Now i know how it is. Rumours spread like wild fire around the IWC.
What exactly is the rumor? There was a segment on Raw where Chris Jericho challenged Punk to a match-through Paul Heyman-and it was accepted. How exactly is that a rumor when they devoted a 15 minute segment to it?
I guess my point is, the company seems to have this emergency thing where they bring back wrestlers before they should. Now I know Cena was fully healed and no wrestler gets back into the ring without being medically cleared, but I just feel like they rushed CM Punk back.
If the wrestler is agreeable to it and feels they have sufficient rest, why shouldn't they be brought back? Come Payback, this will have been almost 9 weeks off TV for CM Punk, and nine weeks since he's wrestled. In other words, more then two months.
If WWE and CM Punk have come to an agreement, who are we to say that it's 'too soon'?
Do you think that Punk has been brough back to TV too soon?
Well, he hasn't come back to TV yet, but the answer to your question is "no."Why?
1. Ryback has failed tremendously as a top heel. Tremendously. He's a stop-gap feud for Cena at this point, nothing more. WWE tends to heat up around MITB and Summerslam, and part of that will be a good challenger for John Cena. Who better then CM Punk, who, other then for a few weeks, has never chased Cena for the title?
2. Payback is in Chicago. Chris Jericho, marginalized as he is at times, is still a top guy. What better place and what better opponent for Punk to make his return against then Chris Jericho? Given the fact that Jericho is more then willing to put younger guys over, as he's done with Punk, a victory here could put Punk right back into the championship picture.
3. It's great timing. MITB and Summerslam are generally PPV's WWE invests a lot into, and giving Punk momentum headed in, whether it be in a title match against Cena or challenging for MITB would be smart business.
Do wrestlers when they have time away need as much as they can get before they go back on the road?
Sure. I'm a huge advocate for, as long as they're not champion, giving wrestlers time off. I'd advocate each wrestler, including John Cena, take a 6-8 week break every year in order to heal up, both physically and mentally. Wrestling is a grind on the body in several ways, and can burn out a person mentally as well.
It's no different then any other job- Vacation time is there for a reason. A tireless work ethic is admirable, until one crashes and burns. It was smart of Punk to take the time when he had the chance to rest up.
Wait makes you guys all think this is really gonna happen, they could just as easily hit Punks music at Payback & nothing happens, he doesn't come out, then after a few mins. of everyone wondering wtf is going on Heyman come out & regrets to inform everyone that Punk is not there tonight , but Curtis Axel is, then Axel jumps Jericho from behind & we get Axel vs. Jericho instead of Punk vs. Jericho. This would surely piss off fans hoping to see their hometown hero make his long awaited return, thus give loads of heel heat to Punk, Heyman & probably most importantly Axel. Not saying this is what's gonna happen, but I would put it past WWE not to do something like this.
The only problem with this scenario is that this match, especially being in Punk's hometown, is going to be one of the marquee matches on the card, no doubt.
So ideally, this would put great heat on Punk and Paul Heyman. Unfortunately, this puts even bigger heat on WWE for promising Punk and not delivering, a big screw you to those who ordered the PPV/bought tickets in anticipation of this match.
If they do this before the PPV, say the go-home Raw, that's fine. But to pull this during the PPV after people have shelled out $45-$55 dollars is an insult to fans. People who paid to see CM Punk aren't going to be satisfied with....Curtis Axel. And they won't blame Punk and Heyman, they'll blame WWE.
Which doesn't bode well for future business.
Unless you are taking bumps left and right, I don't think you need one. But then again, I don't make wrestlers into idols and call'em as I see'em like I do with everyday people. I know some of you love them.... I don't think it's laziness I think it is more of being mentally soft, and I don't care about being XXX. .
Bull. Even if you love you job, as I do, I take time off both in the summer and winter to re-cooperate. I need it mentally and physically alike, and my job isn't physically demanding whatsoever.
Why shouldn't wrestlers, who put their bodies on the line to entertain, get the same luxury? All other professional athletes get off-seasons, why shouldn't the same be afforded to
professional wrestlers?
Have you heard the saying, "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak"? Regardless of it's scripted nature, it's a physical sport. Everyone needs time off to rest, regardless of career. Why do you think most professional athletes retire in their 30's? Because of the punishment they put their bodies through. Bodies slow down, and if not given time to recharge, the mind can follow.
CM Punk is 35 years old. If his body is telling him he needs time, and, God forbid, he needs vacation, how is that being mentally soft?
