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Originally Posted by Evil Vito I do understand the gripe that Punk feels like "another guy" now. I assumed he'd make sporadic appearances and only wrestle occasionally, not be a weekly fixture. Listening to him in interviews it really sounds like the passion got reignited for him and he's wanted to wrestle a lot more often than he thought he would. It's one of those things where, you managed to get a guy back after a 7 year retirement, you really gonna tell him "nah, we can't bring you in every week" when he wants to do it? Would be hard pressed to make that call. He doesn't feel like a special attraction, but he's still getting one of the biggest reactions every week. I have no issues with Danielson though. That dude bleeds wrestling, I always assumed he was coming in to have bangers every week and he's delivered.

Nothing Punk has done to me has amounted to much of anything. I also dont see how it gets glossed over that he is WWE CM Punk. He has the same music, the same shirt, the same promo, the same moveset, and the same gimmick. He hates WWE for holding him back, yet with complete freedom he is doing exactly the same thing he was doing in the place that held him back? Hell he even has the same "FED BAD" complaints he had from 7 years ago.

Except now he is 7 years older, a pretty big hypocrite, and he only showed up after failing at everything else he tried for seven years, including trying to get Vince to take him back first.

I was very lukewarm on the idea of Punk joining, and it has played out exactly like I figured.

Danielson has been far better, despite ill fated heel turns and draws in big matches. Nothing Bryan himself has done has been bad, and AEW not taking full advantage is on them.

I do not think Tony Khan is capable of booking any other style than how he has for 3 years. Other than debuts and some of the stuff Cody has been in (like getting squashed by Brodie and Black), has AEW done anything that we didnt see coming from a mile away? Not that its bad to have a lot of that if it pleases the fanbase, but how many 6 or 8 or 10 man tags are we supposed to care about?

This was their first BIG special show in months, and not only did they fail to get a million again, they went down in their demo from last week. I say THEIR demo because it is all they care about, but I think we are getting to that point I was talking about a while back. The average age of their viewers is going to roll over to 50 sooner than later, and then what? If that demo is truly all that matters to TV providers, then they are in deep shit when that demo keeps falling.

And that is the problem with booking the way they do, they have not obtained any new fans, and they maybe retained 5% of all lapsed fans who have given them a fair shot. They all pat themselves on the back so much they are oblivious to the fact that they have dropped the ball every time they have heated up whatsoever.