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.
! = must watch 44:55 Steamboat helping Joe and Punk 49:50 Disappointed Joe fan ! 55:10 CM Punk is Triple H 1:12:00 green freaking lasers 1:19:20 Mick Foley pitch Joe and Punk in the WWE 1:35:00 Teddy Hart and Punk bury the hatchet 1:37:05 Cactus 1:44:20 AJ sucks at video games ! 1:45:20 Steve Corino sandbags and is in a transvestite bar with CM Punk (what a sentence) ! 1:57:30 Homicide almost pees on Punk story (2:02:35 Joe ruins the story) 2:13:35 Whaddya mean? 2:15:00 Cabana 2:20:50 Adam Pearce is disgusting lol 2:23:30 Rick noon 2:27:45 Parallel life Story, Punk and Joe in bar fights ! 2:34:15 You're a whore ! 2:37:30 LARIAT LARIAT ! 2:44:00 Club IV and Chuck Liddell
Bro that intro makes me wish i was able to see roh in that era. It looks amazing and entertaining. Not to mention the respect they show to each other is beautiful.
Bro cm punk and joe are the type of friendship i want to have. In the interview punk said that he choose the green colour because it’s fits him and now joe have green on him what a friendship !
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.
yeah i just had to pause after all that cuz i was dying of laughter for like 10 mins straight lol Punk being the sober one and able to remember all the crazy shit in detail makes it such an entertaining story lol
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.
and thanks for this upload, man! I watched it earlier in the week and didn’t know Joe before NXT. Watching this interview is all I’ve seen so I’m very excited for his AEW run!
id really love to go back to these early ROH years where it felt like the entire roster had endless potential and were gonna have these enduring careers and it'd set the world on fire and would usher in a new "Golden Era" for wrestling and these were gonna be the new 'Titans' and 'Giants' and 'Legends' ...and then i snap back to reality and the day dream is just that... a dream
Well your past feeling isn't entirely true, but definitely not false either. Joe, Punk, Danielson, AJ all have had (and still continuing strong) what could be called legendary careers
There's a lot of stuff in this interview that still holds up today. Especially around the 1:20:00 mark, just after they talk about Mick Foley pitching the both of their debuts in WWE to Vince. That talk of how stale WWE was even back then hit home for me. As a fan watching all those years ago and discovering ROH, I thought, not only was WWE the drizzling shits in terms of in-ring storytelling but how their superstars looked so plastic in front of ROH roster.
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.
aroudn 1:44:00 as if it wasn't dated enough, hearing Joe talk smack about AJ cause of how much better he is at Tekken 4 is the fuckin best. Wonder if AJ was the type to run Steve in t5 and still lose
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.
1:31:50 And the WWE is at that point now. They’ve got nobody underneath Roman because everyone of their credible challengers have been fed to him or left the company.
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
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.
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.
The final Joe/Punk match was December 2004, so this probably would have been filmed in early 2005 before Punk signed with WWE. Actually, I know it was, because they talk about Chris Masters and early 2005 is when he debuted.
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