It is my heartfelt belief that, MJF sat down in the corner for 2 reasons: 1) to reference Punk's collar match with Raven. 2) Because he was marking out so hard in his mind he needed to sit down to keep from breaking his heel persona.
definitely referencing his match with Raven. if you remember or wanna go see [Punk vs Raven] in ROH, MJF was Punk in this match and Punk was Raven; from the point MJF ran out of the ring to getting pulled back to the rope/ ring like Raven did to Punk in their match.
You're absolutely right. I think it was a very deliberate bit of character work from Maxwell on two levels - the second being that when Punk walked out to this music, the same entrance a young MJF probably watched in awe once upon a time, all the spite and venom that make MJF who he is melted away for a few seconds. It took the knees out from under him, both figuratively and literally, and for those few moments all he could do was sit down and be a fan. Or 'one of us', as the song helpfully affirmed.
the energy for punks entrance was insane, I wasn’t familiar with his ROH stuff and the guy next to me had tears in his eyes explaining. just a great fucking match
The first time wrestling really hit me with nostalgia that was heartfelt. This was for everyone that knew of the old Punk. The fans that were around day one. This is definitely homage to his collar match with Raven.
A LOT of us old CM Punk fans from his ROH days/first Summer of Punk had tears on in our eyes this night. I know I bawled like I kid when I heard afi's miseria cantare. I just kinda wish they followed it up with night train. But that'll likely be his theme for his last match.
@@rozodru4790 I had to fight back the tears hearing that. It's just wild how 2000s nostalgia is coming back in the absolute weirdest of ways, and I fucking love it.
It's sad that you're right. They'll have to do something BIG to top the storytelling, and I don't see how with the roster they have and Tony in charge of booking. Maybe Christian and Adam can do it. Or Sting's retirement. But I don't see anything organically getting over a new star like this feud did with MJF.
I still think it's hilarious that, when MJF's music replaced Cult of Personality, most of the audience appropriately booed his uber-heel work, but some of them audibly cheered just because, at long last, He Did The Thing.
There was such a big fight feel to this that you so rarely get in modern pro wrestling. Something you waited for, the result you were unsure about, the culmination of a story, an air of hatred, an unmistakable authenticity in the two people involved… WWE is a lost cause, but be more like this AEW.
What buggs me though is, these storyteling moments are so far and few between. Punk does it, the Bucks do it when they feel like it with Kenny and co., rest of the roster... not so much. Watching people do a wrestle is not enough for me 9 days of of 10. Just an example where AEW gives a viewer chance to lapse before they again have a storyline worth watching for. They had this one, one with Kenny&Page&Bucks, and then the MJF one before he vanished, and that's about it.
I think that match and the whole Punk/MJF feud earlier in the year was one big love letter towards Ring Of Honor which i don't mind since it mattered the most to C.M Punk and also it made the blood feud between them even more personal and brutal.
I'm sorry but if this was you know what the roof would've been blown off this crowd was dead maybe confused. Imagine punk use this on NXT or Raw soon as the theme hit .01,second cheer eruption
To piggyback a little off of Vlogmore, this whole dog collar stipulation, the promos, the punk kid vs old veteran, and theme are all callbacks to CM Punk's time in ROH. During that time, Raven was in Punk's shoes, and Punk was in MJF's shoes.
Also AEW should really make MJF the main champion perhaps sooner them later for his first championship run instead of waiting for potentially way down the line...or worst case before he even ends up leaving for WWF or something within a couple/few years which would be pretty dang devastating and suck for everyone really...including his character cause I sincerely doubt they'd let him do even half the stuff he does and says in modern day WWE.....
Some of them don’t know. But if it was Chicago it would have been better considering that they are huge fans of Punk from his early years in Pro Wrestling
Hypothetically if this happened in the fed, the crowd would be dead silent. It was nice seeing some members of the crowd recognize the song, the ones who didn't still popped because they got the idea.
Imagine the hubris you must have to make people siting in a fully lit high school gymnasium and sit thru a three minute instrumental build up while you slowly and seriously make your entrance. CM Punk is insufferable. _Miserable Cantina_ is right.
This is why: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7CbZQpmacJI.html It was the culmination of phenomenal story telling, not a one off squash match in Saudi Arabia. Also, Punks first lose in AEW was to MJF and MJF was in control for most of their dog collar match. MJF lost in the but they put him over massively throughout the entire fued.
@@Hearts.x how did triple h bury them? He cheated to win almost every time. So Rvd, Kane, booker, Orton whoever else he beat didn't continue to be successful after?
@@Hearts.x and punk is only doing it for money like Goldberg. Funny how he's suddenly interested in returning to WWE (he was negotiating with them as well as AEW) as soon as he failed elsewhere. Bet if you looked at the pay roll Goldberg is up top of WWE's and CM Punk is up top of AEW's.
