CM Punk finally speaks on this week's AOW Podcast

Ha, Ryback's response was great.

Hearing Punk on this situation really opened my eyes on how WWE is, glad he stood up for himself and is happy with his life.

Christian is a completely different situation. He's been apart of at least a half dozen memorable matches in TLC, he was a pioneer of the tag team ladder match and the TLC match. He made a standing legacy in the industry. Punk hasn't really done that. Sure he had a long title reign, but that doesn't really mean much as there was absolutely no substance to his reign. Christian should be happy with one or two reigns, he deserved to be called champion, but he was never a top 5 face or heel during his singles run. And these days, he comes back and is injured again within a month or two. Christian has had time to reflect on his career because it's been basically over for a few years. Give Punk a few years, and he'll be happy with what he accomplished, but still bitter he didn't accomplish more. It's just the kind of guy Punk is. He's an bunghole, but he's a driven guy.

Wow. I haven't listened to it all, but have read numerous summaries. I never cared for Punk on many levels, good worker, talker, driven, definitely a self made guy so I do respect him. He appears to be very strong willed/opinionated, and that led to many of his problems with other similar thinking people.

I agree with a lot of what he said, no doubt he is spot on about the company/product. For his own welfare, it sounds like he made a good decision to leave. He always appeared to be working injured/tired/ even disinterested at times. That life isn't easy and being the top guy like he was is tough. That is why I respect the hell out of Cena. Cena nor Punk have ever really made me buy an event/merchandise/etc, but I respect them and would never boo Cena for the respect I have for him.

One thing that has bothered me with Punk, is he always had a goal to main event Mania. That is great, but he signed a 3yr deal knowing the next 2 Mania main events were set. They had their match, then Cena had to go over clean the next year. It is old school booking. He admits Bryan being the guy this past yr, so he wouldn't have played into it though he could have. Orton/Batista was a terrible, hard to believe idea that they would go forward with, but they were.

No doubt WWE screwed up the 2011 run. He became the biggest star in the sport, with their help, but then they botched it. They had a compelling story there, but lost it. Sounds like he is better off. With HHH being the future of the company, I wouldn't expect to see him back unless he needs the payday bad.

Owning?

What a great answer from the guy who can't keep co-workers safe and he's a danger to work with.
He thinks he's the smart one doing this type of "trolling"?

this is very yummy

I'm sure there are very few instances of that actually happening. People disagreed then, people disagree now, you are confusing a difference of opinion with fickleness because you clumped everyone together into "lol internet smarks".

For now all I gotta say is that Ryback can be a funny guy at times but he has sucked since day one and will always f*cking suck.