WWE News: CM Punk signs with WWE ?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Ian Rotten told a IWA Mid South crowd yesterday that CM Punk has signed a WWE Deal. Its expected that this weeks show will be his last for the company as well.

Punk has been getting persued by the WWE and TNA. But the WWE had a better offer It seems. The WWE hasn't denied or has Punk. Leslie Lee has detailed that Punk's current gimmick has made him an Indie favorite In ROH so It doesn't shock me he was signed so fast.

I wonder what Leslie thinks about this news ? I do congratulate ROH for getting Punk noticed. Heres hoping he keeps the gimmick thats made him a success.


In other news Juventud Guerrera will work the WWE Dark shows or be on TV this week. Guerrera has said he's close to signing a WWE deal just like Super Crazy did weeks ago. CW Anderson Is expected to work the shows as well and will be on ECW's PPV as well.


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[marshal99]

There's only 1 serious deal for CM Punk on the table and it isn't from TNA. TNA isn't in any shape or form to compete with WWE at all and they signing contract deals with AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels isn't going to help them financially especially more so now with no TV deals.
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BUFFALO -- CM Punk was a busy man Saturday night before the debut Ring of Honor show in Buffalo. He sat down with SLAM! Wrestling for a few minutes in between preparations to talk about a WWE deal on the table, his future, federation competition, and Starbucks.

SLAM! - There are a lot of people interested in your future right now. How do you like being talked about so much?

PUNK - It's a good time to be CM Punk right now. Not that it's ever a bad time to be CM Punk, but right now it's a lot of fun. This is probably only going to happen to me once the way the wrestling business is, with there being only one place to make a living and TNA trying their best to make it two places. I'm probably never going to see this much attention in my career so I'm just trying to enjoy it.

SLAM! - How important are you and Ring of Honor to each other?

PUNK - I hate talking about myself in the third person and I hate making it sound like I'm putting myself over, but I guess you can't talk about Ring of Honor without mentioning me. Ring of Honor is extremely important to me, I'm pretty sure everybody knows that, and maybe to a lesser extent know how important I am to Ring of Honor. I don't think a lot of fans realize that I run the school, do the commentary, I have tremendous input in what goes on and who gets used and who gets brought in. I don't know, I guess I'm one of the main event guys, aren't I?

SLAM! - With all the online griping about Triple H's influence on the WWE, isn't it a blessing that the fans don't know about yours?


PUNK - (Laughs) I think so. Anybody wants to call me the Triple H of Ring of Honor, I think that's hilarious. I would prefer to call Triple H the CM Punk of the WWE.

SLAM! - Every business goes through highs and lows. What's your impression of the state of wrestling today?

PUNK - Oh, it's in the crapper. I mean there's one place to work if you want to make a living. Put it this way: I think if TNA was a healthier company, I think I'd probably be somewhere already. But I think the WWE knows that TNA doesn't have TV and they're not going to be signing anybody so they can maybe bide their time with talent. Whereas if there were two companies like when it was WCW and WWE, you either go to one or the other. And if someone really wanted you they would have a bidding war and they would snatch you up. I'd like to think that the wrestling business in the next few years is going to be on the upswing and I'm going to be on top of it. It'll come around, it just takes time.

SLAM! - Roger Clemens left a team in Boston that had a chance to beat the Yankees and instead helped the Yankees win, when staying where he was and winning might have been more meaningful. At what point do you cut off your personal desires in exchange for being part of something special?

PUNK - That's a great question, and for the past week that's where my head has been, so you now have a little insight on what goes on in my head. I've been sitting on an offer for a week and I've been thinking about it, and I think it means the world that I've been given the time to think. They didn't try to rush me into anything - they gave me time to think.

SLAM! - Only one offer?

PUNK - Obviously there's TNA, but how much of an offer can they give me if they don't have TV?

SLAM! - What are the chances of getting Ring of Honor that all-important TV show?

PUNK - The only way Ring of Honor is going to get TV is if a billionaire suddenly decides to give us a million dollars or if we get put on some kind of network or station where we don't have to fund it. It's that simple, so translation: it's not going to happen anytime soon.

SLAM! - How much are you looking forward to making your decision and moving on?

PUNK - You end one part of your life, a new chapter opens, and that's where I'm at right now. I normally get to do things on my terms and run things and make my own rules, so I'd like to think that if I was to leave Ring of Honor I would go out my own way and be able to tell the story the way I wanted to tell it.

SLAM! - What other goals do you have for yourself within the next year?

PUNK - To have invested whatever money I have made in the next year into something that is going to grow and make more money for me if I was to ever not be able to wrestle. My goal is to have a condo in Chicago, a bulldog named Dynamite and maybe a Starbucks.

SLAM! - Anything else you'd like to put out there?

PUNK - Unfortunately I don't have all the info on me now but everybody should give money to the Chris Candido Memorial Fund.

[clayholio]

I hope this is true. Punker deserves a shot at the big time, and he's everything you could want from a wrestler. Just wait until they let him on the mic.

After three years or so with Ring of Honor, I think he's done what he can down there. He's been a main eventer for years and heads their training camp. Sure, he's not going to be wrestling 60 minute draws with WWE, but there will always be the ROH DVDs of that stuff. But the opportunity to see Punk vs. Angle or Punk vs. Benoit (or Punk vs. Eddie...boy I hope he ends up on Smackdown!) outweighs that.

So, while this hasn't been officially announced yet, I sure hope it's true. He's a star in the making, and that isn't going to happen on the indie scene or with a company with no TV.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I hope this is true. Punker deserves a shot at the big time, and he's everything you could want from a wrestler. Just wait until they let him on the mic.

After three years or so with Ring of Honor, I think he's done what he can down there. He's been a main eventer for years and heads their training camp. Sure, he's not going to be wrestling 60 minute draws with WWE, but there will always be the ROH DVDs of that stuff. But the opportunity to see Punk vs. Angle or Punk vs. Benoit (or Punk vs. Eddie...boy I hope he ends up on Smackdown!) outweighs that.

So, while this hasn't been officially announced yet, I sure hope it's true. He's a star in the making, and that isn't going to happen on the indie scene or with a company with no TV.


TNA will get back on TV at some point. With eithor FSN or Spike TV. The WGN fell thru for some reason. No Idea yet. TNA Is shooting tapes for thier International fans right now.

[clayholio]

TNA will get back on TV at some point. With eithor FSN or Spike TV. The WGN fell thru for some reason. No Idea yet. TNA Is shooting tapes for thier International fans right now.

Oh, no doubt they'll be back on TV, even if it's just back on FSN. But the timing is really bad not to have a show going (or at least announced) if they're going to try to compete with the WWE over signing talent. With nothing announced, it's a "trust me" kind of situation.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Oh, no doubt they'll be back on TV, even if it's just back on FSN. But the timing is really bad not to have a show going (or at least announced) if they're going to try to compete with the WWE over signing talent. With nothing announced, it's a "trust me" kind of situation.


It Is a bad situation. I think Its a horrible spot and they should cancel the June thru August PPV's. But odds are they won't and hope they can lure fans ala the WWA did with PPV's each month.

They were close to a deal with WGN but something hurt It. Dixie Carter had a few small details that seemingly held up that deal. But a few small details could cause a lot of damage In the long run. An example would be ECW on TNN.


Really I think If Its " True me" and they sign me to a contract whats the problem ? A lot of Indie guys would want that steady pay. I don't blame A.J Styles or Daniels for jumping to It.

[Erik Lehnsherr]

Hooray! So he made it. But will he get the chance to shine or a even a suitable push?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Hooray! So he made it. But will he get the chance to shine or a even a suitable push?


Thats what I'm wondering. For every Chris Jericho there Is a Raven.

[Valmore]

Thats what I'm wondering. For every Chris Jericho there Is a Raven.

More like, for every Y2J there is a Chris Jericho. Y2J got huge pushes. Chris Jericho got to be the first Unified Champion and was immediately made everyone's bizatch in the ring. That had to be one of the worst-planned title runs ever, and not by any fault of Jericho's.