Bodyslam previously covered the speculation that IMPACT Wrestling could potentially be a landing spot for CM Punk and that there is belief that CM Punk could walk into IMPACT Wrestling with open arms tomorrow.
On the latest “Busted Open Radio,” Bully Ray eachoed that sentiment when he expressed his belief that Impact Wrestling should rush to the front of the line to try inking Punk to a deal.
“1000% I’d hire him,” he stated emphatically. “I think Punk needs to be in an environment that he is completely comfortable in and I know for a fact he was not completely comfortable in the WWE and then whatever went down in AEW.”
“If you were to put CM Punk in Impact Wrestling,” Bully Ray explained, “Impact’s stock would go up.” Bully doesn’t think there is anyone in the Impact locker room who has issues with Punk or vice versa, and he also brought up the fact that Punk visited a recent Impact taping in Chicago to hang out with friends in the locker room.
“I think that Impact and Punk could do some great business together and bring some eyes to the product,” he added, believing that wrestling fans would be calling their cable and satellite providers to make sure they have AXS TV.
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From the sounds of it, though, Punk may not be able to show up anywhere else for 2 months, alluding to but not confirming that – although fired from his contract – he may have a ”non-compete clause” attached to it.
IMPACT Wrestling has one of their flagship PPVs – Bound For Glory – taking place at Cicero Stadium in Punk’s hometown of Chicago in October.
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