Connor Brooke
CM Punk famously walked out of the WWE during a January taping of WWE ‘Raw.’ That decision may not have ended his professional wrestling career. According to executives at TNA, CM Punk is currently negotiating terms for his return to professional wrestling outside of the WWE.
The team at WrestlingInc revealed details of how TNA approached CM Punk:
“This was done similarly to how they reached out to Alberto Del Rio, through an intermediary who is friends with Punk. The idea pitched was said to be a huge deal for Punk to be the top star of the company with pay similar to what Hulk Hogan was making. The idea is that Punk could be TNA’s flagship star and if he signs now, he could help get a strong TV deal.”
The move to secure well known wrestlers is important for TNA. Earlier in the year SpikeTV began to lose interest in airing professional wrestling events from TNA. It was later revealed that “Impact Wrestling” will stop airing on Spike TV at the end of the year. TNA was a mainstay of the network on Wednesday nights.
In terms of landing CM Punk, TNA President Dixie Carter says, “Negotiations remain ongoing beyond this time frame.”
With CM Punk on the roster WWE’s biggest rival would most definitely witness a rating bump whenever he was prepared to enter the ring.
An insider says CM Punk has declined an initial offer from TNA, choosing to remain retired. TNA based on Carter’s statement, seems to think they can convince CM Punk to leave retirement and join their organization.
CM Punk wouldn’t be the first former WWE wrestler to sign with TNA. In the past the organization has managed to rope in Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, Hulk HoganTNA and Brodus Clay, who now fights under the TNA name Tyrus.
Do you think CM Punk can save TNA by drawing in a large audience of his own fans?
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This article was written for Business 2 Community by Connor Brooke.
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I used to think of Philip Brooks aka CM Punk once to be one of my greatest hero’s next to George Carlin.. He stood up to the bullies and made a name for himself, doing HIS WAY… But Brooks is just a whiny little girl, always complaining…Typical with Borderline personality disorder.. He could care less about his fans.. He turned his back on them, not only in the ring, but everywhere else as well.. Anyone to approach Brooks in at the United Center at a Blackhawks game, (GO HAWKS!!!) He just either ignores you, or gives you a blank stare.. That only makes it worse.. the more mysterious he is, the more people want more of him.. He’s a self proclaimed Lovable Jerk.. I can’t stand him anymore, but he showed me that you don’t have to Drink to have fun, smoke, or smoke pot or use any kind of drugs.. He showed me what Straight Edge was.. and it reassured me that I wasn’t alone.. But other than that he can kiss my ass.. I call him CM Chump..
considering that he left due the fact that, people like batista who only came back due to being promised title shot. or brock lesnar who only came back due to a 5 million dollar contract is handed things left and right. he hardly ever got booked as the main event, even though when he was champion he carried the company on his back. and they screwed him for batista a part timer that only showed up once since he quit back on raw after losing a match to cena at over the limit. i can understand why he would not want to go back to that company, and if you remember his speech on raw a few weeks before he won the wwe championship the first time, all of that was real. he was told to take a mic and go out and air his problems with the company. he hated it there, because they have so much fresh talent and they bring in people that no one wants and screws everyone else. if he does go to tna i will be watching a hell of a lot more.