Eric Bischoff Calls AEW’s CM Punk Situation A “Train Wreck”, Accuses Punk Of Living Off His Momentum From WWE
Eric Bischoff continues to lambast CM Punk and the AEW All Out Brawl.
Eric Bischoff recently spoke with Chris Van Vliet on Insight about a variety of subjects. He talked about CM Punk’s tenure in AEW during that time. After the fight at AEW All Out, the controversy surrounding CM Punk, which began earlier this year, only grew worse.
“It is a train wreck. That’s all I know. I wasn’t a big fan of Punk to begin with. I think he was over-hyped. I think there was a great mystique. I don’t want to take that away from him, there was a tremendous mystique. When he dropped that pipe bomb, that was like rebelling against the man.
Everybody in America at one point in time deep down wishes that they could do what he did. That is what created that mystique, and that mystique lived, even though, you know, he showed up to the UFC a couple of times and got humiliated. It didn’t matter.
He still had the mystique with the wrestling fans. When he got to AEW, I was excited because I was interested to see how that would work. But if you go back and you listen to his opening promo, what did he do? He ripped Hulk Hogan. If you have to get yourself over with that kind of cheap heat, you’re not over. You don’t know how to get over.
He was living off the momentum that was created for him in the WWE. He was living off of the mystique. He had it in his hands. I think that the way he was produced, his creative, I didn’t find it compelling at all. He is out there wrestling nobodies
Eric Bischoff on Insight
We will have to wait and see what happens next regarding CM Punk and his current situation with All Elite Wrestling.
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