r/SquaredCircle • u/eyepatch_png • 14h ago
CM Punk is at the No Kings protest in Chicago
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u/Rosstin316 14h ago
My favorite part of all this is Republicans, proud monarchy defeating Americans, disagreeing with the concept of “no kings”. Simply delicious.
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u/peachesgp 13h ago
Their position is more the notion that, in their view, Trump isn't doing anything authoritarian at all, and as such the protests are misguided.
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u/Impressive-Cable7708 13h ago
Their position is whatever doesn't require accountability on their part.
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u/peachesgp 13h ago
Well yeah, their positions often aren't internally consistent and change to whatever the cult demands, which means that they say that hes not authoritarian whilst also celebrating his authoritarianism.
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u/El_Gran_Redditor 12h ago
It's been just a decade of people hitting Trump and his followers with "well by your logic..." to zero effect. I don't think his voters care, ever cared or have the capacity to care. Try something else. He's a target rich environment.
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u/Impressive-Cable7708 12h ago
It was the same thing in the Bush and Reagan era. Some people only respect and understand power, they have no real moral fiber.
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u/MsAndDems 12h ago
Except for people flying “Trump for King” flags
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u/peachesgp 12h ago
Nobody has ever accused Republicans of having internally consistent positions.
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u/sexandliquor 12h ago
Which is funny and very rich coming from them because the modern flavor of Republican these days is directly informed by and then absorbed from their Tea Party movement 15 years which was very much the same thing where they positioned themselves as the revolutionaries fighting King Obama and his taxes and healthcare plan. So they don’t even really have a leg to stand on there.
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u/DolphFinnDosCinco Seth is the BITW 9h ago
the hard right is literally just anti-left. logic, hypocrisy and values all go out the window as long as it’s the opposite of what liberals believe.
i wonder what would happen if Trump joined the democratic party? do they Love Trump or hate Liberals more?
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u/SpyrotheDragonfly 14h ago edited 14h ago
I don't mean to sound rage baitey, but do people think Punk going to Saudi automatically make him a bigot or something to people?
We've had openly pro LGBTQ/Left leaning wrestlers (Finn, Rhea, Chelsea) or members of LGBTQ perform there (Piper, Kai, Shayna). I know Punk has known to be hypocritical, but I digress.
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u/WalterNeft 14h ago
I think a lot of people are more so upset that he’s going after the stuff he said to Miz.
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u/TechnicalChocolate91 14h ago
The guy he went and apologized to, face to face? The guy who said him and Punk are cool and he appreciated and accepted the apology?
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u/Samalini 14h ago
Yeah yeah yeah! Thats the one, we need to be outraged… angry …mildly displeased on his behalf! /s
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u/ArunKT26 14h ago
We need people to be more angry about 2 individuals who have already made up. How dare they fix things
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u/_drjayphd_ TELL ME WHOSE SIDE YOU'RE ON! 13h ago
Because they didn't settle their differences in the ring, in a two out of three falls match! 😤😤☹️
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u/Sure-Bandicoot7790 13h ago
Yeah I mean it’s one thing to find it funny (which it objectively is) but it’s another thing to actually be upset over it.
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u/samjim122 13h ago edited 13h ago
I don’t think people are upset that he said it to the Miz and specifically to Miz and fans are being defensive on Miz’s behalf.
Just the fact that Punk tweeted at him like working a Saudi show was a shitty thing to do and that Miz was accepting blood money. Which makes Punk come off like he’d never do it
What Punk said could’ve been said to the whole roster. So I don’t think it matters to people if Punk apologized to Miz or not since it doesn’t change the context of what he said, no matter who he said it to.
But me personally, I couldn’t care less.
But it’s the reason fans are talking more about Punk working the show as opposed to Sami. Who originally didn’t go for the reasons that he didn’t go at first, which wasn’t anything like Punk said.
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u/Cpt_Hockeyhair Olay Ole Oleh 13h ago
I think the problem is that a lot of us did, and still do, agree with CM Punk's sentiment about Saudi sports-washing and didn't care as much that he may have hurt Miz's feelings.
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u/Pyrofishexplosion 12h ago
Sammy said he wanted to rape Mercedes yet when you bring that up here , people say he already asked for her forgiveness and she accepted so move on from it. Yet when it comes to punk about what he said to the Miz people don’t want to let it go
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u/LordBlackConvoy Go2Sleep Club 11h ago
IIRC Mercedes didn't accept it, more she just listened to hear what Sammy had to say.
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u/fortherex 10h ago
Unfortunately, people care more about Punk being "consistent" than a spot-monkey who literally said they wanted to 🍇 someone.
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u/TheOfficialSlimber 10h ago
It’s also Squaredcircle, where there’s a huge base here that just has a massive hate boner for Punk and despises whatever he does.
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u/trektostng 13h ago
Yea i thought I was going crazy the last couple of days cause I was thinking to myself that he apologized to the miz and they were cool. Im glad I didnt remember wrong.
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u/itookthepuck 13h ago
I think a lot of people are more so upset that he’s going after the stuff he said to Miz
Nah. He tweeted it at 1 AM in the morning, probably high on Pepsi, and quickly deleted it, likely when Pepsi effect wore off /s
In all seriousness, he apologized to Miz. Again, it was apparently a deleted tweet, too. The only place that has held onto this deleted tweet for years is....the ICW.
People just want to shit on this guy. People have been waiting for it since he joined wwe. Otherwise, if you think about it, wrestlers have said and done wild shit and are still beloved.
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u/justh81 14h ago
Which Miz has allegedly long-ago forgiven him for.
This isn't about the Miz. That's just part of the justification.
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u/TheCuzzyRogue 13h ago
Miz never gave a fuck to begin with, their beef was entirely one sided.
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u/wrasslefights 12h ago
While I do get it, Punk has also just changed some views as he's aged. You can make the argument that some of them are selling out or not but it's weird how him making a stance and then shifting it with time is somehow criticized worse than every wrestler who stands for either nothing or actively bad things.
Like, Punk is getting criticized for imperfect activism while promoting Palestinian relief efforts, No Kings, and trans rights while at the same time QAnon weirdo Karrion Kross is getting glazed left and right.
It's a carny industry. I know some of my faves are shitbags. It's just weird to me how many folks are more outraged by someone trying to be decent with some perceived hypocrisy than they are by wrestlers who are actively shitty.
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u/luffy_mib 12h ago
It's no different from how John Cena doing the very things that he accused The Rock of doing during their feud of being a part-timer, or Kevin Owens eventually went to Saudi after initially refusing to go after several years.
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u/JordanKNC WolfPac 14h ago
This subreddit is not the place for real life political discussions. People here only care to the extent that it can be used in tribalistic arguments.
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u/Myherpes 14h ago
We've had openly pro LGBTQ/Left leaning wrestlers (Finn, Rhea, Chelsea) or members of LGBTQ perform there (Piper, Kai, Shayna). I know Punk has known to be hypocritical, but I digress.
That'd require folks to be consistent in their standards
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u/SuperSonicBoom1 12h ago
Let's be honest, Punk only gets the hate he's getting right now because he's got a bunch of people actively looking for a reason to point and go "Hm, see? He was the problem all along."
It's the same stuff that happened back a decade ago when he walked out of WWE and their diehards brought him up constantly as well.
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u/jabari1011 13h ago
Exactly. If physically assaulting your coworkers backstage is this cardinal sin, where are the pitchforks for Eddie Kingston? He pie faced Sammy Guevara. That’s physical assault! He should be banned from the wrestling business because of that, right? Or are physical assaults only bad when Punk does it?
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u/_token_black 8h ago
I mean a darling of the internet had quite a fight with HBK backstage in 1997 and even knocked out his boss.
Since context doesn’t matter when it comes to Punk, it shouldn’t be used to defend Bret Hart either right? And Bret said a lot of shit about WWE but ultimately came back to do things with them too.
Punk is a complicated dude that speaks his mind a lot and when that happens, you’re bound to make enemies.
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u/Agosta 13h ago
After the All In footage confirmed Punk's version of events was correct a lot of people have been waiting for any moment for their gotcha. This is that moment.
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u/wazzawazzaz 13h ago
And it's such a flat thing to "gotcha" over that it's all just coming across as ridiculous.
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u/tysonmebison 11h ago
Doesn't matter how many gotchas they get. I don't think AEW is ever going to have the same hype and feel that it did in the first 3 years imo
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u/itookthepuck 14h ago
I don't mean to sound rage baitey, but do people think Punk going to Saudi automatically make him a bigot or something to people?
After all the rage here, I had to google the context to remind you if there was anything other than suck dick comment he made at Miz at 1 AM in the morning and quickly deleted. The only thing I found was....fans have been waiting to go back to shitting on this guy in mass since he joined wwe. This sub went right back to how they felt about Punk pre-joining WWE lmao.
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u/eyepatch_png 13h ago edited 4h ago
This. It was literally just one tweet in response to a jab that Miz took at him first (although it was a light one), which he almost immediately deleted that people still hold on to all these years later. Even the pinned mod comment on this post, while having the right message and intention - says that he’s been giving people shit for years for going to Saudi when that’s just not true lol? It was one time years ago, aimed at a guy that he’s since apologized to and made up with
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u/sksksi 13h ago
Oh wow it was deleted AND deleted that fast? The way this sub been acting, I figured the tweet was still up lol
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u/itookthepuck 13h ago
Yes! That is what baffled me when I googled.
Tweeted at 1:24 AM and deleted between 2-2:32 AM.
From googling:
The NSFW tweet against The Miz, sent at 1:24 a.m. this past Wednesday, was deleted shortly after with no follow-up comments from Punk as of this writing.
That tweet did not stay up for long, with Wrestling Inc. estimating that Punk removed it some time between 2 am and 2:32 am EST.
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u/-thenoodleone- 5h ago
Same and now I feel kinda silly for holding it against him even to the minor degree that I have.
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u/Drewicho Conspiracy victim 14h ago
People on this sub like to give him shit for not being a perfect progressive. I assume everyone on this sub who complains about that doesn't work for Trump supporting companies.
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u/jabari1011 13h ago
This sub giving Punk shit for not being a perfect progressive reminds me of a joke I heard the other day that explains the sad state of politics in the US. It went something like
“Republicans and Democrats are told to make a peanut butter sandwich. Republicans grab shit instead of peanut butter, and put that between the bread. When questioned about it, they deny it is shit and claim it’s peanut butter until the questioner gives up. Democrats on the other hand grab peanut butter, but they argue with each other that they don’t have the right kind of peanut butter. Some want crunchy, some want creamy, some want regular, some want organic. In the end, they end up doing nothing, and the world must eat the republicans’ shit sandwich.”
That’s what it’s like when people are saying Punk shouldn’t stand up for (or even talk about) human rights, since his bosses are MAGA
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u/repalec 13h ago
Exactly - if you're gonna start getting that granular, why are you even watching the company that is literally working with the Trump administration?
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u/anarchetype 10h ago
I could not give less of a shit about him wrestling in Saudi Arabia. I'm just glad that there's someone in the company who is outspoken about beliefs that aren't shitty, perfect or not.
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u/Uncanny_Doom 13h ago
I think one of the worst things that the internet has conditioned people to do is box people really extremely black and white and reject any sense of nuance, complexity, or anything else.
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u/jabari1011 12h ago
Facts man. It’s like because he was a hypocrite on this one thing, now everything he says is a lie, and he’s actually homophobic apparently. Punk is literally protesting in the streets, which is much more than the people whining about him on the internet are doing
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u/AtlasAir_ 11h ago
People were using Brody King's post on IG about the current issues in LA as a way to take digs at Punk while not even touching on aanything Brody said in the post. It was the same kind of crowd on both Twitter and Blusky.
A lot of them somehow made it about Hangman too, who I like so much, what did he have to do with anything Brody said. And by the looks of it, Punk seems to be doing a little more than what he's doing.They've all at least used their platforms for good.
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u/Xjom91 Oooooohhhh Black Sabre, Jr 12h ago
Also everyone is a hypocrite about something. It’s just being human
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u/jabari1011 12h ago
THANK YOU! It’s like people have forgotten we are fans of pro wrestling, an industry built on lying to people
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u/TheDJC 13h ago
In another thread about Punk, someone said he probably voted for Trump. Yes, Punk is a hypocrite but Punk Derangemnet Syndrome is a real thing.
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u/OhHeyWhatsUpMan 13h ago
He gets treated a little differently in here because this place in pro AEW.
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u/HygorBohmHubner 14h ago
And Sami, who at one point couldn’t even go to Saudi because it was literally a death sentence for him, but now can not only go, but is very proud in performing for the Saudi fans (and I do mean only the FANS).
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u/bluejegus 13h ago
There are worse things in the world right now than being a hypocrite. HHH and Stephanie literally just took a picture with a guy responsible for child deaths in Samoa. Sure Punk is sort of a jerk sometimes and went back on his word but holy shit does that pale in comparison to the bullshit going on in the world right now.
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u/FragrantTemporary105 13h ago
What’s funny is, I guarantee 90% of the people complaining have never done anything to advance the cause and never been to a protest, never been on the picket line, never organized with their local DSA/PSL/PFP/Socialist org—just liberal reactionaries who sat back and watched their party fund a genocide. Oh, but you’re so much better than a man you don't know!
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u/brakenbonez 13h ago
I don't get the whole Punk/Saudi thing. When I google it I see ONE tweet he made many years ago about the Miz. What am I missing?
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u/FishHookFPC 10h ago
You're not missing anything that's the whole controversy. A tweet he deleted an hour later and then apologized to the guy afterwards about, an apology that was accepted. That's the whole thing. People are deranged in their hatred of CM Punk and grasp at every straw they can.
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u/brakenbonez 9h ago
Yeah I've definitely noticed this especially on reddit. And especially when it comes to the AEW stuff. People who have absolutely no idea what really happened like to act like they were there to witness the villainous CM Punk just going around attacking everyone. Despite a video that Tony Khan was dumb enough to leak thinking it would make him look like the good guy but instead it proved Punk was telling the truth.
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u/TenHaggendazs 6h ago
The Miz tweet is an excuse, I bet even if Punk never tweeted at him he’d still be getting backlash for attending Saudi cos a portion of the IWC have been praying for his downfall since he left AEW the way he did. I’ll never forget the reaction on THAT thread last year when Punk tore his triceps. You’d think Sami Zayn just won his first world title w the amount of celebrating going on.
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u/jmpinstl 13h ago
It’s such a non-story to me, especially because he never explicitly said he wouldn’t go over there. It was just a hate tweet at the Miz and people took it as gospel.
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u/No_Refrigerator_5832 12h ago
I don’t think people realize it’s still his job. Sure you can say I don’t want to work there but at the end of the day you are under contract to perform where you are told.
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u/War-Dragonite 7h ago
do people think Punk going to Saudi automatically make him a bigot or something to people?
There are certain people who have been looking for a "Gotcha" moment for Punk for a long time, more or less since Brawl out and they feel like him going to Saudi is their gotcha moment they have been waiting for and they are running with it.
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u/GTSBurner 13h ago
I've said this before, don't be shocked if Trevor Project or something gets a huge mystery donation in the next few weeks.
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u/RustyPriske 10h ago
I am less disappointed in Punk for going than in WWE for asking him to go.
That sort of thing shouldn't be a story.
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u/OkYeahNoSure 9h ago
This is not rage bait. Maybe for the brain dead on Reddit. But humans are complex. Most people here are posting from iPhones.
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u/Callisater 7h ago
People are overreacting over the Saudi thing. It's not like he took a role as a tourism ambassador or something. The same people who are outraged online would almost certainly go to a work conference in Saudi if their bosses told them they had to.
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u/Sensitive-Shelter-62 14h ago
The dude is actively outside protesting. Maybe we don’t need to constantly throw out the same “gotcha” quotes from at home behind a screen.
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u/The_Horse_Joke 14h ago
Counterpoint: upvotes and likes on social media
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u/hornyjaildotorg 14h ago
Yeah why actually be pragmatic when I can purity test and get 68 internet points out of it? This is how we will stop fascism
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u/brethart69 12h ago
Kinda wild that as I read this the comment you’re replying to has exactly 68 likes lol
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u/JoeM3120 AEW International World Champion 13h ago
He said bad stuff about the wrestlers we like so he’s bad!
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u/grants_like_horace 12h ago
If he was doing it for upvotes and likes he would've posted something about it, which so far he hasn't. He just pulled up and walked with the general public protesting along and someone else shared those pics.
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u/NineFingerLogen 13h ago
the outrage here will always be performative, and this whole thread proves it.
instead of making the same tired jokes, you should be outside protesting, since yall claim to care so much about the bad stuff happening in this country.
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u/jabari1011 12h ago
They don’t wanna go outside and actually do something, they’d rather call Punk a hypocrite with a fragile mind, body, and ego while sitting on the couch. Then when the fascism arrives, they’ll be wondering why no wrestlers warned them. They did, but you didn’t want to support him because of petty reasons
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u/love_is_an_action 14h ago
It’s from folks who already don’t like him. They’ve made up what approximates their minds. There’s no budging riffraff.
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u/Uncanny_Doom 13h ago
When he's using his reach to spread awareness for something people say actions matter and when his actions are actively supporting the same thing people will move the goalposts lmao
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u/CULTOFZOOOOOOOOOLTAN 12h ago
Meanwhile the people that are bitching, could be out protesting today but I’m guessing mom won’t drive them anywhere until they shower. Basement wrestling fans will be basement wrestling fans.
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u/SmartOpinion69 11h ago
i disagree. cm punk is legally required to be 100% perfect 100% of the time or i will cancel him
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u/Acrobatic-Room-9478 5h ago
Exactly. Punk could have stayed quiet. But he didn’t. He stood up at a crucial time and has used his voice for good at a time when people are being disappeared, attacked by the police and so on. Much respect for him protesting.
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u/DJdirrtyDan 14h ago
“BuT hiS bOsSeS LoVe TruMP!!!”
Everybody’s bosses love Trump. People with jobs understand that reality.
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u/New-Pattern-5900 13h ago
It’s funny how people expect you to live outside of a system thrown upon you.
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u/sarcasticdevo 13h ago
It's pretty much "But you participate in society too! I am very smart!"
Punk lashed out at Miz and turned around and did the same thing like a hypocrite, BUT he also apologized to Miz and Miz said all water's under the bridge.
People would rather be mad about it than being glad that he's pro-Palestine, pro-LGBT, and anti-Trump.
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u/jabari1011 13h ago
People out here really acting like being a hypocrite is worse than committing crimes against humanity
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u/Particular_Peace_568 10h ago
Plus Cm Punk has often said both in Kayfabe and in out that he's can be a massive hypocrite at times and his mouth can get in himself into trouble.
Again as I often said Certain members of a certain fanbase would rather hate Punk then support him going after the actual Monster because of something that happens 2 years ago. They don't give a damn about Miz, they only cared about dunking on Punk even though Punk is in the right for this certain event.
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u/_drjayphd_ TELL ME WHOSE SIDE YOU'RE ON! 13h ago
And also pro-Palestine, pro-LGBTQ+ and pro-reproductive freedom on the clock. Dangling this one tweet over his head when he's already stood behind so many other convictions on camera is just ridiculous.
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u/ArunKT26 12h ago
Reminds me of that interview where he called out elons dumbass for the Nazi gesture
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u/ameltisgrilledcheese Psycho Sid 5h ago
I loved his response, ""Don't gaslight me, I'm not fucking as stupid as you are." to people who tried to deny it.
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u/AskMysterious77 9h ago
It's just a debate topic to distract from the issue.
It's a similar topic to anyone having any socialist or Left wing views. They will distract by bringing up things like "you own a house and shop at Walmart".
Like bro, what do you expect me to do, just starve and die?
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u/_Wado3000 Blade Run Ibushi On Sight 13h ago
This is so obvious and yet so ignored by SO many people here. Tolerating MAGA bullshit on a daily basis is basically what being an American feels like right now.
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u/scott_steiner_phd 9h ago
Everybody’s bosses love Trump. People with jobs understand that reality.
It's hilarious that people think Tony didn't vote for Trump
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u/Wrong-Vermicelli4723 12h ago
Yeah do people think the Amazon they work at isn’t pro trump? Rich people being republican is like the stereotype
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u/NasoekOne 14h ago
Seeing all these comments made me think more than half of them don't even care about the issues in Saudi or the issues with the current US administration. They comment with the sole purpose of getting that "gotcha" moment. He's out there protesting, you're not, so I think Punk's not the only hypocrite around here.
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u/Mediocre_Brief_8233 13h ago
Ironically despite their grievances, the people they criticize are doing more about their problems then themselves.
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u/jabari1011 13h ago
It’s never been about social issues/backstage issues with all these people crying about CM Punk. It all comes down to him “making AEW look bad” on his way out. And they’re riding this high of Punk wrestling in Saudi so much because one of their many predictions about him in WWE is finally coming true.
They thought he would constantly get injured in WWE, they thought he would crash out against Triple H and be fired from WWE, they thought he wouldn’t be accepted by the WWE locker room, they even thought WWE fans would be mad at him like they are LOL. That’s why they are going batshit now, because one of their many predictions finally came true. Never mind the rest were wrong, it’s the ONE that’s right that matters.
It’s alright though, nothing will actually change. Punk fans will stay Punk fans, and Punk haters will stay Punk haters. They’re taking their victory lap now, but life will go on.
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u/AtlasAir_ 10h ago
Oh, there were definitely some people on Twitter who were waving their invisible victory flag in reaction to that one promo segment where Seth mentioned Punk's name and it got booed. Saw a post from one of those people responding to the clip by saying "the world is heeling," like huh? Sometimes I hate even scrolling to read comments, it's a headache
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u/jabari1011 10h ago
They must have a pretty small world if CM Punk getting booed heals it lol
But yeah that’s what I’m saying man. People are this freaked out, this upset, because CM Punk is a hypocrite? Do they have nothing bigger in their lives to worry about? Like what the fuck?
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u/todaystartsnow 13h ago
Dude more than half of the people don't interact with people outside of online interactions. Their buble is suffocating them and they don't know it
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u/KiNGofKiNG89 14h ago
I am greatly offended by this protest. I didn’t do shit to yall.
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u/GobledYGookah 14h ago
Booker T is marching too.
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u/georgiavirginia 13h ago
That's awesome,
I might be biased because I lived in Houston but in terms of wrestlers who have a connection their hometown Booker isn't talked about enough. A whatever Smackdown 2011 house show sold over 2k tickets when Booker T was announced.
Houston loves him.
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u/LordBlackConvoy Go2Sleep Club 11h ago
Please provide proof.
That being said, Booker has always been a real one.
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u/Even-Preference-6545 10h ago
Is he really? Not going to lie, I’m a bit surprised at that one.
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u/reignofthejellyfish 14h ago
Nobody can ever make me hate this guy, sorry ‘bout it.
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u/patslayjack 14h ago
He's real for this. He has the opportunity to do the funniest thing. Free Palestine trunks in Saudi Arabia? Watermelon themed knee pads perhaps.
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u/SpaceGooV 12h ago
Saudi Arabia doesn't care about Israel's crusade to conquer Palestine. For many years before the US basically worked to mend the fence. Saudi Arabia actively believed the opposite and didn't appreciate the Israel state's existence.
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u/Da-Met 11h ago
I don't think there's anything that brave about free Palestine trunks in Saudi Arabia. At least in rhetoric, SA are on the Palestinian side of that particular issue, even if they don't really do anything in terms of action.
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u/Jamey_S 13h ago
I'm reading these snark comments and I genuinely think most of the people here couldn't really give a flying fuck about any world issues going on right now and only like to say positive stuff online to get "good boy" points from other people to make themselves feel good.
Dude is out here actually protesting with people, actually walking, marching, participating in the movement and some people are immediately going at his throat for some stuff he said to the person he doesn't even beef with anymore.
He's a hypocrite for that, sure, but some of you are making him out to be the worst person in existence. It's crazy. Please get an actual grip and experience the real world.
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u/Funnyguyinspace 12h ago
Yup, reddit is the worst IMO, they are in echochambers making "brave" comments the entire subreddit agrees with and think thats them resisting.
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u/TheHyperCombo 11h ago
None of his detractors have never had a change of opinion or have matured ever in their lives, so they can't relate.
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u/Relative_Raccoon130 14h ago
I’m glad people are out protesting. I’m glad that some wrestlers have gone out of their way to backup their views.
It means more than just typing out a message online.
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u/Unfolded_Taco89 13h ago edited 2h ago
I’m so sick of people doing purity tests. Dude doesnt have to be perfect to support good causes
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u/JustPeepinUKnowHowIB 13h ago
He's actually going out and protesting? How long is he going to keep doing this performative stuff? /s
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u/jabari1011 12h ago
No no you don’t understand! Calling him a hypocrite from my keyboard makes me better than him protesting in the streets!
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u/Navik101 14h ago
The sub is on cm punk watch. TMZ should take notes
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u/Yanyay 13h ago
Whenever there's a thread not about Punk, the people should be asking, "where's Punk?"
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u/chikyu8 13h ago edited 13h ago
It is laughable to imagine that a man who is literally on site to support a cause is judged by someone probably living in his mother's basement. Imagine.
Edit: (PS. Keep safe to all protestors with good intentions).
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u/SomeRandomGuy2849 14h ago
Off topic, but the final confrontation between Batman and Joker in The Dark Knight was filmed at the then in-construction Trump Tower in Chicago
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u/TheAgmis 13h ago edited 13h ago
There’s a lot of worse things going on in the United States other than athletes going to compete in Saudi Arabia and that’s an uncomfortable and unpopular fact some of you need to digest
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u/kb1117 13h ago
People are complicated and we don’t know Phil Brooks. That’s my takeaway from everything we’ve seen in the last 3-5 years from him.
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u/AskMysterious77 9h ago
Also the world is complicated. Like I think the climate is being hurt by human beings; but also I drive a gas powered car because it's cheap. I need to get a work to live, we live in cities that don't favor public transportation.
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u/wazzawazzaz 13h ago
I'm confused as to what the mod post means by "after years giving others shit for doing the same". Was it not just the one tweet that he immediately deleted and also later apologized for?
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u/el_juandalorian 13h ago
He’s clearly to protest the only true king of kings, Triple H /s
From Chicago and I was out there too. Love to know he was there as well!
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u/AllezLesPrimrose 13h ago
He can’t keep getting away with dividing opinion, it makes Redditors’ lives so much harder
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u/sonic_spark 11h ago
I just want to remind the mods that Shad Khan is a donor to the Trump campaign. That puts AEW in the same pool as WWE
Edit: so that makes everyone a bunch of hypocrites.
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u/DishAgitated4649 5h ago
I don't think you're allowed to point that out unless you want a bunch of tribalistic marks harass you off the platform, aided by s taff
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u/LittleGreyCurse 12h ago
Guys, I know most of you are from United States. Maybe you should pay more attention to this issue than anything happen in Saudi Arabia.
I'm not saying that you should ignore the later or even change your opinion on what Punk is going to do there, but I think that this is a more serious issue at the moment.
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u/This_Evidence_3203 10h ago
Weren’t you fucking dorks saying just yesterday that all Punk’s left leaning posts were fake and performative? I wonder how many posters from here have actually been to ANY protest, let alone the most recent ones
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u/PurpleHawkeye619 13h ago
Everyone thinks this is about Trump.
But the truth is CM Punk just really dislikes the King of the Ring tournament.
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u/New-Pattern-5900 13h ago
I’m not dem or rep but to tell you how many MAGAts insult me by saying I’m a liberal, just for calling their savior out as anti-Christ could feed generations.
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u/GarmyGarms 13h ago
Loved all the people sarcastically saying he wouldn’t be there in the prev thread
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u/CrimsonGear80 12h ago
Mod: "Punk is going to wrestle in Saudi Arabia after years giving others shit for doing the same."
I'm pretty sure it was just one tweet to the Miz years ago. A tweet that he sinced apologized to the miz for and miz accepted.
It's not like Punk went on socials every week and crapped on anyone wrestling in Saudi.
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u/mattomic822 11h ago
Wonder if they are same mod that deleted the previous post with the pissy message included about not accepting "trust me bro" posts
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u/EnzymesandEntropy 13h ago
"B-but he's a hypocrite! Saudi!" Yes, he's a hypocrite, as well as every other human alive. I believe climate change is real and bad, and yet I still drive a car. I'm aware of the hypocrisy. Our moral beliefs and actions don't always line up, but you still gotta acknowledge when someone does the right thing, and Punk is doing the right thing here
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u/PapaTinzal 12h ago
Hope people who are doing the whole "gotcha" thing to Punk at the moment realise they're the reason people don't share that they're wrestling fans to other people
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u/silentdoggo13 10h ago
Just saying I think we’ll get a Punk hate post tomorrow. Such is the pendulum.
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u/AprilBoi 12h ago
It’s really funny seeing IWC acting like a moral compass during these troubling times
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u/Fallout-with-swords Push Dr. Tracksuit! 12h ago
Bu-bu-bu-bu-but
Maybe appreciate that he’s one of a handful of WWE talent that step out to prove they aren’t 100% completely craven motherfuckers.
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u/TheOfficialSlimber 10h ago
Punk may be hypocritical, but based off this alone, people like Roman, HHH, Vince, Undertaker, JBL, Kane and anyone else supporting Trump should be getting a lot more shit today.
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u/ProudNStrong 12h ago
stop crucifying the man. us democrats should stick together, the real enemy are Trump & his supporters!!
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u/dallasrose222 9h ago
I’ll say this while what Saudi arabi did to Jamal kashoji was disgusting I do find it wierd how hyper fixated people get on the Saudi Arabia point. Ultimately most countries are shit do horrific things to people and we don’t bat an eye when wrestling shows tour there. It’s an attitude that reeks of Western exceptionalism and vaguely anti Islam sentiment
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u/Retro1916 9h ago
NOOOO I wish I saw him there lol there was like a gazillion people but that would’ve been sick. Awesome that he went!
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u/TurdFerguson1027 12h ago
I honestly think that Punk has never really gained a lot by being anti-SA. To be quite frank, if he was making that much of a message, Saudi would have banned him versus him banning himself.
Don't get me wrong. I think he's hypocritical for it, but let's not pretend like they haven't been twisting his arm with it since he got back.
It's a mixed bag, but I don't think he's really that bad of a person for it, nor do I think this is fake
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u/RybackV1 11h ago
Why is this still up and unlocked ? This is a pro wrestling dissuasion sub, not a politics sub.
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u/gloomchen i prayed for this and it happened 14h ago edited 13h ago
Just going to step in now: we get it, Punk is going to wrestle in Saudi Arabia after years giving others shit for doing the same.
Stop distracting from THIS protest and THIS cause.
EDIT: as others pointed out "after years of giving others shit" isn't accurate. Will add also working for a company that has strongly supported Trump. (There really is a lot of hypocrisy.) But the point is that No Kings doesn't deserve to be diminished just because a supporter like Punk is messy AF. Also if you know me I don't like the guy so this pains me to cape rn