"Angry Man" CM Punk Interview With Complex

[Kidd Dibiase]

IMO his biggest mistake in all this is going by CM Punk in UFC instead of his real name. Though his wrestling name sells, people are always going to circle back to his Wrestling past. Should have just gone with his real name and kept it moving.



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agree, this was stupid

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

he's just playing the real life heel role. he's probably a nice guy

 

[prophecypro]

At this point he's having to field these questions for so long while training still and having setbacks it gotta be getting to him still.
Realistically though I'm floored anyone thought he'd be ready in 6 months for fight when he never did MMA before. Even now if he does fight in the summer that's pretty fastracking from 18 months with zero skills.

 

[MrSinnister]

After reading the whole article, I've got a feeling he won't be in the UFC long. He doesn't realize how strong the media is in sports and how they can really make or break your career. I've seen mediocre players and coaches have long careers cause they know how to play the game with the media and I've seen good athletes and coaches out of jobs cause they don't. He doesn't work with the WWE so he can't hide behind being in character. The only people they put up with who are snarky and have bad attitudes are the elite athletes. Even then, once they start to slip the hit pieces about them start to come out too.

And if you're Black, like TO, Moss, and Cam, they come after you the first time they see a chink in your armor and just become your biggest visible ticks until you're dry.

TO and Randy likely would still be playing by now if not for the media. Cam is about to get his. No Black can get or stay on top without major controversies that show or destroy character. That privilege for the White elite athletes, who can go their entire careers without that much heat (elite heat is inevitable always, as eyes are always on you).

 

[Golayitdown]

I'm a punk fan, have no problem walking out on WWE, but he does come off like a whiney bytch. He needs to accept the fact people will always know him as CM Punk. You don't have to completely live in the past but you also can't completely turn your back on who you were, life doesn't work like that.

Cosign. Punk is probably my favorite guy of the last 6-7 years, but I don't have an allegiance to anyone in regards to defending behavior. If it's that important to him, doing these kinds of interviews is probably not the best idea. The Twitter accusations in the article tell you everything you need to know about the situation. He wants to be CM Punk without being CM Punk and gets upset when people can't or don't want to make the distinction. For most, there's no way to separate the two because his name is synonymous with wrestling and 10/10 they wouldn't know who he was otherwise.

 

[Silkk]

IMO his biggest mistake in all this is going by CM Punk in UFC instead of his real name. Though his wrestling name sells, people are always going to circle back to his Wrestling past. Should have just gone with his real name and kept it moving.

Dana probably hit him with the

 

[D-NICE]

At this point he's having to field these questions for so long while training still and having setbacks it gotta be getting to him still.
Realistically though I'm floored anyone thought he'd be ready in 6 months for fight when he never did MMA before. Even now if he does fight in the summer that's pretty fastracking from 18 months with zero skills.

I don't think anyone thought he would be ready in 6 months, but if media is asking him about his transition and he seems like he wants to put hands on them when they do, then he needs to get in the ring and show us that aggression that he is showing these writers who were probably forced to go interview him. He seems to have a weird idea of himself that he can't show weakness or that people are trying to attack him. If he had answered the question "The transition is a little more difficult than I thought. I don't have the amateur wrestling background like Brock who came here and had success so its taking a little longer to be ready than I thought. The UFC is the elite level of MMA and I want to make sure I'm prepared both mentally and physically and take advantage of the opportunity that the UFC is giving me." probably wouldn't even be a thread. Instead he went another route. Like I said earlier, this ain't WWE magazine or Prowrestling Weekly. These media dudes can mess up his career before he really starts. He pisses off the wrong one, he better hope his background is completely clean cause they will start digging.

 

[prophecypro]

I don't think anyone thought he would be ready in 6 months, but if media is asking him about his transition and he seems like he wants to put hands on them when they do, then he needs to get in the ring and show us that aggression that he is showing these writers who were probably forced to go interview him. He seems to have a weird idea of himself that he can't show weakness or that people are trying to attack him. If he had answered the question "The transition is a little more difficult than I thought. I don't have the amateur wrestling background like Brock who came here and had success so its taking a little longer to be ready than I thought. The UFC is the elite level of MMA and I want to make sure I'm prepared both mentally and physically and take advantage of the opportunity that the UFC is giving me." probably wouldn't even be a thread. Instead he went another route. Like I said earlier, this ain't WWE magazine or Prowrestling Weekly. These media dudes can mess up his career before he really starts. He pisses off the wrong one, he better hope his background is completely clean cause they will start digging.

Thing is he has said this all through 2015 in the few interviews he's done.

 

[MrSinnister]

Thing is he has said this all through 2015 in the few interviews he's done.

And he got injured before his first fight. He has to stop being like my dad, and understand he still has something to prove. I also think some of this comes from that. He's not CM Punk anymore. Whatever he proved there, doesn't count, although like Taker, he used references to MMA to legitimize himself to the WWE audience.

He has to realize that he is expected to fail, and hasn't proven shyt. Actually, it the respect he garnered as Punk that has kept these questions so normal, as well as trying to avoid his natural snarkiness. Now, if that is continued to be awarded with a grown ass "fighter" talking about Twitter trolls, then they may turn and he will get a lot of heat.

People are rooting for him to fail (majority). A few are neutral, and and some are with him. He has to take care of the last two more than he's been doing and realize he's done shyt to not be humble about himself and the sport. On this track, the first time he loses, people will run from Australia to bury him.

 

[Cladyclad]

To this day, Michael Jordan doesn't speak to Sports Illustrated because of this cover and the article written about his baseball career.

The writer said his career suffered because of this too

 

[Silkk]

The writer said his career suffered because of this too

Majin Jordan aint letting shyt slide

 

[dbp]

dude kinda reminds me of his boy Chael.....but he doesnt back off it (esp with the OTR stuff)

Not even a bit, Chael is always wink wink nudge nudge and seems like a happy guy clownin people

Punk is 24/7

 

[FreshAIG]

if you're a real interviewer you're used to people being grumpy and onerary and know not to take it personal. Punk is a dikk so you have to know what questions to ask him to get a good back and forth. The problem is most interviewers do zero research on the person they're interviewing.

 

[Dillah810]

Still Mad Mike Mizanin got that Mania main event before he did

I'm surprised Triple H didn't do it from the top rope.

 

[stro]

I lol to this day about the 2010 Rumble where Punk comes in a 3, dominates, gets promo time between each entrant, and then HHH comes in to eliminate him in 30 seconds.