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CM Punk has made it pretty clear, on multiple occasions, that he has no plans to again work or perform as a pro wrestler/sports entertainer. Still whenever he tries to promote his current work as a MMA announcer, actor and pop culture talking head, or just wants to be a fan of his beloved Chicago sports teams on Twitter, people ask him about wrestling.
It’s probably pretty frustrating. Which is something Punk expressed in this tweet while inviting some discussion of the business/form on his terms:
Since I can’t have fun and tweet about movies or baseball without you telling me about rasslin’, question for you: Why do you spend your time on something you hate? If it’s soooooo bad, leave it. I did. Works wonders. I look forward to the intelligent discourse.
— CM Puck (@CMPunk) June 20, 2019
It’s pretty clear where this is going to go. The assumptions behind the question that everyone tweeting him is unhappy watching wrestling yet is unable to stop, and that they dislike all shows & companies, aren’t really a good first step to “intelligent discourse”. Punk’s also presented his solution, which sets up an argument with anyone who has a different answer.
And it went about as well as you’d think:
Imagine going to the movies once a week to see the same movie you hated last week. For years.
— CM Puck (@CMPunk) June 20, 2019
It’s called Stockholm syndrome. https://t.co/xhIqprhaJA
— CM Puck (@CMPunk) June 20, 2019
You get the idea. This one popped me all around though:
This is super dark and i’m here for it.
— CM Puck (@CMPunk) June 20, 2019
So, yeah. Punk probably didn’t help anyone who hates watching Raw to stop, and he definitely didn’t succeed in getting people to stop tweeting him about wrestling:
a subtlety hidden message, I salute you pic.twitter.com/KSZIBjGadT
— _ (@Duke_StreetKing) June 20, 2019
But he did get some more attention, so there’s that.