Oh how I've been waiting for my boy Jim to be on this show.

Yes. There isn't anything else to say about it. AEW is generally a lesser product in my opinion without CM Punk.

If AEW was actually run like a business. They’d be doing everything to get one of their biggest wrestlers in the ring.

@@Spider-Complexion and the evps would be appreciative of what punk did for their business, instead they influence the crowd to hate the guy who they all cried to see back! How tony can't see it's these idiots fault, is beyond me!

Absolutely.

This! Exactly! This is the main point of it all. I never get why Punk's been called the bad guy or the "cancer" in this situation. In the past, maybe. But some people were so used to bringing up how he was this and that even to the point when it does not even make sense with the present AEW drama. And dirt sheet writers are trying to shove that kind of narrative down our throat even when it is completely disconnected.

@@reymartampus4411 probably some still bitter from 2014 and others who are both solidly "Elite" and solid Punk somehow went with "The Elite" narrative.

He handled the scrum wrong even if he had an issue with Tony’s handling of it. You just don’t dump all over the company and your boss like that. The fight I have no idea since we don’t truly know what happened with it. As for the shit leading to the show? Who knows. But clearly a huge failure of management by Tony on it. If you were planning to have this show and center it on Punk like it seems things should e been hammered out months ago. If the Steel thing was a no go for Tony then he should’ve put his foot down months ago and they agree or they move on. The idea that they’re still going back and forth at this point is genuinely just inept management.

@@Matt-cr4vv Fanboy, Tony allowed the situation to go out of hand to begin with.

Technically, they were his higher ups lol The interpretation makes no sense: the bucks stormed into the room with the 90lbs head of the legal department to start a fight? Omega got bit because he was moving a dog? The whole story makes no sense and this accounting of it doesn’t either. A handful of people know what’s going on and none of them have gone in depth about it nor do I trust any of the parties involved to tell the truth.

Cornette also drops to his knees for punk and hates Bucks/Omega/Khan. However me having no dog in this fight agrees with Punk and Corny

It’s absolutely insane how much credibility Dave Meltzer has lost the last few months. His reporting has been so one sided and downright horrible.

CM punk sexually assaulted a woman in 2003.

@@State.of.Emergency Does he like Punk that much? His hatred for the Bucks and Omega is well known(does he hate Khan or just think he's an idiot?) but I can't remember him feeling that strongly about CM Punk either way

​@@Tony-fq5bn He def likes Punk that much because Cornette and him have similar personalities. They're both out spoken, and have no filter.

Fuck his friends this is a business life ain’t sweet

So Punk standing for up for Ace now after this ordeal happened makes him selfish but.. the whole reason ANY of this happening in the first place was cause Hangnail and company side with Colt Cabana.. stupidest double standard EVER! It’s obvious who’s wrong in this

@@thomascone5236 Same with the stupid uneducated marks like Meltzer and Alvarez.

Speak volumes that he ain't a man that can't be trusted to go through on what he says, on what he said he was going to do.

​@@vincentcloud you're reaching there bro. Tony has said on multiple occasions that punk had nothing to do with the cm punk situation. And to add to that, the company didn't side with colt cabana, his friends got him a job with ring of honor off to the side out of the way of the main show.

Because unfortunately, in all things in society in general it seems that everyone just picks a side and stick to it rather than listening to both and picking an opinion

Its because the kids these day that are my age(25 y/o) don't lnow shit about history and don't care about how things worked in the past.

Because Jim tends to hurt the feelings of the INDYMANIA or as he would put it, "OUTLAW MUDSHOW" darlings, and some of the fanbase like the darlings and call Jim the typical comments of "Out of Touch", "Old man yelling at clouds".

Sadly, a lot of people just react to things instead of listening and understanding another's perspective. Wrestling fans are especially guilty of this.

​@@geesixnine I agree with you on them not knowing anything, but I'm sorry, I'm going to have to tell you that 25 isn't a 'kid'. At 25 I was married, had 2 children with one on the way, had a mortgage and was on my second deployment in Afghanistan. I certainly wasn't a child.

You realise Cornette is is just as bad as those "journalist" since he dosent work at AEW or is in the bulding to see it first hand? He gets info from a a 3rd party just like all those "journalist"

BEEP!

Twitter is a hell-hole for sure

Why do all of the Punk fans conveniently ignore that Punk is a toxic person? I really dont understand how his fans, and Cornette, overlook Punks very obvious toxic behavior. Everywhere he goes there is drama but it's always, conveniently, the company's fault. There are more wrestlers that don't get along with him then ones that do. The common denominator is Punk. But his fans, and Cornette, will defend him and overlook the very, very obvious fact that the guy is a toxic person who shouldn't be looked up to. He says he is all for helping women and womens rights but if you look at his past interviews and comments he's used and abused women before. He says he's straight edge but admitted to using ambien, which is a narcotic. There are also pictures of him with a beer in his hand from back in the day. He's a hypocrite who conveniently came back to wrestling when his MMA career was a complete dumpster fire, the show he was involved with was going nowhere and his inking for marvel was going nowhere. These are all facts that his fans readily ignore. Was he great at one time? Of course, but he doesn't belong in the ring anymore. His wrestling is weak, he injures easily, and his diva attitude breaks apart whatever cohesion the locker room has. Let this sink in; Jericho is older than him, takes more serious bumps then him and doesn't injure as easily as him. His time has come and gone. And the Punk fans need to realize that putting down the old dog is better for him then letting him continue in the state he's in. And no I'm not an Omega or bucks fan, I cant stand them either. I'm just a wrestling fan that notices patterns. Can anyone seriously look at his behaviors objectively and give me a serious answer as to how and why Punks attitude and toxic behavior can be overlooked and blamed on someone/something else?

@@WarlockX4 mad?

Damn dude. You wrote a book on your hate boner for Punk.

@@WarlockX4 What kind of adult says "toxic"? Reeee meh toxic, me needa safe space.

Punk has zero fighting skills. Has never beat up anyone.

Punk might have failed in MMA but from all the reports it seems like him and ace steel won

He was literally in the UFC

@@jerrythomas4457 your just mad the bucks and omega got there ass kick

@@carloscolon3331 I couldn’t care less about those queers. I’m just saying Punk has zero fighting skills. This is pretend fighting with a bunch of chanting cucks in the audience

The Cuckamunga Kids don't care about making money for the company. They think they own their sandbox and don't want Phillip to play in it.

Why do all of the Punk fans conveniently ignore that Punk is a toxic person? I really dont understand how his fans, and Cornette, overlook Punks very obvious toxic behavior. Everywhere he goes there is drama but it's always, conveniently, the company's fault. There are more wrestlers that don't get along with him then ones that do. The common denominator is Punk. But his fans, and Cornette, will defend him and overlook the very, very obvious fact that the guy is a toxic person who shouldn't be looked up to. He says he is all for helping women and womens rights but if you look at his past interviews and comments he's used and abused women before. He says he's straight edge but admitted to using ambien, which is a narcotic. There are also pictures of him with a beer in his hand from back in the day. He's a hypocrite who conveniently came back to wrestling when his MMA career was a complete dumpster fire, the show he was involved with was going nowhere and his inking for marvel was going nowhere. These are all facts that his fans readily ignore. Was he great at one time? Of course, but he doesn't belong in the ring anymore. His wrestling is weak, he injures easily, and his diva attitude breaks apart whatever cohesion the locker room has. Let this sink in; Jericho is older than him, takes more serious bumps then him and doesn't injure as easily as him. His time has come and gone. And the Punk fans need to realize that putting down the old dog is better for him then letting him continue in the state he's in. And no I'm not an Omega or bucks fan, I cant stand them either. I'm just a wrestling fan that notices patterns. Can anyone seriously look at his behaviors objectively and give me a serious answer as to how and why Punks attitude and toxic behavior can be overlooked and blamed on someone/something else?

@@WarlockX4 ​​⁠ Every wrestler has toxic traits. Punk puts his grievances on the fore front. That’s just the type of person he seems to be. He’s straight up with his opinions. I don’t know where you get that more people dislike punk in the business that like him. I’ve heard quite a few people in the AEW locker room praise punk, legends praise punk. Even triple H and Vince has given punk his flowers even if there has been drama in the past. He’s his own person. No one cared about any drama he had in the past until the brawl out situation then all of a sudden punk has became the bad guy? I don’t understand that. He was defending hisself. He was in the wrong of course. After winning the world title why would your first thought be to air out your grievances against the evps and the workers? I agree with that but I assume he had enough, but so are the evps you don’t go to the biggest star in the company’s locker room to pick a fight. It’s all on Tony because he’s a terrible leader for his company and his wrestlers.

@@WarlockX4 also if you’ve seen any interviews with punk you would know he’s straight edge but has admitted to drinking a beer or having a shot with some friends for a celebration. Not doing it recreationally for his own benefit. Also if he was prescribed ambien and taking it for whatever the cause may be that’s fine. That’s a lot different than taking non prescribed medication to get a ‘high’ if you break your back and you’re straight edge are you gonna tough it out or take the pain medication they give you to ease the pain for an obvious problem? Seems like a silly argument. I’m a huge punk fan and I think this whole situation was blown out of proportion. Especially since punk hasn’t even had the proper chance to explain hisself. It’s funny how the evps can come back to the company with no explanation and no one questions them in the slightest. I’m sure I won’t change your perspective but hopefully you look at my messages objectively.

​@@WarlockX4If you actually listened to the reason why he's on Punks side, you will know

Damn Right!

As the old saying goes, there are 2 sides of the story, obviously the brats are liars.

For years! Almost like he’s been in the wrestling business for 5 decades and knows what the people he trusts say about them.

Cm punk sexually assaulted a wrestler in 2003.

no he is not , cuz megha was in the roam already , come on people if this shit was fair punk and ace were out and with a big law suit

eh? he got almost everything about the fight wrong: - punk didn't actually mean what he said about coming to find him. - the bucks burst into his dressing room. - ace steel wasn't in the room at the time and didn't do anything at all. - the head of legal rushed into the room (the head of legal and HR went in with them).

⁠​⁠@@frootloop4149 Bucks never burst into Punks locker room that was a lie made up by Punks camp and wym Ace Steel didn’t do anything at all he literally threw a steel chair at one of the Bucks face which resulted in him getting put in a chokehold by Omega and then he bit Omega on the arm and we know this is true because a week after Brawl Out it was a picture of Omega with bite marks on his arm in Japan

@@frootloop4149 And what you mean Punk didn’t mean what he said 😭😭😭 dude literally said “If anyone has a problem with me come find me you know where I’m at” lmaooo and that’s exactly what The Elite did 🤣🤣🤣 don’t put that energy out there if you can’t take it

How old were you when Corny owned Smokey Mountain??

@@williammitchell4417 Smokey Mountain was actually really good, they put on a lot of talent, made Jeff Jerrett a household name, put together the Gangsters, and basically became a secondary promotion for the WWF. They just didn't have the money to become a proper 3/4th promotion in wrestling, they didn't have a TV deal, and they were openly blocked in the south by WCW because they didn't want the competition in what they perceived to be their territory.

@@christophermarang.3569 absolutely. Corny brought new talent into the business. Some of whom could have good careers. Not confusing with OVW. But Jim even gave Vince or WCW people somewhere else to work and for some to get the ring rust off so to speak.

@@williammitchell4417 I wasn't even born. Thats why I'm crying out loud.

​@@frizzyrascal1493sucks for you little kid cause it was awesome

Apparently it's "controversial" that he's on Punk's side.

When common sense is controversial, that tells you something about the state of wrestling today.

@@Billinois78 You hit the nail on the head right there! Modern wrestling and common sense doesn't seem to mingle with each other very often. Too many clueless marks on both sides of the guardrail these days.

Punk should never take matters in his own hands he’s a worker not a boss he works for tony khan he’s not the gm or the vp he’s just a worker a wrestler why should punk have to take control and he doesn’t have a right idk what in your mind makes you believe that

@@tyleryoung9384 obviously he thought he could from the way Tony acts. He clearly been taken advantage of by lack of authority and knowledge of the business.

Tony needs to stand up for himself but Brooks has always been a toxic narcissist, Khan’s weak which is why Brooks knew he could get away acting like he has

Tony "the Kid" is as smooth as a Ken Doll. Vince used to brag that he's got Grapefruit!!

Tony has at least 5 guys in the back that have him over a barrel and I think it's showing here. He made 3 of them EVPs and they probably have some actual power, and then there's Moxley and Jericho who have power by proxy of having a boatload of fans. The five of them have him cucked. Bryan Danielson could be another one but I don't really see him as that kind of guy.

Addictive, and I hated him in the 80s.

Boiled or fried The cow must die 🐄

Thanks I had just gotten this out of my head after hearing it the other day 😂

Broiled or fried...the cow must die

​@@traverschandler952 I thought it was the other way around. But still a great line.

Turns out being a Mark doesn't actually qualify a person as a booker.

clickbait title

And the owner of the company was sitting RIGHT THERE as Punk said it… Khan could have put a stop to the rant anytime. And didn’t. So, whose responsibility was it, ultimately?

This.

I mean yeah you can really, nobody even knew for sure it was the elite who said anything. Not only that even if it was Punk is so focused on the dirt sheets and so focused on things that don't matter he will drag it down. If the EVPs said those things and leaked stuff they're wrong 100% and shouldn't have. Even then Punk just beat Mox clean at a PPV and unprovoked by anybody whatsoever and no questions asked to him Punk freaks out and flips out about some dirt sheet rumors and puts the company in turmoil for months. Just think about it. Hardly any issues before Punk got there. Then no issues till Punk starts reading dirt sheets, then look at it like this, hangman goes into business and was wrong for that for sure. Punk gets a clean win yet again over the top champion who was hangman and then that wasn't enough. Punk even tho he is "professional" goes out after taking his title and buries him on live tv. So we get past that and now we hear a new report every other day about some Punk drama. Not the elite, not hangman, not anybody but Punk and a little about TK. Why is it that CM Punk is tied to every drama filled Bs crapshoot report? Punk either grows up and stops getting upset about dirt sheets or he leaves that's it. If Punk isn't the problem why do they have to create a brand new show splitting talent in half to each because people don't wanna work with him. That's not just the elite by the way. They don't want to either but reports say a lot of the locker room doesn't like him. At the end of the day all of this is happening for the most part because of Punk. At least 75-80 percent of the blame is on Punk. Hangman deserves a little bit, omega and the bucks even less than that, and TK the most aside from Punk. Jim is not unbiased I can't believe I'm seeing that in these comments it's crazy

​@@brianboazoI have to agree that Cornette is completely biased, buuuuut....... You can say Punk should have never gone off at the scrum, and I'd agree. To me, it wasn't even so much about what Punk was saying, but the fact that he absolutely humiliated Tony there. That alone is a fire-able offense as far I'm concerned, but Punk didn't go and kick in the Buck's dressing room door. They went after him. Punk started a battle of words, but the EVPs took it to the next level. To me, that escalation far outweighs any mean things Punk might've said.

​​​​​@@brianboazo Lol that response could not have been worse.. you're obviously an elite fan by everything you said.. bias opinion.. I've also seen way more reports that say the locker room is dominantly in favor of punk and his return as we have gotten further and further from that press conference and the true facts started coming out lol 😂 you completely disregarded how the bucks attacked punk in his own locker room getting his door kicked in.. lol talk about bias man.. wow..

Jim is one of the few people that has actually supported Punk through this entire mess and has given facts and logical responses about this entire ordeal.

Anyone with a working brain knows Punk was right. Unfortunately that seems to be rarer and rarer these days.

@@MrItzreal Not only that, Jim has been pointing out this behavior from the cucamunga kids for like 3 years I think, saying that over time more stories would break out. This made as much noise as it did because the tree house clashed with the ultimate "fuck around/find out" guy

Look, I will support CM Punk to the end of time! I just got Collision tickets just for him but if he ain’t in that show I’m selling them right back. I want to point out something. I do agree that Punk shouldn’t have said those things in the scrum but if there’s someone to blame is Tony Khan. Tony should’ve put his foot down when the rumors of colt cabana happened or when Hangman went into business for himself on that promo but Tony FAILED TO STOP IT THEN. So, since Tony couldn’t be a boss, Punk had to handle it himself.

Well, 3 vice-presidents and Megha (2nd face in company, only Tony himself higher when here) rushing into your room. Who you need to blame?

Love or hate him, its dumb to deny the immense knowledge the guy has for every in an out of wrestling. He just loves it so much, any sign of disrespect towards it immediately gets his tongue lashings

Considering the boondoggle that is AEW, Jim is right about all of it. A federation terrorized by a bunch of immature children, led by a billionaire child.

Sorry but Corny's better than Tom. Corny doesn't need a script.

This all started with Punk screwing with Colt's job though. Things escalated after Punk started getting a piece of his own medicine.

@@mimoe7587 No it did not. Tony Khan even admitted that Punk had nothing to do with Colt being off tv. In fact, Colt was primarily off tv even before Punk showed up. All of this started when the elite were under the assumption that Punk was responsible for Colt being taken off tv, didn't ask Tony Khan if that was the truth or not, went into business for themselves on tv and leaked info to Meltzer. Even if you don't like Punk, Punk was not the instigator in this situation.

@@jthom0027 Tony was clearly lying to get more hugs out of Punk. The way he treated Colt still came back to haunt him regardless. Punk turned on a life long best friend for doing the same thing he did a few weeks ago, visit friends backstage in WWE.

Given that AEW is mostly run by guys who think theyre more over than they really are, feel like they have noting to learn from vets, and a billionares kid who got to have his inheritance early so he could play promoter, i doubt any of them really have any sense of generating money, attracting new fans and growing their business.

Vince let Shawn Michaels and his buddies run roughshod over the entire company during Michael's first main event run.

That's why they had Dan Lambert 😂 Cornette won't work for these clowns

Solomonster showed his true colors as an Elite dck rider

Best comment ever

Andrade got a paycheck to not appear on TV after assaulting Sammy. TK told him he wouldn't have to work and he'd still get a paycheck if he punched a guy he had beef with. In Punk's situation, the people involved were the "EVP's" and a member of the AEW legal team who told the bucks and kenny that they wouldn't get in trouble if they burst into his locker room. See if you can spot the differences and the clear bias that TK has towards his employees that he thinks are his friends.

At least it'll be lacking in flippy spotfests for those of us still watching ig

He's about the only one not relying on Tony's paycheques so he doesn't just automatically take the Elite's side. Somehow the non-biased are the controversial these days.

The only people saying it’s controversial are the ones who jerk off to omega and the bucks,

Dude. It's 2023. Logic itself IS controversial. Liberals have made someone attempting critical thought, or applying a logical and rational view toward an issue or disagreement on something, or, god forbid, offering the honest truth and FACTUAL REALITY into villains worthy of public burning. How dare you not consider someone's retarded bullshit fantasy when you dared to say that the sky is god damn blue! You told the truth! You are LITERALLY HITLER. This time and place on Earth is just... it's fucking disgusting, honestly.

They’re not growing anything. Their first few episodes with him back will be elevated but then they’ll taper off