 What's good Josh will Ross back again with another video. So we're gonna check out why it's time to move on from CM Punk. I was looking forward to checking this out. You guys see my previous video that showed up at the end by WWE fanatic. I'm subscribed to him. I'm gonna link the original video down below. So that way you guys can subscribe to him as well. But I'm very interested to check this out. And it's a very polarizing topic as of late in the wrestling community. Is it time to move away from CM Punk as this this mega star? You know, some people feel like his time in the in the limelight in the wrestling world is done especially with what happened at AEW and him being fired from the company and some people feel like no, he was justified in what happened in AEW and and should be treated as the star that he is. So we're gonna see the points that he offers or what not should be a good one. Appreciate all love sport skin to this one. Yeah, punk has to be one of the most polarizing figures in professional wrestling. Everywhere he's gone. He's divided fans. Something he's the best in the world while others complain that he's too much drama while both sides of the argument makes sense. My question is, does punk's value outweigh the backstage chaos he brings along? Well, that's exactly what we're trying to figure out today. This is why CM Punk is not worth the drama. When Punk first showed up in WWE in 2006, you could tell he was different. He had tattoos, lived a straight edge lifestyle and had already made a name for himself in other promotions like IWA, ROH and NWA TNA. He debuted in WWE as part of the ECW brand and fit right into the subversive mold. Within a short period, he garnered a following for his in-ring capabilities and knack for storytelling. Punk's talents were quickly rewarded when he became part of the 2006 Survivor Series traditional Elimination Tag Team match where he teamed with D Generation X and The Hardy Boys to take on Rated RKO, Mike Knox, Johnny Nitro and Gregory Helms. Despite being surrounded by so many big names, it was Punk who got the biggest reaction that night. WWE took notice of Punk's popularity and scheduled him for a match against Chris Benoit for the ECW Championship. That was supposed to be Punk's big break, but tragically it never happened for reasons that shook the wrestling world. Instead, he lost to Johnny Nitro who filled in for Benoit. Now, according to reports, Punk lost because the people backstage weren't too high on him. And doubted if this tattooed up straight-edge guy could be a main event player. Supposedly Vince at one point even told Paul Heyman to fire Punk and Heyman had to convince the boss to let him stay. Punk eventually did get that ECW Championship a few months later. He held onto it for 143 days, dishing out quality matches left and right. Yet despite that, the real test was always going to be when he stepped up to WWE's flagship shows, Raw and SmackDown. And step up he did. Within weeks of moving to Raw, Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and became world champion. Even though he lost the belt later, they protected him in the storyline. The guy even had significant wins over main event players like Batista and JBL. And he was doing well in the tag team and intercontinental title scenes. Still, something was missing. He always seemed to be a backup and never the main guy and to be frank, his backstage reputation of budding heads with producers and writers didn't help him much. Punk says he was just trying to prove a point to the big bosses, but let's be real. Wrestling is a business built on tradition and anyone who tries to disrupt of those traditions usually doesn't make it very far. Yep, punk is the opposite of tradition. He is. He doesn't look like the old school wrestlers that Vince McMahon used to love. He didn't have that type of aura. Instead, he kind of fit this new generation at the time of wrestlers who are not the biggest, you know, not the strongest, but they could tell a good story in the ring and his promo was pretty good. So, you know, it was it was one of those things he had good qualities about him, but he was always capped at a certain ceiling like Vince wasn't going to let him get past that certain point until he ended up getting past that certain point. Punk's second run with the world title after he got drafted the SmackDown was much better than his first one. This was mainly because of his feud with Jeff Hardy. Yeah, it had Hardy's struggles with addiction against punk's straight edge lifestyle. The feud had some amazing storytelling and the crowd ate it up. It was good. His program with Hardy by defeating him in a loser leaves WWE steel cage match and became one of the biggest heels in the company. Facts were expecting punk to have a lengthy reign with the world title, but he suddenly lost it to the Undertaker. According to reports, this sudden change of mind was because the Undertaker wasn't thrilled with punk's attire and made his opinions known backstage. However, nothing was ever confirmed. Whatever the reason, it was clear that punk wasn't getting a classic WWE push as he started losing back-to-back matches against the likes of Batista and Rey Mysterio. Punk's rivalry with Rey was capped off by a match at Over the Limit where punk had to shave his head as a result of losing. This led to a new look for punk as he started wearing a black mask and adopted a more sinister persona. Punk would go on to form the straight edge society along with Luke Gallows and Serena Deed, but that faction would be short-lived. After jumping from storyline to storyline, punk finally hit his stride in 2011. Until then, he had been a prominent player, but never the face of WWE. However, things shifted when punk announced his contract was expiring and he wouldn't be renewing it. This was not just a storyline. Punk was genuinely frustrated with the company's politics and was contemplating a career in MMA. On June 27th, during an episode on Raw, punk and this is where it went to the moon. This all that takes is one moment and Vince McMahon. Kudos to him. You got to say kudos to him because he's the one that OK this he's the one that let CM Punk kind of go out there and invent bent to the point where he was, you know, kind of cut it off. But if Vince didn't give the OK, then we don't have this infamous promo and we don't have the CM Punk run that we did end up getting even though it it started off rocky to summer of punk. But that's another conversation for another day. But once again, if Vince doesn't allow this to happen, we don't get this moment. So. Levered his now iconic pipe bomb promo, he broke character, criticized the company's backstage politics, called out the rock and even mentioned rival promotions. Yeah, blurred reality even further and generated massive buzz. It was unclear whether he was scripted or speaking his mind and fans aided up. Yeah, claimed he would win the WWE title and leave the company, echoing his own summer of punk storyline from years earlier, but on a grander stage at money in the bank and classic audience. CM Punk captured the WWE title, leaving everyone stunned. This storyline reignited interest in WWE sparking conversations. Did it? Oh, my God. This like this storyline got me back for those who know I say it all the time, but I gotta, you know, I gotta, you know, I'm saying let that be known. This storyline, this situation, the pipe bomb, the match with John Cena and money in a bank. This brought me back right here. So good. So damn good. Oh man, lightning in the bottle with this match. Fantastic. Is that a new era was done at that time. Punk was on the verge of becoming a cultural phenomena similar to how Steve Austin done years earlier. Speculation abounded about what punk would do next with fans excitingly imagining him showing up in independent promotions as the real WWE champion concurrently. WWE was twain Robert. Oh my God, that would have been so good. John Cena ends up because I believe they had a tournament and Ray Mysterio became the WWE champion. That was awesome. I'm like, okay, we're in a new era since CM Punk per storyline and legitimately at that point for a little bit was gone. So they had to get another WWE champion and then Ray wins, but then he ends up facing John Cena the same night and then John Cena becomes the new champion and I'm like, ah, they kind of does suck that that happened. But what they could have really did is have John Cena if he would have went heel and became the champion and then CM Punk watching all of this and then you have CM Punk come at a later date like, you know what? No, I'm the real champion. You've never beaten me for it. Look at you, John. Now what happened to hustle loyalty and respect? Oh, so much money left on the table because WWE is WWE sometimes. Within weeks, Punk lost his title and entered a seemingly directionless feud with Kevin Nash and Triple H. He did reclaim the title later, but the momentum was lost. Yep. Punk eventually left the WWE dissatisfied with his position and medical treatment, leading to a high profile legal battle with the company. After that, Punk briefly pursued a career in UFC, albeit unsuccessfully before dabbling in acting and comic book right. He made a controversial return to wrestling commentary via Fox Sports contract. His tenure on the show was riddled with issues. A seasoned member of the creative team revealed that Punk's comments on the WWE backstage show were causing disruptions. As a result, his role was reduced towards the end of the show. Then on August 20th, 2021, after spending seven years away from the wrestling business, Punk made his much-awaited return on the first episode of AEW Rampage. His debut drew one of the most amazing audience reactions to a pro wrestler in US history. In fact, the reaction was even compared to Montreal's reaction to Hulk Hogan in 2002, shortly after his WWE return, or the reaction to Triple H in Madison Square Garden a few months before that upon his return from a torn quad. Punk would start his AEW run by going against younger guys like Darby Allen and Eddie Kingston before entering into a classic feud with MJF that saw him come out on top. After that, Punk set his sights on the AEW World Championship. He captured the AEW World Championship at Double or Nothing on May 29th, 2022 by defeating Adam Page. However, just days later on the June 3rd episode of Rampage, he announced he was taking a hiatus to recover from a foot injury while retaining his title. Punk made his highly anticipated return to AEW on the August 10th special episode of Dynamite, setting up a title dispute with interim champ John Moxley. However, Moxley pulled an upset and defeated Punk on so fucking it made no sense. It just made no sense. He got squashed only for days later to get the title back. This was just random August 24th episode of Dynamite. Despite this setback, Punk came back strong to regain the AEW World Championship by defeating Moxley at All Out in September 2022. But following the event found himself embroiled in backstage drama. During the post-match media scrum, he addressed rumors that he had been involved in the firing of Colt Cabana from AEW. He accused Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks of spreading these rumors. This led to a real-life altercation between Punk and The Trio, resulting in suspensions for all involved parties. As a consequence, the AEW World Championship was vacated and Punk and the Elite were suspended. To further complicate matters, Punk underwent surgery for a torn left tricep and injury he sustained during his match at All Out. Then after a nine-month absence from AEW, Punk made his highly anticipated return aligning with FTR to win a six-man tag team match and even participating in the Owen Hart Cup Tournament. Despite losing in the finals to Ricky Starks, Punk's story took another compelling twist when he unveiled the heating even talk about how the fact that they built a show around this guy. They built collision around CM Punk. That's really what it was. They built a whole show around CM Punk. Geez, man, and it's still ultimately didn't work out. His version of the AEW World Championship, declaring himself as the real world champion. This led to a match between him and Samoa Joe at AEW's record-breaking all-in event at Wembley Stadium. However, the whole show got overshadowed because of the altercation that went down between Punk and Jack Perry backstage. The incident was apparently sparked by Perry making an on-air comment about real glass, which was a jab at a prior disagreement between him and Punk. When Punk confronted Perry backstage, the situation escalated to physicality, where Punk put Perry in a chokehold and even dropped a tower of monitors falling on AEW President Tony Khan before verbally chewing him out. AEW had previously tried to isolate Punk from potential conflicts by giving him his own show, AEW Collision, but this strategy fell apart at mixed roster pay-per-view events. Tony Khan cited safety concerns as the reason for Punk's firing, emphasizing that nobody is above the rules, no matter their star power, not even Punk. Yeah, well, once again, there's a lot of just mishandling of things and when it some people don't want to admit it, some people put all the blame on CM Punk. CM Punk deserves definitely some criticism for how he handles certain things. But at the end of the day, who company is it? Who owns AEW? Tony Khan. So Tony has to be the one to say, Hey, we're not doing this on both sides. And he let stuff happen, hoping that maybe things would translate a little bit better on television. But ultimately, when you let stuff happen like that, it just builds up until you end up with brawls. You end up with fights. You end up with people cursing at each other and disrespecting each other. So who's really ultimately to blame? For the AEW stuff, it still falls down to Tony Khan because he should have handled it much better. But CM Punk does have some responsibility in a lot of way, a lot of way things played out. He does take some responsibility or he has to take some accountability for how those things played out because if he would have handed them a lot better, maybe we wouldn't be having this conversation. Maybe he would still be in AEW. So that's always the argument, you know, some can have for the CM Punk in the AEW thing. If you would have handled it better, how things would have played out. But comment down below. Let me know. Do you guys or are you guys still fans of CM Punk or have you guys kind of just moved away from the aura of CM Punk and you kind of just, you know, you're not the biggest fan of him as of recently. Let me know down below. I appreciate all love and support. Road to 150K and I'm still here to speak to you to the rest of the world. Appreciate y'all kicking with me. See y'all next one. Peace.