CM Punk walks out

[DarksideEric]

Those are 3 pretty shitty reasons to be so unhappy you quit before your contract ends. Why not wait until July and not burn bridges? Why not be professional?

Unless any of those reasons are just the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Ever seen "Horrible Bosses?" Remember Bateman's character, feeling he was getting groomed (or at least working his ass off) to get a promotion that was seemingly there for him to take and then his boss steps in and yanks it from him?

If that's the level of suck Punk felt then he, and many others, wouldn't really question not giving his "two week notice" and just walking out instead. If he's already financially stable, and he's already "done with wrestling" (potentially), there's not a ton of reasons to keep the bridges intact. It seems the time for professionalism has long since passed if he feels that management has not been keeping up on their end.

Has we worked with giant names in the past year? Yeah, sure.

But just because you throw a giant name into the ring doesn't mean it's done correctly or where all parties are happy with the way it's done.

Bret has said a few times that he felt some of his titles were kind of meaningless.

Punk himself said he felt his second WHC was... eh, "yay."

Benoit (if I remember rightly) felt his WHC in WCW was only to keep him from leaving.

Austin left because he felt him losing to Brock with no warning or build up was not the right thing to do.

Michaels super flopped in his match with Hogan because Hogan didn't want to lose (supposedly).

Finger Poke of Doom.

Etc, etc.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

Coco, I will give them a try and get back to you.

 

[DarksideEric]

So hes sticking up for his peers by walking out? That sounds like the opposite of what he's accomplishing.

Sometimes issues get so far along that "riding it out" or "voicing your opinion" by shouting or sitting on the entrance ramp with a mic don't work anymore, so there's very little options left that don't include "screw it... I'm done."

 

[Wolf Pac]

Punk / Hardy version 2 coming to TNA near you? hmm

Punk hates TNA, he'll never go there. He's thrown shots at them plenty of times on Twitter.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

Unless any of those reasons are just the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Ever seen "Horrible Bosses?" Remember Bateman's character, feeling he was getting groomed (or at least working his ass off) to get a promotion that was seemingly there for him to take and then his boss steps in and yanks it from him?

If that's the level of suck Punk felt then he, and many others, wouldn't really question not giving his "two week notice" and just walking out instead. If he's already financially stable, and he's already "done with wrestling" (potentially), there's not a ton of reasons to keep the bridges intact. It seems the time for professionalism has long since passed if he feels that management has not been keeping up on their end.

Has we worked with giant names in the past year? Yeah, sure.

But just because you throw a giant name into the ring doesn't mean it's done correctly or where all parties are happy with the way it's done.

Bret has said a few times that he felt some of his titles kind of meaningless.

Punk himself said he felt his second WHC was... eh, "yay."

Benoit (if I remember rightly) felt his WHC in WCW was only to keep him from leaving.

Austin left because he felt him losing to Brock with no warning or build up was not the right thing to do.

Michaels super flopped in his match with Hogan because Hogan didn't want to lose (supposedly).

Finger Poke of Doom.

Etc, etc.

And those were all unprofessional things to do. I agree with Benoit but he already quit and gave his notice, he didn't get the title then quit, he got the title because he quit so I can't fault him for that.

Austin I understand but even he would tell you he handles the situation wrong. Every other example you gave I don't agree with at all, just because it happened doesn't make it right.

I love Bret more than any other wrestler but him being a mark got to be a headache. Punks a mark and its becoming a headache. I shit on Punk but I shit on everyone who can't act like a pro.

 

[ABMorales787]

And those were all unprofessional things to do. I agree with Benoit but he already quit and gave his notice, he didn't get the title then quit, he got the title because he quit so I can't fault him for that.

Austin I understand but even he would tell you he handles the situation wrong. Every other example you gave I don't agree with at all, just because it happened doesn't make it right.

I love Bret more than any other wrestler but him being a mark got to be a headache. Punks a mark and its becoming a headache. I shit on Punk but I shit on everyone who can't act like a pro.

Sounds like you've never been given a cold shoulder at your job behind the scenes while they falsely praise you in the forefront. Giving you just bits and pieces instead of what they promise.

 

[therockiswwf]

If you are getting paid and being treated very well, be a professional. I can get why he is angry but this is not the way to go about it. If he wasn't being paid well, not being given a chance and/or being treated poorly, I could understand the decision to walk away.

Life isn't fair and he should know that. Just because he has killed himself all year does not entitle him to anything. He is not owed a Wrestlemania Main Event, that is all there is to it.

 

[DarksideEric]

And those were all unprofessional things to do. I agree with Benoit but he already quit and gave his notice, he didn't get the title then quit, he got the title because he quit so I can't fault him for that.

Austin I understand but even he would tell you he handles the situation wrong. Every other example you gave I don't agree with at all, just because it happened doesn't make it right.

I love Bret more than any other wrestler but him being a mark got to be a headache. Punks a mark and its becoming a headache. I shit on Punk but I shit on everyone who can't act like a pro.

I didn't claim situations like Michaels over-selling Hogan was "right," it was an example of how "being with big names" doesn't always mean how it was done was done correctly.

For instance, Hogan vs. Michaels are two big names in a big match. But as far as I've heard/read/etc, Michaels was supposed to go over in that match, not Hogan. That's a situation of "being in the ring with big names not being done correctly." And thus that leads to people getting frustrated.

Unlike Michaels however, Punk didn't make a fool out of anyone else. He didn't get in the ring and make someone (a legend at that) look dumb.

He was frustrated so he walked himself out. He didn't try to hijack the show, he said (seemingly) "I don't really need this shit anymore" and called it a day.

There's little, if anything, wrong with that. If an employer pushes you to that point of frustration, you have every right in the world to act that frustrated.

 

[CH David]

Spoken like a poor person who thinks money won't change him.

You must be broke as fuck.

I'd like to think I'd be a humble kid if I somehow struck it rich, but I'd totally be telling people "Fuck yo couch!!" and waving money around like an asshole. Just because I could.

 

[Poop Master Flex]

Sounds like you've never been given a cold shoulder at your job behind the scenes while they falsely praise you in the forefront. Giving you just bits and pieces instead of what they promise.

Yeah actually I have. My current job I've been getting false promises for a year ranging from pay raise to promotion, i think their direction is fucking insane (the bottom line would suggest so), if I quit today I could take a decent vacation without much worry financially but there's a way to handle it. I'm at the end of my patience so I don't see me lasting much longer there regardless of if I get another job but either way I'm not quitting by storming out, I will give my notice, do my favors on the way out and move on. I doubt I will need them again for anything but why torch the bridge? There's no reason to outside of being butthurt.

 

[ABMorales787]

If you are getting paid and being treated very well, be a professional. I can get why he is angry but this is not the way to go about it. If he wasn't being paid well, not being given a chance and/or being treated poorly, I could understand the decision to walk away.

Life isn't fair and he should know that. Just because he has killed himself all year does not entitle him to anything. He is not owed a Wrestlemania Main Event, that is all there is to it.

What exactly did he do wrong? He got tired and left. He made no public fuzz about it. What was so unprofessional about his action?

 

[Coco]

I'd like to think I'd be a humble kid if I somehow struck it rich, but I'd totally be telling people "Fuck yo couch!!" and waving money around like an asshole. Just because I could.

I'd tell you to slow your roll. But rich people don't have to slow their roll.

 

[ABMorales787]

Yeah actually I have. My current job I've been getting false promises for a year ranging from pay raise to promotion, i think their direction is fucking insane (the bottom line would suggest so), if I quit today I could take a decent vacation without much worry financially but there's a way to handle it. I'm at the end of my patience so I don't see me lasting much longer there regardless of if I get another job but either way I'm not quitting by storming out, I will give my notice, do my favors on the way out and move on. I doubt I will need them again for anything but why torch the bridge? There's no reason to outside of being butthurt.

And Punk didn't give his notice? He's only been speaking out about all this since 2011. I see nothing unprofessional in saying "I reached my breaking point, bye". He did not make any fuzz. He did not bad mouth anyone. He simply packed up and said goodbye. Why is that so unprofessional?

 

[therockiswwf]

At least give them notice that you want to leave by whatever date so they can finish whatever story they have you in. That is what I find unprofessional. Just deciding to leave without giving them any notice.

Now if it comes out that he did give them notice then he has every right to quit.

 

[therockiswwf]

A notice is not I'm mad and things better change. It is I am leaving at this date. At that date, I will not longer work for you. That is what a professional would do.

 

[CH David]

I'd tell you to slow your roll. But rich people don't have to slow their roll.

Until that happens, I shall slow.

 

[George Steele's Barber]

Vegas Hilton just put the odds at 3 to 1 that AJ gives Batista Roadhead to Wrestlemania during Punk's absence.

6 to 1 that he main events all over her face.

What did Michelle Beadle call Punk again?

 

[ABMorales787]

At least give them notice that you want to leave by whatever date so they can finish whatever story they have you in. That is what I find unprofessional. Just deciding to leave without giving them any notice.

Oh please. Don't be naive. It's not his concern if there's a storyline with him in it. If he's not contractually binded to finish it, then why should he follow through and satisfy the employers?

 

[DarksideEric]

A notice is not I'm mad and things better change. It is I am leaving at this date. At that date, I will not longer work for you. That is what a professional would do.

Know what professionals also do?

Not push their employees to the point of frustration where just walking out seems to be the last viable option.

 

[therockiswwf]

My point was more about the notice. The notice will give them a chance to prepare for you to leave (which includes tying up loose ends). Not that he has to stay until the story finishes, just give a date and it's up to the employer on how to finish whatever loose ends maybe left by that date.

 

[Alastor]

I cannot believe fans are still trying to defend Punk if he really did walk out. He has every right to quit if he isn't happy but to try and say it was not unprofessional at the timing of his walk out just shows you are clouded in your view of the situation by your fandom of wrestling or of the wrestler.

I still don't get why people are assuming CM Punk and Daniel Bryan are besties and try to link the situation with showing support against the 'poor' treatment of Bryan. For all we know Bryan is closer to Cena than Punk due to who they are dating and might be more comfortable working within the WWE system. Maybe Punk realize he is losing his main draw in the WWE (hipster crowd who cheer for anyone from the indies) to someone else who wants to work within the system and felt threatened about his spot on the roster and choose to leave before being demoted into Orton's years of upper mid card hell.

 

[therockiswwf]

How is paying a guy a lot of money and giving him big time matches treating him badly?

 

[ABMorales787]

My point was more about the notice. The notice will give them a chance to prepare for you to leave (which includes tying up loose ends). Not that he has to stay until the story finishes, just give a date and it's up to the employer on how to finish whatever loose ends maybe left by that date.

He's not working for a bank or a restaurant. He's an independant contractor. He's free to sever ties without having to give a 2 week notice.

 

[therockiswwf]

My point is it is professional to give them a notice. I understand he has the right to quit whenever he wants. But just walking out is unprofessional.

If you owned a business and an important guy just quit, no notice or anything. Imagine how you would feel. I imagine you would not be very happy about it.

 

[Alastor]

He's not working for a bank or a restaurant. He's an independant contractor. He's free to sever ties without having to give a 2 week notice.

You seem to fail to grasp the difference between 'he can' and 'he should'. Fans will forgive him well because they are fans. Promoters, events people will say fk that cunt for being unprofessional but what can they do when that cunt is still a huge draw and try to pacify him.