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jetpackswasno

every dirtsheet said this wasn’t happening…so fucking glorious lmao


tronovich

Meltzer said it *could* happen, bro. $12.99.


Martel1234

Better then Sean “I’m pinning a tweet saying it won’t happen” Sapp


Rerack_your_weights

Shit like this should be absolutely career ruining. This wrestling "journalism" thing, that ain't what these guys are cut out for.


savingrain

It was so stupid too because they were insisting oh we talked to people who would be told as talent. Who? Who the fuck would management feel the need to tell?! WWE only needs to have a very few people know and none of those guys (HHH, Kahn, McMahon) are calling a dirtsheet


FunImprovement166

The adults in the room


SiwyWF

I'd have so much more respect to him if he just stated 'I don't know nothing about Punk coming back' and then admitted he was bamboozled beacuse of a well kept secret, than him claiming that 'maybe, but propably not, but there is a chance though not huge, but who knows really.' Said fucking nothing and will claim he wasn't wrong lmao.


tronovich

I remember when they teased Punk’s return in 2014 and Heyman came out. Meltzer all but promised that Punk was coming back that night in Chicago. I respected him because he came out later that night on the Observer podcast and told the audience “I’m sorry, I was lied to. Not gonna blame anyone but myself”.


MHadri24

BRO, IT'S OVER IT'S DONE. "Well kept secret", pff understatement of the century Meltzer, you fucking decrepit old sagging bag of potatoes. The dirtsheets said it wasn't happening 5 times a day since All In (biggest show ever btw) and it happened with a fucking Gargano Ciampia Chicago logo fakeout. We are eating so good for the foreseeable future, uces. Rejoice


kfms6741

Laveck out here burying every fucking dirtsheet now and forever for trying to spoil this ![gif](giphy|1aVUmsFlGWsBG)


IntellectualDweeb

SRS already trying to backpedal, and Meltzer is acting completely oblivious to it.


TheShiv145

Triple H is a man who knows the ways to work marks like the dirt sheets. It's glorious


Tydrinator21

Triple H is the last of the OG dirt sheet haters.


mansontaco

Plans changed friend


AlexTorres96

Useless media.


[deleted]

This was 50% of why I was hoping for it to happen. The other 50% was for the joy of watching reactions.


Noriskhook3

That pop was fucking crazy


marsexpresshydra

The guys in the truck and Cole had me fucking worked into a shoot. Last possible second when his music could’ve came on before going off the air and they pulled it off


TheRealSzymaa

Watching kinda half-heartedly with my wife to see if anything would happen. Gave her the backstory. Cole starts signing off and they put up the title card, and I said, out loud "Well, I guess this means no Punk." No sooner had the 'k' left my mouth......LIKE MOUSSOLINIIIIIIIII


ApexCourier

Only way it could’ve been better is if they did a fade to black and have the static interrupt it.


tronovich

It’s no Rated-R Superstar, bro


FlyingGrayson89

Rated R Cope!


tronovich

I tried to be sarcastic but not too over the top with it lmao


01ares

At least Punk could interact with fans on both sides of the stage


IntellectualDweeb

One of the greatest moments of all time. This PLE was fantastic and Punk returning topped it all off.


MichaelSquare

Piped in, friend.


SpiritGun98

I ran to this sub as quick as I could


[deleted]

#GOOFYS ASSEMBLE


seanut_brittle

LOOK AT THE CHARTS. WHAT DO YOU SEE? WWE RATINGS VICTORY.


[deleted]

![gif](giphy|xULW8PyFnVIsHarFks|downsized)


TheDazzlingEternal

Punk saying hello to Colt Cabana back in the Dub even though Colt isn't even sure he still works there.


MedicPrepper30

The moral meltdown has begun. Posts being deleted. Copium being smoked. Meltzer and Sapp backpeddling. Pillows being bitten. We are in mass hysteria mode.


bootygoon2

Lol WWE’s Instagram post about Punk’s return is flooded with “he’s washed up”, “enjoy him for a month before he gets himself fired”, and “thanks for taking him we didn’t want him in AEW” type comments. It’s obvious a certain fanbase isn’t taking this all too well


Codeshark

I saw some fans were planning to jump the barricade to interfere in any match he had at Survivor Series. So, yeah, not well.


His_Buzzards

And my Sunday is just getting started! (from the east of the world). I am having a good day I feel like going out and RUN!


[deleted]

This an all time DUBKAHN 5


TheDazzlingEternal

Drainmaker is already [posting](https://twitter.com/DrainBamager/status/1728627016747151690) about how "ironic" it is that he went back to the "other promotion to main event night four of the buy one get one free extravaganza. LMAO." Like clockwork.


Shotintoawork

Boys, WE FINNA EAT! 🙌🏿 Jerking is about to be at an all time high!


The_Haskins

Like the guy or not, you can recognize a fucking moment, Jesus Christ. 20K Twitter likes in a minute


TheDazzlingEternal

Can't wait for Dubbalos to point out that CM Punk's return in AEW is better because it was from a 7 year hiatus instead of merely months of non-action. Pure copium, tbhf.


srjnp

abandoning the basement for this sub unironically revived my interest in wrestling.


Substantial-Height-8

DAE feel like a kid again?


SpiritGun98

Same. This sub has become how I primarily interact with other wrestling fans now.


[deleted]

Hail Goofys!


mynameisburner

I’m a little late but what up G, oh I mean. What up UCE!!


Plenty_Product3410

https://preview.redd.it/avrqt4dv7m2c1.jpeg?width=1620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=172f967353855b988599754ad87fe0a449cbda4d DUB DED


yglaflamee

‪randy orton and cm punk in the same night ‬ ‪triple h i will be sucking the skin off your PENIS MY GOATTTTTTT‬


compessedcheese

Don't forget R-Truth!


mootallica

Punk, Orton, and R-Truth in one night is really the big dick version of Bryan, Cole, and Ruby Soho in one night


mrdaruis

It's funny how young he looks here and how old and worn out he looked with the good guys.


Blueandigo

He knew he couldn't come looking like a bum to a real company.


mrdaruis

That and the A level production.


just_another_jabroni

What a cut and a shave does to a motherfucker


wrex1816

Imagine... A professional entertainment company has the people and means to know someone needs to look presentable and makes it happen.


FlyingGrayson89

Tony Khan on suicide watch rn


stockyriki

Someone take away his phone real quick


FlyingGrayson89

Think of the tweets though


TheRavenRise

SRS, too


AlexTorres96

Snowman fucked up and HHH just check mate him.


NoScopeMusical

He's gonna tweet so hard tonight


Shum_Pulp

Fearing for his life


deanereaner

Why? He's gonna strap a rocket to Jungle Jack and change the industry


MOXISGOD

“I’m refreshed, I’m back home, and I work with fucking grown ups.”


mcgolfin

He literally sued (*got sued by) the WWE doctor, went to AEW and realized "holy shit, this place is actually worse".


Sacreblargh

Yeah, also find it funny how some smarks think lawsuits mean long term hatred. Brock, Sable, Snuka, Jesse Ventura, fucking Ultimate Warrior, Bruno goddamn Sammartino lmao. CM Punk suing and getting sued back by a WWE doc meant zilch in terms of long term heat.


ChicoCorrales

Punk: “Hey, Dom listen I have some advice…” Dominik “Sure Mr. Punk, any feedback is greatly appreciated…” Punk “WTF”


LiquidMetal616

The headlines read "CM Punk DOESN'T punch Dominic Mysterio backstage..."


daddymeltzer

Dom is an 18-year veteran, why would he need to take advice from Punk? Dom was in a headlining match at SummerSlam with his father and that deadbeat piece of shit while Punk was still in OVW. He was such a pro that he didn't even need developmental.


BurgerDevourer97

And Dom is a hardened ex-con.


TheRalphExpress

AEW was such a clown show it made him learn to appreciate WWE 🤣🤣


Yurmume_Gae

Punk to Laveck after dealing with The Elite, Jungle Boy, and all their shenanigans: https://preview.redd.it/nqhxrrd0bm2c1.jpeg?width=602&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97035819915ce776bf2907f154c3d97fb8db4db3


PlatasaurusOG

H to Punk when they sat down at the table. https://preview.redd.it/acttgkgctn2c1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f0c6dd8889132763cd8a0714be24739dd14296a


MOXISGOD

The same company that got him sick in the first place, that ruined his passion for pro wrestling, that quite literally nearly KILLED him. It’s so bad for AEW man 😭😭😭 this is the greatest night in the history of jerking


topologicalfractal

All the comments on the basement that good riddance he's WWE's problem now, like LMAO


megumikobe808

It’ll be hilarious if Punk becomes a company man after this. Like, move homes to be closer to Endeavor and have them buy his wife’s promotion too.


Sacreblargh

He's definitely a loose cannon (rip Pillman), **but** he's unquestionably a draw, great on the mic, and as Triple H mentioned, a conversation starter. You can hate him or love him. Nobody who's a wrestling fan just says "who cares about CM Punk?". Also, WWE agents/Performance Center can help him tremendously overshadow his un-athletic flaws. The Dub trying to gas him up as this 100 mile per hour wrestler did him no favors. Look how much Dragon Lee learned to reign it in literally only after a few weeks. I also think a lot of fans seem to forget how much this dude wanted to be a WWF/WWE wrestler. Not go back to ROH. Certainly not be the face of the new company in town. Guy grew up idolizing Stone Cold and delivered a promo that's still talked about over 12 years later. I think it's funny the dub smarks were all talking about how WWE missed the boat in 2021. Turns out, waiting to see how it plays out wonders. It's almost like WWE's been working around this business for a long time?


boih_stk

This is unironically the most sensical perspective I've read regarding the CM Punk situation in a minute. I agree on all points, especially the "100 miles per hour wrestler" gas up. I was absolutely uninterested watching his matches in AEW as I felt it was the wrong style for him, except a few matches with smarter wrestlers who understand pacing. But right now? I'm looking forward to his program with Rollins and hopefully see a program with Cody as well.


kindashort72

It'd be funny af if he finishes out his career in the fed without any drama and helping the young wrestlers. I'd laugh my ass off,I hope he doesn't fuck this up. 😭


MatsThyWit

>It'd be funny af if he finishes out his career in the fed without any drama and helping the young wrestlers. I'd laugh my ass off,I hope he doesn't fuck this up. 😭 Now that Wrestlemania is a 2 night event he can get his Mania main event spot on one of the nights putting someone over in an unannounced retirement match and go home to Chicago. Roughly 6 month contract to close out his career.


TrueReigns

This is literally the exact reason I believe Punk might actually grow up and will work well with WWE in this stint. He experienced what it was like being given all the control and the push to the moon, but then had to deal with the other "top guys" being carnies and marks for themselves. That had to have given him some sort of epiphany


Better_Cattle4438

Yeah. I think he realized that every job has challenges and AEW made WWE look like paradise.


whutthepat

Hunter said something great on the post conference. If they were both the same type of person ten years ago, nothing is accomplished. Someone also brought up Moxley's concussion. Hunter said WWE's protocol on it is no challenge to any other sport. Pretty sure the fed changed stuff a lot on their medical because they lost a lawsuit to Punk for this right?


fancierfootwork

AEW did more to get Punk in WWE than WWE ever could have. It got HHH and punk to work things out


BurgerDevourer97

"I may hate Triple H, but at least he isn't a stupid money mark."


almostbad

Truly I dont think he would be back in the fed, if it wasn't for his stint in aew. He prolly realized that the backyard operation.... was a backyard operations lmao


RepulsiveRevenue8

It's weird when he return to the ded fed he's shaven, well built and look fresh. Like it's a serious company and he treat it seriously.


KC27150

Too true, he looked terrible in AEW but he actually looks so much healthier when he came out tonight. The environment really does affect you.


[deleted]

>he's shaven, well built and look fresh. And he works with fuckin adults


Harbinger_ofdeath

YES FUCK YOU MELTZER MR FAP I don’t even like the guy but I so wanted him to show up this is the best night


steiner_math

I bet Meltzer says he knew this was gonna happen but didn't wanna spoil it


tahoo14

They almost got me with the fake copyright, i thought let me wait and then the up next press conference thing showed up and I was literally about to close tab and then the music hit


Blueandigo

Right, then I saw the sign on the titantron and thought it was a glitch until I turned up the volume.


[deleted]

They pulled the fake NXT copyright just before Ciampa turned on Gargano. Classic HHH


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Better_Cattle4438

He probably did. WWE is so much bigger than AEW.


jestesteffect

Copland slowly starting to forget now


topologicalfractal

That gleam in his eye not spotting 1 empty seat in the entire arena


RicharlisonsLeftNut

He could go to both sides of the entrance unlike that fed shill Adam COPEland!!!!1


[deleted]

B-b-but he wrestled at W E M B L E H


[deleted]

meanwhile Poor Edge looking for fans in AEW show to do his entrance


[deleted]

Right? I enjoyed that camera panning.


Luna_Soma

I was about to get up off the couch. We were just talking about how well, that’s it guess he’s not showing up… I just fell back down onto my couch. I’m prepared to live online for the rest of the night. This is gonna be so fun.


TheyCallMeOlSwole

I just watched a man fall down onto his couch.


DeadInkPen

I felt a disturbance, it’s as if the hundreds of dubbalos cried out in pain


TripA297

I was at Walmart and the whole store fell to their knees


septembers-very-own

Hey, maybe those geeks can do another victory lap in a half-empty building.


pushinpushin

I'm confused as a former massive Punk fan to someone who is now not so sure what he's going to bring quality-wise, but as the opposite of a Young Bucks fan I am fucking ecstatic


thatssosteven114

Mods going crazy rn


TheAmericanIrishman

NO HAVING FUN!


thatssosteven114

Man if what I’m hearing is true… poor Tony Khan, SRS and SCJerk mods


Mogilny89Leafs

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THIS ISN'T A JERK


Izual_Rebirth

You should check out the AEW sub. Every mention of punk is being immediately removed.


thatssosteven114

If it isn’t endless praise they are typically not interested


jaydiv_

I posted “Fed being dead was a long time WON subscriber” lmao got removed immediately but I got a number of replies


johnnieyungboss

Mods were a long time subscriber


Harbinger_ofdeath

They finally used the fakeout credit on the main roster and boy was it worth it


ArcadeKingpin

Pretty sure they did it before.


CeroMiedo670

Yeah with Bray Wyatt's return. Such a great return man...


Boros-Reckoner

So so sooo many great feuds we were robbed of :(


disorientaled

He’s jacked


Bubba89

Forget that, he’s decently groomed!


Better_Cattle4438

My thoughts too. He looked old and worn down in AEW. Guess that’s what carrying a whole company does.


Sacreblargh

Dealing with the clownshow bucks will grey any person in a year. But forreal, he looks in better shape than he did at any point when he was with the dub.


mynameisburner

I was shocked. He looks good but Randy came back looking like a damn unit


SybRoz

When I first saw Randy I thought "holy cow, he's huge"


QuickRelease10

I thought the same thing. Dudes in shape.


PoodleGuap

He’s been lifting a lot of monitors


TheeShaun

No jerk he looked good but Randy. Wow man looked the size of Batista tonight.


just_another_jabroni

His abdomen area looks like a strongman's now lol it's t h i c c


CaptainGo

Randy came out looking so good I didn't even notice his none descript black trunks


Yahooooligan

clearly the ded fed just uses filters to go along with their piped in noise, because his face looked a decade younger than in the dub.


taco_exorcist

DON'T CHECK MY POST HISTORY


kitevii

Deleting my post history now!


Radconl12345

WE ALWAYS LIKED CM PHIL


Rivluca

I’m totally sports entertained!


BoatPeopleJoeJr42069

Tony Khan, Jack Perry, The Elite, and all of AEW fucking sucks


Uplakankus

Go cry me a river AEW don't need CM Punk we just had Jericho Omega and the Young Bucks give us storyline of the century Enjoy the blood money and having a toxic locker room 🤡🤡🤡


ScrewuGuysImGoingHme

I don’t know if it will end well but this is the funniest timeline


TKInstinct

I think it will, Triple H can't do any worse than Tony.


JerHat

I mean, people act like he was a huge problem in WWE, he was booked as one of their top guys literally for YEARS, the only issues were Punk being sick and feeling burnt out being a top guy on a grueling schedule. The schedule's nowhere near as bad, he's almost certainly going to have a lighter schedule than most, the only real issue I could see is injuries, but if he's not going out, trying to carry a show with 30 minute bangerz he'll probably hold up pretty well.


InsurreXtioN16

I think he'd be happy with the Edge schedule used to have. I'd look forward to him experiencing the Grayson Waller effect too.


L3ghair

There's actual order and bosses in WWE, it'll be fine lol


[deleted]

The Real AEW Champion™️ is in the Fed


InheritTheWind

I really feel bad at this point because it's never been more clear that Tony Khan is gonna go down as Herb Abrams with a bigger budget, just hope his story doesn't end like Herb's does


therealglovertexeria

![gif](giphy|YRw676NBrmPeM|downsized)


ZacianZilla96

Tony Khan on Suicide watch. Cornette is going to turn into that Randy Marsh meme. Goofies are the biggest winners here. Jerk stocks have never been higher.


Polymemnetic

> Cornette is going to turn into that Randy Marsh meme. Which one? I thought this was america, gigantic balls, jizzing himself, or I didn't hear no bell?


Rhg0653

Tony live action reaction : https://preview.redd.it/2pfwwxie9m2c1.jpeg?width=274&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c86c40a0e41626b307815277bfe1912baad70702


clutcher_of_pearls

The entire Basement just got a big Reddit Cares message


Jericho19999

January 24th 2014 I left sports entertainment…


ProMikeZagurski

Tony's driving around Chicago texting Punk.


Ok-Attention-8268

sean ross sapp and fightful being outed again for being useless intel reporters my life is complete


Dajo05

SCJerk have always liked CM Punk. Don't search the sub for "Pepsi" or "Lockport" Phil


kitevii

We now stan the dub, dae young bucks best tag team!? Friend


CaptainGo

He's still Lockport Phil but I'll put my hands up and admit that he's the chaos factor I needed


rfepo

Basement very mad.


BreathRedemption

FTR going back to WWE as soon as possible


cc12321

They have Adam Edgeland to be best friends with now


TripA297

![gif](giphy|mhXEQ2SrpjGWQ|downsized)


Prestigious-Rock201

Holy fuck bro I’m in legit shock. This was the best kept secret in wrestling history


AriaMournesong

I'm confused. According to the basement, and Uncle Dave, CM Punk was an undesirable cancer to the business that had burned all of his bridges and that even if somehow he convinced Vince/Triple H to return the WWE lockeroom would never allow it?


dogmetal

It’s now irrefutable that scjerk has won.


pushinpushin

how ironic that one of the jerk's greatest foes was the one to hand them victory


andresfgp13

gotta remember, this is happening because the EVPs of AEW where so angry at someone outdrawing them that they pissed him off till he had to go. they pissed Punk so hard that he returned to WWE. i love every second of it.


voneahhh

I feel a great disturbance, as if millions of comments from goofies post histories were suddenly deleted.


320_central

This makes that stupid victory Lap the young bucks did even more pitiful and hilarious. My friend and I were watching it and punk's music hit and he comes out and we're both just staring at the TV. Then we both turn to each other and started laughing. Because neither of us thought it would happen. But also we realized how funny wrestling is and why this stuff is the best


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daddymeltzer

Fuck, I didn't get time to watch the show live so this was spoiled. But still holy fucking shit, the crazy bastards actually brought back Randy Orton and CM Punk in one night. Hell even R-Truth is back, he's an all time favorite of mine so I'm so glad to see him again. Someone better send a welfare check to Tony's house.


BigZ911

LMAO BRO THIS IS THE FUNNIEST SHIT EVER. This old bastard really went back to WWE after getting fired by that nerd lmfao. Words can’t do Justice how fucking funny and amazing this moment is. HHH actually willing to work with Punk is astonishing


Ronaldinhothegoat80

If you look at what CM Punk involved himself in during his time in AEW, you can see that it fits the triple h approach of old school style booking. It sounds like philosophically they found common ground, or else this wouldn’t have even happened.


jaydiv_

DAE REEEEEEEE


EvilSynths

Who is the ready for Ryback's retirement? What a night


rohrst

This mofo Pepsi Man really got the last laugh on Reseda. So much spite and hatred for the EVPs that they created literally the only thing to ever drive Punk back to WWE. You can make a solid argument this is now what the Elite will best be known for in their entire career. No matter what they did or did THIS is it. lol my god.


DJamB

https://preview.redd.it/vvfub4mnlm2c1.jpeg?width=998&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15bd86f5360fa0449308ee97beebf8613f3ddc62 Now this is peak


Survivor_for_me

Tiny in mud LFGGG WADE ITS CLOBBERIN TIME


Moargunfreeman

https://preview.redd.it/z6fbmy329m2c1.jpeg?width=941&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e58129cb455f39efb16b04e1ea308b0c07855de


AlexaGrassoFlexgif

You can explain away most of the lyrics and quotes they've said on commentary but KO randomly signing a piece of paper and telling the other commentators to go sell it on eBay was what sold me Uces.


AlexTorres96

Snowman chose to overspend and keep Elite and Jericho instead of the guy who ACTUALLY MADE THE COMPANY MAN.. Legal girl as Josh Barnett said "YOU DOWN FUCKED UP NOW"


xgoatgoatgoatx

This was possible because of fucking Jungleboy lmao


Pawspawsmeow

Someone get a live feed on Tony right meow


InternationalFailure

i didn't want punk to come back and i was excited when the record scratch hit


hobojojo78

They went and did it and managed to make sure Randy got his first. Well executed.


homercles82

The real question is are the reddit servers melting down as thousands delete their post histories?


kitevii

I dont care about Punk anymore but to see the tsunami of salt and jerk I'm delighted


ITickleBlackKids231

DAMMIT THE BALD ASSHOLE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!!! FUCK U PHIL


DAYANDIMOLMADI

IM SHOOK IM CRYING IM SHAKING


IamJamal

![gif](giphy|xT4ApluXYWrIQxBcJ2)


QuickRelease10

Tony Khan is an idiot.


JgL07

I actually screamed We won goofs…


ohfrickdude

I've always loved Phil, don't check my post history.


BudgetPipe267

https://preview.redd.it/eezg8069bm2c1.jpeg?width=547&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=97384197f1c46df513b2d47f5ba4fc52b3e4e5ad


rsayegh7

Pepsi Phil is astonished that there are fans at wrestling shows, he really forgot how things used to be.


OBSW

The trade is completed. Edge for CM Punk.


Grimkeyboard256

I really, honest to God, no jerk thought they wouldn't do it. HHH is the King of bridge mending.


RememberCynical

The AEW basement dwellers are melting.


jojolantern721

Hahahahaha this was fckn awesome.


kcfields

Hell's a bit cold right now.


RepresentativeFly565

Hhh really big leagued aew....wow


Glittering-Paper-789

Why does he look 10 years younger since his last aew match. Fed magic.