Man when Joe and Punk call it quits from wrestling they need to have a podcast or radio show or something because I can listen to these two talk and tell stories for days lmao
Fast forward Punk Vs Joe for the final time for the AEW championship in the UK. Say what you want but Punk was awesome in AEW. When he faced MJF and came out with his old AFI entrance at Revolution I got literal chills
Daniels I remember him & Sonjay Dutt in MLW in 2003 having that J Cup finals match. It was the match of the year. Check it out right now if you haven't seen it. I swore those 2 kids would be in WWE in 2-3 years. They ended up stuck in TNA forever & now AEW. Absolutely disrespected.
It's crazy to hear names like Roddy Strong or Lethal & they still haven't made it. Strong is kinda finally have his moment in AEW but Lethal has been passed by too much for too long.
Watching this makes me wonder how 20 deaths didn't happen during this period. RoH was as indie as indie could get. Yet 15-20 years later so many of those performers are top notch. You don't full mature as a wrestler until you're like 35. The sad part is most can't MAKE IT to 35.
It feels somewhat poetic that Punk got to have his last match in AEW with Joe in front of such a huge audience, when their original legendary matches happened in front of hundreds of people. I wish things didn't have to go the way they did, but in retrospect that final match at Wembly felt like those two just having some fun, because Punk knew he was done. Also cool that Joe has since gone on to be a world champion again, even if his run feels like a bit of an afterthought.
@@BR78973I hope so, he's still one of my favorite wrestlers ever. I just want AEW to succeed because competition is important. WWE is better than it was 5 years ago because AEW forced them to step up their game. Cody would have never finished the story without it. And Punk would have probably stayed retired. I just think if things had been different, Punk (and Cody as well for that matter) could have elevated AEW way way more than they already had, and continued to force WWE to be competitive and up their game even more. In an ideal world for me, WWE and AEW would both be really good, and I'd be excited for and watch both all the time.
He is from Chicago, he was just living in PA at the time this was taped because he was regularly performing in ROH, so easy access to Philly was important.
Something about two dudes talking 100% casually without any filter while also not trying hard to be offensive/edgy despite saying "offensive" things is really fun to watch. This oddly reminds me of hangouts and VHS camcorder recordings I had with friends this same year.
Its fun seeing these guys young and immature and just a few years removed form their respective break outs. Joe would go on to become one of the top guys in TNA and Punk in ECW reboot and then WWE. But this interview is also the one of the major problems with the whole indie scene in that time. Yes kayfabe was dying but these guys absolutely massacred it.
@@guacamole9199 that's fine and like I said, I know the time period but my point is there's a difference between giving people a sneak peak and just completely burning the curtain down.
He’s got 00’s Indie wrestler written all over him. I love The Undertaker, but pre-2000, nobody (outside of Hulk Hogan and Macho Man, they were bald/balding) wore a Bandana, Taker starts wearing them, then half the indie guys have them.
@@Mrs.Polizzi-Maloney I mean, in general they are both just dressing in the style of the time. In the early 2000s the bandana was just a thing that happened for a minute, I don't think it had anything to do with American Badass Taker. If you want to be someone in a rap rock band from that era for Halloween, wear a bandana and baggy jeans like Punk is here Joe is wearing one of those steel bead necklaces you basically never see anymore, with the gelled up hair, All he needs is some 3 quarter length baggy shorts and a pair of And1 Sneakers and he's basically half the dudes I went to high school with.
@@knightshousegames I’ve had long hair a couple of times in the past, and when growing it out I will wear a bandana (to keep it out the way), then when long enough opt for a ponytail. I’ve never really understood why Bananda’s as something you wear for fashion, as they are not comfortable to wear as they constantly need readjusting.
@@Mrs.Polizzi-Maloney Konnan, Savio Vega, Disciples of Apocalypse, X-Pac, at times Road Dogg, and many others, because it's a standart article of clothing for thug-/rap-/biker- gimmicks. No way you're telling me that you actually think Taker invented how these subcultures dress with his mid-life crisis gimmick in 2000.
Ricky Steamboat was around 50 years old at this time when they’re thinking of him as an “old man”. Punk and Joe are both 45 now. Joe is AEW champ and Punk was about to main event mania.
To be fair, that goes for these two generations in general. In Steamboat's time, you counted as old and past your prime when you reached 35. These days most guys don't even reach their prime or make it to a big company before that age. But also while most of the 80s stars looked like their in their 40s when they were in their mid-20s, today's 40 year olds are really well preserved it seems, despite arguably wrestling a more dangerous style. Shows what roids, booze and cocaine does to the body.
