Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Sept 13, 2009 16:44:50 GMT -5
'Straight Edge', while heel:
Source: thespec.com
In the penultimate scene in the movie The Wrestler, the main character, played by Mickey Rourke, steps through the curtain into the arena to a thunderous ovation. And the ageing wrestler does it knowing full well that the match will probably kill him because he has a heart condition.
Among other things, the scene is a testament to the unbelievable rush that wrestlers, like many other performers, feel when they're performing in front of crowds.
WWE star CM Punk has felt it many times. He's also seen the movie and feels that it accurately portrays that rush.
"That's a hard thing to explain but that scene is the closest I could come to explaining it," Punk said. "No matter how much you're hurting or how sore you are or how tired you are, you forget about all of that when you're in front of 5,000 or 25,000 or 95,000 people.
"You just live in that moment to entertain the people and it's awesome."
Punk, who's real name is Phillip Jack Brooks, turns 31 next month. He started wrestling with his friends growing up and turned pro in his late teens. He worked all the minor leagues of the sport before making it to the big time, joining the WWE three years ago.
Throughout his career, Punk has always maintained his persona as being straight-edged. He doesn't smoke, drink or use drugs and he admits that lifestyle decision is based at least in part on problems that both of his parents had when he was young. He even has letters spelling out d-r-u-g, f-r-e-e tattooed on his knuckles.
"I don't really like calling it a lifestyle thing because to me it's really not," he said. "Going out every day and drinking and partying, that's a lifestyle. What I do is easy. I don't drink, smoke or do drugs. That's just the way I live my life.
"I don't have to stress out about failing a drug test or get nervous when I see drug dogs in airports."
When the WWE recently decided to turn him from good- to bad-guy, Punk wasn't sure if that straight-edge image would transfer well.
"I was kind of nervous because when I came into the WWE they had no aspirations of making a drug-free kid a hated character and I thought it was going to tank because I'm telling everyone that I don't smoke and I don't do drugs," Punk said. "I thought people would boo me but they actually took to me. I guess it's a testament to how hard I work at certain things."
This will be Punk's first feud with the iconic Undertaker and he admits he's excited about it.
"For all the experience I have and all the stripes I may or may not have earned in the WWE thus for, I've been there for pretty much a hiccup compared to how long Undertaker's been there," Punk said. "He's been there 22 years and I've been there three. My career is definitely divisible into his.
"I've been in the business a long time so at this stage experiencing anything new at this stage is very cool. Going against The Undertaker is new and that makes it fun for me."
Source: thespec.com
In the penultimate scene in the movie The Wrestler, the main character, played by Mickey Rourke, steps through the curtain into the arena to a thunderous ovation. And the ageing wrestler does it knowing full well that the match will probably kill him because he has a heart condition.
Among other things, the scene is a testament to the unbelievable rush that wrestlers, like many other performers, feel when they're performing in front of crowds.
WWE star CM Punk has felt it many times. He's also seen the movie and feels that it accurately portrays that rush.
"That's a hard thing to explain but that scene is the closest I could come to explaining it," Punk said. "No matter how much you're hurting or how sore you are or how tired you are, you forget about all of that when you're in front of 5,000 or 25,000 or 95,000 people.
"You just live in that moment to entertain the people and it's awesome."
Punk, who's real name is Phillip Jack Brooks, turns 31 next month. He started wrestling with his friends growing up and turned pro in his late teens. He worked all the minor leagues of the sport before making it to the big time, joining the WWE three years ago.
Throughout his career, Punk has always maintained his persona as being straight-edged. He doesn't smoke, drink or use drugs and he admits that lifestyle decision is based at least in part on problems that both of his parents had when he was young. He even has letters spelling out d-r-u-g, f-r-e-e tattooed on his knuckles.
"I don't really like calling it a lifestyle thing because to me it's really not," he said. "Going out every day and drinking and partying, that's a lifestyle. What I do is easy. I don't drink, smoke or do drugs. That's just the way I live my life.
"I don't have to stress out about failing a drug test or get nervous when I see drug dogs in airports."
When the WWE recently decided to turn him from good- to bad-guy, Punk wasn't sure if that straight-edge image would transfer well.
"I was kind of nervous because when I came into the WWE they had no aspirations of making a drug-free kid a hated character and I thought it was going to tank because I'm telling everyone that I don't smoke and I don't do drugs," Punk said. "I thought people would boo me but they actually took to me. I guess it's a testament to how hard I work at certain things."
This will be Punk's first feud with the iconic Undertaker and he admits he's excited about it.
"For all the experience I have and all the stripes I may or may not have earned in the WWE thus for, I've been there for pretty much a hiccup compared to how long Undertaker's been there," Punk said. "He's been there 22 years and I've been there three. My career is definitely divisible into his.
"I've been in the business a long time so at this stage experiencing anything new at this stage is very cool. Going against The Undertaker is new and that makes it fun for me."
ed up by the same stuff...
. We can say whatever we want, just because you don't agree with it, doesn't mean it's "trolling" or "spamming". Get with it - people are not going to jizz on his kickpads and lick it off everytime he comes on screen.
