This is from a house show event so I wasnt quite sure where to put it. I've also looked for other posts but couldnt find any.
Thanks to Jeremy Wilkins for sending in another eye witness account of the CM Punk/fan altercation which took place at the WWE Raw house show event last night in Shreveport, Louisiana:
"As C.M. Punk was exiting (following his match against Mark Henry), he was shouting at numerous fans at ringside. He approached a family with two small children and began to do the same.
After some lengthy jawing back and forth, he screamed at one of the kids (age 10 or so) to slap him. The child did so. Punk laughed it off and shouted, "Oh yea! Slap me again." At this point, he grabbed the kid by the shirt, thus sending the kid into tears and stretching out his shirt.
This is when it got real serious. Punk and the child's parents had to be separated. As Punk walked off, I could hear him yelling, "He scratched my eye," which was evident by a little bit of swelling.
Security then escorted the family away for questioning. They also questioned a few of us at ringside and requested contact numbers.
It will be interesting to see if Punk shows any effects from this. I thought this was instigated by Punk, but with that being said, fans should never place their hands on a Superstar."
The last part of that really irks me. From how the author Nick Paglino paints the picture a man in his 30's weighing a lot more than a 10 year old child who is viewed as a villain and is shouting and being physically as well as mentally intimidating goes out of his way to go over to said child and provokes him. No explanation or idea as to why he did.
Had I been that age I would have done the same thing as him. Punk then went on to physically jerk the kid around. If this is a work thats fine and all however, I believe that if a wrestler goes out of his way to go to someone and do that you need to expect it from a child and NOT fight back. You need a professionalism. Thats something CM Punk clearly didnt have. I believe the child was in the right. Had it been anyone over the age of 13 I would say no. But it doesnt help matters when you ask for it again.
I firmly believe Nick Paglino is on the wrong side of the fence on this one. Please share your thoughts.
Thanks to Jeremy Wilkins for sending in another eye witness account of the CM Punk/fan altercation which took place at the WWE Raw house show event last night in Shreveport, Louisiana:
"As C.M. Punk was exiting (following his match against Mark Henry), he was shouting at numerous fans at ringside. He approached a family with two small children and began to do the same.
After some lengthy jawing back and forth, he screamed at one of the kids (age 10 or so) to slap him. The child did so. Punk laughed it off and shouted, "Oh yea! Slap me again." At this point, he grabbed the kid by the shirt, thus sending the kid into tears and stretching out his shirt.
This is when it got real serious. Punk and the child's parents had to be separated. As Punk walked off, I could hear him yelling, "He scratched my eye," which was evident by a little bit of swelling.
Security then escorted the family away for questioning. They also questioned a few of us at ringside and requested contact numbers.
It will be interesting to see if Punk shows any effects from this. I thought this was instigated by Punk, but with that being said, fans should never place their hands on a Superstar."
The last part of that really irks me. From how the author Nick Paglino paints the picture a man in his 30's weighing a lot more than a 10 year old child who is viewed as a villain and is shouting and being physically as well as mentally intimidating goes out of his way to go over to said child and provokes him. No explanation or idea as to why he did.
Had I been that age I would have done the same thing as him. Punk then went on to physically jerk the kid around. If this is a work thats fine and all however, I believe that if a wrestler goes out of his way to go to someone and do that you need to expect it from a child and NOT fight back. You need a professionalism. Thats something CM Punk clearly didnt have. I believe the child was in the right. Had it been anyone over the age of 13 I would say no. But it doesnt help matters when you ask for it again.
I firmly believe Nick Paglino is on the wrong side of the fence on this one. Please share your thoughts.
