025 man.

[@WrestleJuice]

To be fair he was asked the question, he seemed to give as honest an answer as he’s interested in giving these days.

[@leorelic]

​@@WrestleJuice i know he was asked a question but people are gonna ask anything for clicks , he should've simply said no comment. bro you're in WWE now you're in the place you wanted to be all along even in WWE you had wasted matches. move on and say hey ask me about WWE instead. his unprofessionalism is going to cost this new wrestling hype amongst fans , nothing good comes out of saying things like this. and before people say i'm a Punk hater , i grew up with CM Punk , CM Punk made me a wrestling fan where everyone else where marking for Cenas and Ortons. i could relate to his character. but now that i've grown up i can see what he's doing is not good for business at all. i say this exact criticism towards Tony Khan as well whenever he says things he shouldn't (like comparing WWE to harvey weinstein of wrestling) , and one other time i praised Tony Khan for simply saying no comment to dumb questions as well my point is 2022 was 2 years ago its done its over , pack it up.

[@TheBasedDonHoly]

Most of these did not help anyone.

[@GM_Sanjit_Ramesh]

Instigating sunburned John Cena!

[@sofakinggaming6117]

Oh a Tennessee fan?? Hell yeah

[@Enzo_RJL]

You weren't in the same shot as the tv therefore according to wrestling lore i'm confused. Were you watching that tv? Is it the same universe ? Guess we'll never know

[@psyopticprodigy2427]

Are you wearing a Tennents hat?

[@Justhauntr]

he means wasted as in giving people the rub didnt go anywhere how do you not realize this lol

[@WrestleJuice]

What part of “for entertainment purposes” do you not understand 🤦‍♂️

[@cirrus070]

Cinematic

[@platinumpagoda3079]

👍 Yeah I will bet that hangman wishes Punk had saved those botches in their match for a with someone else😂. And if he's still bitter about the Rocky 3 finish idea, ffs, it was designed because he was injured at the time, and Lord knows punk doesn't like to work injured lol.

[@mikebunch969]

Friendo

[@williamdunn9000]

Let's gooooo

[@static_gmedina]

AEW has a crazy case of PDS.

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

Punk was the one who discussed it.

[@static_gmedina]

@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo hi there. There have been other headlines this morning of people in aew locker room reacting to punk's comments. Plus PDS has been a running joke on Steve and Larson since the time Punk said it on WWE programming.

[@dsadams17]

And Ariel Helwhiny has a crazy case of PDS (Punk Dickriding Syndrome)

[@alpacagangaffiliated]

Punk is so insufferable

[@birdgangnaj]

I think he's great

[@sabreeemneely]

Most people are the more you get to know them. Fact of life.

[@xandercage2529]

And you are a troll

[@dsadams17]

Punk wasted a match (And Hangman's title reign) by stumbling his uncoordinated ass around the ring against a much better Hangman.

[@johnnybernie3061]

It’s funny how he felt he was wasted in some matches in AEW, considering the fact that I think WWE is wasting him right now by not having him wrestle more. He’s been back for almost a year in WWE and he’s only wrestled two guys in 5 singles matches so far. One of who is….Dominick Mysterio…..

[@sabreeemneely]

Bruh. He's injury prone now at this age. They are being "smart" not over booking him. C'mon man.

[@L3ghair]

@@sabreeemneelypeople call him fragile Phil and then wonder why he’s not wrestling constantly lmao

[@JGB420]

***K CM PUNK love ya steve awesome content