The one thing about the whole Bret/Vince thing that I respected Vince for is that he knew that he had a receipt coming and he took it. He didn't go into that room with his goon squad that is usually surounding him. He went in with Shane and nobody else. Everyone in Vinces circle who was there when it went down have all at some point said in interviews that he was told by the OGs in his circle (Brisco, Pat Patterson, Sgt Slaughter etc) that he needed to go see Bret man to man, and that he had a receipt coming and he had to man up and take it. And he did.
And to know that Kenny Omega said in that clip in his livestream “Me and CM Punk are cool wit each other their is no beef between me and punk” and also Kenny said “I didn’t want to be an authority figure”
I can honestly see Tony being ran out of his own company due to this, because if things keep going downhill, then they need a change. And that change might come at the top.
If I was Tony Khan, I'd have sat all of them down & said basically the same things you said. Except I'd have said "If you three still wanna fight it out, go to the parking lot outside the arena & get it out of your systems. Then, when you three are done, get back inside so we can figure this shit out." I know it may not be the best answer to a lot of people. But I personally feel that if there are guys & girls who don't like each other & wanna fight it out, I'd say let them get it out of their systems & then try to work things out.
Here's how crazy the CM Punk shit is. People keep forgetting this and no one talks about it. Punk openly talked about wanting to bury the hatchet and is fully willing to work with the Bucks. Dave Meltzer goes on his podcast and says Punk is only talking about wanting to work with the Bucks to make them look bad and he's trying to push them out of AEW. He also said Punk and FTR should apologize to the Bucks and offer to put then over.
Vince went in that room knowing he was gonna get punched. Walked out after getting punched and that was that. He knew it was coming and took it like a champ. So... you right!
Yep just at a later date. By that time punk was fed up with the place and nothing was being done to manage so it would have just been someone else later on. The better question would be what would have happened if Tony was a boss instead of an overgrown manchild buying "friends" and cut that s off at the knees when Page first got the ball rolling.
You are so right about not letting people try to convince you to do things you don’t normally do in the ring. Yes, Brock had done that move earlier in his career but he was also younger, more athletic and lighter and didn’t just go 20 minutes with Kurt Angle in those earlier Instances . Especially if the person trying to talk you into it has never wrestled before or hasn’t wrestled in 30 years. This is exactly how Sid broke his leg. Vince Russo told him to jump off the top rope and do a big boot, which makes no sense. Sid weighed 320 pounds at the time was 6 foot eight. If there is that much weight coming down, you need to land on both legs that’s too much weight coming down on the leg and it’s snapped like a toothpick because Vince Russo is a moron and doesn’t know anything about how a wrestling match works. If you’re not comfortable with doing something, and this just doesn’t apply in wrestling in any job, if you don’t feel safe doing it, you need to go above the supervisor who’s asking you to do it. In most states, it is a part of the labor laws, that if you are asked to do something unsafe, you have every right to say no and if they fire you it’s a wrongful termination.
6:29 Khan’s face here will 4ever tell the story smh lol. Like “oh shyt I didn’t expect Punk to say that…..but damn he’s lowkey right…hope matty and nicky don’t get mad at me” 🤦🏾♂️
Shawn Michaels in the 90s was S.O.B to work with everyone hated him back then. He eventually got cleaned up/got better during ruthless aggression area.
I feel that if Roman Reigns wanted his retirement match to be against Jon Moxley that Jon would come back to WWE only for that match but other then that i don't think he'll go back any other way.
8:30-9:15 Whats also not mentioned here is Sammy G getting into several backstage altercations including that with Andrade. But sadly not talked about because theyre Latinos and not Gringos.
The thing with Bret was a little bit worse, previous to that Vince promise him a life long contract and positions after retiring to not let him leave to WCW, later on he pull off the contract thing and screw the negotiations with WCW ending up in less money for Bret and then Montreal happened Also Harley Race beat the shit out Vince during the territory era, when he tried to bought his promotion 🤣
7:46 To think I was in that building when this happened. High in the rafters on the opposite end of the stage mind you but still. Hope nothing like this happens next time AEW is in Wembley.
@@Micheal_Anthony_1996 He has NO talent. He can't cut a promo, he's the size of a child, and can't convince anyone that he's dangerous, especially after CM Punk snatched him in a front facelock. Punk isn't physically intimidating, either. The only dime Jack Perry is ever going to draw is his girlfriend.
How many times would have TK been scared for his life if he had to deal with Bret and Brock lol Im sure more videos are out there of wrestlers going in on Vince.
Also after the screwjob Bruce Pritchard( who was one of the few upper management people who didn’t know about It) was approached by Vince about how to resolve what just transpired which Pritchard said “ You gotta go apologize and explain why you did what you did, then you gotta take one.” Meaning a punch
Tony still doesn't have control. He likes to think he does, but the Bucks have convinced him that he's a great character and should be on the shows. Jericho keeps convincing him to give him TV time, when everyone tunes out. There's a term for what The Bucks did to Punk. It's called reactive abuse. They kept cancelling things, fuckin' up his travel, using Dave Meltzer to print shit, and they knew he'd pop. They have utterly convinced themselves that they are the greatest minds in the business. Read their book. They never take responsibility.
my friend was fighting some people 2 on 1 and he was winning but 1 took the pussy route and smashed a rock on his head and busted it open and when they were gonna take him on the ambulance he wasnt having it and was gonna talk out and have his mom take him but he was talked into it and was funny when we think about it cause it was his stubborn mindset and he was angry at the same time
One thing I would have to say. CM Punk was not the top guy in AEW. He came off to me in AEW like a veteran enjoying his last run. I'm like this if a wrestler wants to do something stupid and put their own body through real glass, and everyone warned them. Well, so be it, and was he supposed to be just enjoying being back in wrestling. Okay, he came back in Chicago, and he got a loud pop. Cool. I'm just saying CM Punk, being the veteran, should have known better. Hell, Samoa Joe is more of a locker room leader than CM Punk. Because who helped break up the fight at All In before he literally had to wrestle? IJS. Punk is acting good now because he knows this is his absolute last chance. 9:04
The thing is vince didn't want bret to leave. Wcw was givin bret 26 mil and vince couldn't match it at the time. He had no choice. The crazy thing was "the park meeting". Vince had SWAT in case shit went left!!!
Total bullshit. Bret signed a 20 year deal for half the money WCW offered (2.8 million a year), then Vince backed out because he said that he couldn't pay it. He wanted to restructure the deal to pay him less. Vince gave him his blessing to go to WCW. There's video proof, and Hart's book. Vince has a record of not paying people what he owes them. That's why he's in the situation he's in, because he didn't pay her either. The Park meeting was in Canada. No SWAT. They had police, but not SWAT. It was following Owen's death. Vince reneged on that deal too.
Punk would have fucked up again eventually in AEW and went after somebody else. Luckily for him he got fired, got the big pay day, and then got immediately injured so he doesn't have to work for the beginning of his contract
Well tbh it's not that easy yes Tony should definitely stepped in but his options were and are still very limitided threatening to cut someones contract could badly backfire for him because he knows they don't have to fear that WWE would call them immedieatly as soon as they learn about the release especially in the case of Punk, Omega and the Bucks. That is putting him in a very complicated situation he tried to solve things by suspending them but obviously that didn't do anything.
The Lesnar part is false Brock had perform the SSP plenty of times in OVW as it was his finisher he just botched it on that night and the reason he snapped backstage is because Lesnar is extremely introverted Also the incident after the screw job in Bret’s locker room Vince and Bret had a discussion THAT day before the PPV that the following night( MNR) Hart was gonna come out relinquish the title and give a farewell speech however Vince had ALREADY decided to commit the screw job Vince went in to Bret’s locker room to try to calm Bret and Bret told Vince to leave or he was gonna knock him out Vince stayed and thus Bret punched Vince
Shawn was told to deny everything for Montreal and Vince would take full blame. Bret said he didnt know for sure if Shawn was lying so he didnt hit him just in case he was telling the truth
ok i got multiple thoughts. 1,cm punk was right to leave and the event witn the glass was one of the dumbest things yet, if he was ok with not doing it the first time why bring it up later...at that point if i was punk i would've went we warned you now your in the hospital you got what deserve. 2, yeah i agree brock should've done his own thing that match and played his way that shooting star press was risky. 3, yeah no i agree with Shawn you can tell by the way he looked at vince after the match and looked back tords the ring while walking I don't think he's lieing he most definitely didn't know what was happening the rush in his voice made it clear he was straight confused about the situation.
Couldnt be me. If i was bret i woulda beat tf outta vince then get him for contract violation get my money. Then im dropping all the mcmahon tea. Idgaf im petty af. Watever they care abt the most im ruining job, marriage, wtf ever
punk was the problem at all out hes the guy who went off script and went out of his way to bury the company and the people in it and told them to go to his locker room if they had a problem with it. then the bucks and kenny told punk they would sit down and try to work together if punk could go a certian amount of time without having a pysical altercations but punks ego couldnt allow that. punk wasn't their top guy punk could barely work a match without getting hurt. he missed more time with injuries than he actually worked. the problems punk brought with him wasnt worth the 5 matches a year you were going to get out of him. it would be dumb to fire most of your talent just to keep one guy whos injury prone and who's ego constantly got in the way and caused problems with everyone.
Love your videos rose pin me!
Just because you asked 👍🏾
That was a botch. 🤣
I like Rose
@@KickinitwithRoss appreciate been watching you for 4 years
Ahh yes my favorite youtuber KickinitwithRose
When Cornette says he doesn’t like someone believe him 🤣
That terry funk one was straight up heart wrenching
Bro had to reset in the beginning 🤣 W video
It happens
When?
Brock throwing the Universal Championship at Vince like it’s a piece of garbage never gets old 😂😂😂
It's really a shame it was just a work and never led anywhere.
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Sometimes you just gotta fight it out lol 😂 and then make some money
"I'm not here to make friends I'm here to make money"
Sometimes you gotta pop out and show n****s 😂👊🏽
Life is to short, just let bygones be bygones and move on
*Shi- I’m glad the All Out brawl happened cause we now have the fued of the summer😂*
Fact
😂😂I can just hear other people down south saying "You a gawd Damn Lie!!" when Shawn said he had no idea.
The one thing about the whole Bret/Vince thing that I respected Vince for is that he knew that he had a receipt coming and he took it. He didn't go into that room with his goon squad that is usually surounding him. He went in with Shane and nobody else. Everyone in Vinces circle who was there when it went down have all at some point said in interviews that he was told by the OGs in his circle (Brisco, Pat Patterson, Sgt Slaughter etc) that he needed to go see Bret man to man, and that he had a receipt coming and he had to man up and take it. And he did.
"we about to have a beat yo ass for real match"
Dub every time Brock Lesnar exists
My mans pretended his first take did happened lol
And to know that Kenny Omega said in that clip in his livestream “Me and CM Punk are cool wit each other their is no beef between me and punk” and also Kenny said “I didn’t want to be an authority figure”
😂REAL GLASS!!! CRY ME A RIVER!!!
8:50 Tony acts more like a friend in charge than a boss fr
Fax cuz Tony wants to be your best bud not an authority figure which pisses me off like “da fuck is you doin’ bruh”
I can honestly see Tony being ran out of his own company due to this, because if things keep going downhill, then they need a change. And that change might come at the top.
Bret literally spit on Vince, then knocked his ass out. Crazy.
I believe John Laurinaitis was the person who asked Brock to do the Shooting Star Press at mania 19
That honestly doesn't surprise me.
"Thats where you sit everybody down" You expect too much of Tony thats where he fails he aint a boss
*Shi- I’m glad the All Out brawl happened cause we now have the fued of the summer😂*
Drew vs CM Punk is wayyyyyy better now!
That first guy was definitely better than me cuz after that first slap buddy woulda got sent to the shadow realm
Pretty sure it was staged. That's that Hannibal guy.
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If I was Tony Khan, I'd have sat all of them down & said basically the same things you said. Except I'd have said "If you three still wanna fight it out, go to the parking lot outside the arena & get it out of your systems. Then, when you three are done, get back inside so we can figure this shit out." I know it may not be the best answer to a lot of people. But I personally feel that if there are guys & girls who don't like each other & wanna fight it out, I'd say let them get it out of their systems & then try to work things out.
Yo Ross I enjoy your videos since the beginning you and Dub...yall both are MADE
Did anyone else notice that he left an outtake in.
Ross legit Goated love the vids my guy keep them coming
Random thought but giving Andre The Giants Rey Mysterios moveset in the 2K Games is hilarious
Here's how crazy the CM Punk shit is. People keep forgetting this and no one talks about it. Punk openly talked about wanting to bury the hatchet and is fully willing to work with the Bucks. Dave Meltzer goes on his podcast and says Punk is only talking about wanting to work with the Bucks to make them look bad and he's trying to push them out of AEW. He also said Punk and FTR should apologize to the Bucks and offer to put then over.
Man its always a good day when Ross uploads💪🙏❤
At least Vince didn’t fear for his life against Bret unlike Tony.
Vince went in that room knowing he was gonna get punched. Walked out after getting punched and that was that. He knew it was coming and took it like a champ. So... you right!
ALL TONY HAD TO DO, WAS KEEP UP WITH THE DAMN TRAIN
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13:49 it’s not even the fact that Brock threw the belt, but I wonder what Vince said when he yelled, YEAH and swore 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
8:54 If Jack Perry didn’t do that, how impactful would CM Punk be in AEW? Would he have ever come back to WWE?
Yep just at a later date. By that time punk was fed up with the place and nothing was being done to manage so it would have just been someone else later on. The better question would be what would have happened if Tony was a boss instead of an overgrown manchild buying "friends" and cut that s off at the knees when Page first got the ball rolling.
Met and ate lunch with terry funk and met Mr sharp at show both were good dudes. Legends!
Andre was a french demon back then a lot of people couldn’t mess with him
I seem to remember hearing that Lanny Poffo slapping Hannibal bit was a work
You are so right about not letting people try to convince you to do things you don’t normally do in the ring. Yes, Brock had done that move earlier in his career but he was also younger, more athletic and lighter and didn’t just go 20 minutes with Kurt Angle in
those earlier Instances .
Especially if the person trying to talk you into it has never wrestled before or hasn’t wrestled in 30 years. This is exactly how Sid broke his leg.
Vince Russo told him to jump off the top rope and do a big boot, which makes no sense. Sid weighed 320 pounds at the time was 6 foot eight. If there is that much weight coming down, you need to land on both legs that’s too much weight coming down on the leg and it’s snapped like a toothpick because Vince Russo is a moron and doesn’t know anything about how a wrestling match works.
If you’re not comfortable with doing something, and this just doesn’t apply in wrestling in any job, if you don’t feel safe doing it, you need to go above the supervisor who’s asking you to do it. In most states, it is a part of the labor laws, that if you are asked to do something unsafe, you have every right to say no and if they fire you it’s a wrongful termination.
Great reaction rosss,keep up the good work.
I wish they made a TV show or movie based on backstage fights. We don’t get on TV or ppv They sound more interesting.
That guy throwing the slaps in the beginning was Leaping Lanny Poffo, Macho Man Randy Savage's real life brother
6:29 Khan’s face here will 4ever tell the story smh lol. Like “oh shyt I didn’t expect Punk to say that…..but damn he’s lowkey right…hope matty and nicky don’t get mad at me” 🤦🏾♂️
Vince knew he had to take the punch. He gave Brett it.
Translation for kids growing up and living on the internet Brett did the right thing
Bret said “Vince ran into my hand.” 😂😂😂😂
CM Punk gonna be on here for sure.
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CM Punk seems like a cancer to the locker room.
the reset🤣
Shawn Michaels in the 90s was S.O.B to work with everyone hated him back then. He eventually got cleaned up/got better during ruthless aggression area.
Can the wrestling community be blessed with a Ross & Santi collab… PLEASE !!!!
Thay already collaborated but I’m pretty sure they said that they will stream clash of the castle
They have, it's already up on Ross's page.
Vince told Brock if he wanted in on the nasty shit he better apologize 😂😂
I will never forget Lesnar’s eyes after that Wrestlemania 19 match. Very scary.
Brock Lesnar concussion rage lmaoo. They forgot to tranquilize the wounded gorilla and he woke up lmao
I feel that if Roman Reigns wanted his retirement match to be against Jon Moxley that Jon would come back to WWE only for that match but other then that i don't think he'll go back any other way.
All Tony Khan had to do was be a BOSS. That's it! All the money was dumped in the garbage after Tony decided to fire CM Punk
If Andre the Giant turned towards me with an angry expression, I'd run for the hills.
The fact that Brock could do that shooting star press at his size shows how athletic and what a freak he was
That mess up caught me off guard😂
When I think of wrestlers fighting backstage I think of Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels, and of course Cm Punk
I’m surprised he didn’t mention the Seth and Matt Riddle situation
In the beginning, Ross is like F editing, ima just start over.
Ive never known Santino to dislike anyone. Hes a great dude
8:30-9:15 Whats also not mentioned here is Sammy G getting into several backstage altercations including that with Andrade. But sadly not talked about because theyre Latinos and not Gringos.
Punk is definitely gonna be here, lol
The thing with Bret was a little bit worse, previous to that Vince promise him a life long contract and positions after retiring to not let him leave to WCW, later on he pull off the contract thing and screw the negotiations with WCW ending up in less money for Bret and then Montreal happened
Also Harley Race beat the shit out Vince during the territory era, when he tried to bought his promotion 🤣
Vince gets punched in the face by Brett Hart and he doesn't retaliate
Tony Khan is barely involved in the backstage scuffle: "I feared for my life"
If Punk can come back, Mox can too. Never say never.
7:46 To think I was in that building when this happened. High in the rafters on the opposite end of the stage mind you but still. Hope nothing like this happens next time AEW is in Wembley.
Jack Parry is unprofessional as hell
It's a damn shame because he's talented and has a lot of potential to be bigger. But I feel like that ego is gonna be his downfall.
@@Micheal_Anthony_1996 He has NO talent. He can't cut a promo, he's the size of a child, and can't convince anyone that he's dangerous, especially after CM Punk snatched him in a front facelock. Punk isn't physically intimidating, either.
The only dime Jack Perry is ever going to draw is his girlfriend.
How many times would have TK been scared for his life if he had to deal with Bret and Brock lol
Im sure more videos are out there of wrestlers going in on Vince.
There was a wrestler about 30 years ago named Nails who attacked Vince in his office over a pay dispute
Also after the screwjob Bruce Pritchard( who was one of the few upper management people who didn’t know about
It) was approached by Vince about how to resolve what just transpired which Pritchard said “ You gotta go apologize and explain why you did what you did, then you gotta take one.” Meaning a punch
Punk was clearly being antagonized by the Cucamonga Kids, because they feared the power of his conviction.
Keep kayfabe alive or keep wrestling horror stories secret like drugs and sex
Nailz choking out Vince corral should’ve been on here
I always gauged the decline of WWE not by the start of the PG Era, but by Santino's debut. Lol
You can tell it was true with the Brett Hart thing, Vince looked disheveled and wasn't walking straight lol
Idk man... after Bret punched Vince.. the Hart Fondation started dropping like flies. No pun over the next couple of years😢😢😢
We do got lot people getting beats backstage jack and punk
I can't imagine on how Tony Khan would react if someone threw a title at him like what Brock did
1:07 Hold up they show this clip and don't even give us the backstory. Come on
Tony Khan would have a heart attack
Tony still doesn't have control. He likes to think he does, but the Bucks have convinced him that he's a great character and should be on the shows. Jericho keeps convincing him to give him TV time, when everyone tunes out.
There's a term for what The Bucks did to Punk. It's called reactive abuse. They kept cancelling things, fuckin' up his travel, using Dave Meltzer to print shit, and they knew he'd pop.
They have utterly convinced themselves that they are the greatest minds in the business. Read their book. They never take responsibility.
0:27 Did bro just restart the whole video? 😂😂😂
my friend was fighting some people 2 on 1 and he was winning but 1 took the pussy route and smashed a rock on his head and busted it open and when they were gonna take him on the ambulance he wasnt having it and was gonna talk out and have his mom take him but he was talked into it and was funny when we think about it cause it was his stubborn mindset and he was angry at the same time
we still really out here thinking the screwjob was real? come on brother dont get worked like that.
Not even a Punk fan. In fact I loath him. But that thing with Jack Perry? Sheesh.
The Funk/Stamp video didn't really fit the video, but whatever.
I skipped it too.
One thing I would have to say. CM Punk was not the top guy in AEW. He came off to me in AEW like a veteran enjoying his last run. I'm like this if a wrestler wants to do something stupid and put their own body through real glass, and everyone warned them. Well, so be it, and was he supposed to be just enjoying being back in wrestling. Okay, he came back in Chicago, and he got a loud pop. Cool. I'm just saying CM Punk, being the veteran, should have known better. Hell, Samoa Joe is more of a locker room leader than CM Punk. Because who helped break up the fight at All In before he literally had to wrestle? IJS. Punk is acting good now because he knows this is his absolute last chance. 9:04
TONY KHAN IS NOT BOSS MATERIAL!!!
The thing is vince didn't want bret to leave. Wcw was givin bret 26 mil and vince couldn't match it at the time. He had no choice. The crazy thing was "the park meeting". Vince had SWAT in case shit went left!!!
Total bullshit. Bret signed a 20 year deal for half the money WCW offered (2.8 million a year), then Vince backed out because he said that he couldn't pay it. He wanted to restructure the deal to pay him less. Vince gave him his blessing to go to WCW. There's video proof, and Hart's book.
Vince has a record of not paying people what he owes them. That's why he's in the situation he's in, because he didn't pay her either.
The Park meeting was in Canada. No SWAT. They had police, but not SWAT. It was following Owen's death. Vince reneged on that deal too.
@@WarGhoulKharas ok most of that is correct but cmon, who u know in wcw that had a 20 YEAR CONTRACT???
Tony lacks the balls to really take control he rather be friends with his roster than boss
Now a days every “man” is like Drake
Nobody wanted to waste their time filming Ryback backstage I guess
i should mention the fight that involved the slap and the takedown was a work shoot, a real convincing one at that
Punk would have fucked up again eventually in AEW and went after somebody else. Luckily for him he got fired, got the big pay day, and then got immediately injured so he doesn't have to work for the beginning of his contract
Well tbh it's not that easy yes Tony should definitely stepped in but his options were and are still very limitided threatening to cut someones contract could badly backfire for him because he knows they don't have to fear that WWE would call them immedieatly as soon as they learn about the release especially in the case of Punk, Omega and the Bucks. That is putting him in a very complicated situation he tried to solve things by suspending them but obviously that didn't do anything.
i feel like ambrose only would return if it's without contract, just like jordynne grace in a way
I would not want to get punched by brett hart in his prime.
Brock had done the moonsault several times before that incident?
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"That ws a direct call out to CM Punk" yeah not like there wasn't anyone else who had told Jack that & Punk was just the last one & took it personally
The Lesnar part is false
Brock had perform the SSP plenty of times in OVW as it was his finisher he just botched it on that night and the reason he snapped backstage is because Lesnar is extremely introverted
Also the incident after the screw job in Bret’s locker room
Vince and Bret had a discussion THAT day before the PPV that the following night( MNR) Hart was gonna come out relinquish the title and give a farewell speech however Vince had ALREADY decided to commit the screw job
Vince went in to Bret’s locker room to try to calm Bret and Bret told Vince to leave or he was gonna knock him out Vince stayed and thus Bret punched Vince
Shawn was told to deny everything for Montreal and Vince would take full blame. Bret said he didnt know for sure if Shawn was lying so he didnt hit him just in case he was telling the truth
ok i got multiple thoughts.
1,cm punk was right to leave and the event witn the glass was one of the dumbest things yet, if he was ok with not doing it the first time why bring it up later...at that point if i was punk i would've went we warned you now your in the hospital you got what deserve.
2, yeah i agree brock should've done his own thing that match and played his way that shooting star press was risky.
3, yeah no i agree with Shawn you can tell by the way he looked at vince after the match and looked back tords the ring while walking I don't think he's lieing he most definitely didn't know what was happening the rush in his voice made it clear he was straight confused about the situation.
Couldnt be me. If i was bret i woulda beat tf outta vince then get him for contract violation get my money. Then im dropping all the mcmahon tea. Idgaf im petty af. Watever they care abt the most im ruining job, marriage, wtf ever
Yea yeah, whatever you say my guy.
@@harrizzaini7324 dnt lik my comment sir
Good look dealing with the law lol
punk was the problem at all out hes the guy who went off script and went out of his way to bury the company and the people in it and told them to go to his locker room if they had a problem with it. then the bucks and kenny told punk they would sit down and try to work together if punk could go a certian amount of time without having a pysical altercations but punks ego couldnt allow that. punk wasn't their top guy punk could barely work a match without getting hurt. he missed more time with injuries than he actually worked. the problems punk brought with him wasnt worth the 5 matches a year you were going to get out of him. it would be dumb to fire most of your talent just to keep one guy whos injury prone and who's ego constantly got in the way and caused problems with everyone.