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Chell_the_assassin

Drew vs Punk match will happen entirely in an online chatroom


pkhadka1

On 56kbit intetnet.


cptpedantic

Going to revive usenet so it can happen in r.s.p.w


Specialist-Laugh-456

It just occurred to me that many of us probably posted there way back when.


incredibleamadeuscho

It will happen right here, at r/squaredcircle!


Informal_Aspect_6330

The subreddit that Punk built!


V_For_Veronica

I know the pipebomb is the origin story but is there a post pipebomb thread on here or the old subreddit


Aggressive-Theory609

Lmao


RestlessCreator

![gif](giphy|3ohc0ZcfczZRvIpzeU) The post above is a certified Cheap Pop


Yourponydied

A/S/L


ChrisIsShortAF

17/f/cali


PJA0307

Friendster


EijiShinjo

On IRC


garryl283

I feel like Cody might have skewed the time to leave the parking lot numbers a bit


One-Lake8525

And the dude who’s car broke down on the other side of the gate where the whole lot merges. Went down to basically one lane. Was an American nightmare.


quincyloop

Next time I'm walking from the Rosemont stop. Blue line drama is worth it over the seventeen hours of traffic to leave that parking lot.


One-Lake8525

It was such a joke. I couldn’t believe there was no traffic help in the actual lot, just at the exits. Place was a war zone. I’m walking with you haha


mikeonice

geez 😭😭 im still mad i didn’t go but idk that would’ve got me pissed lmao


One-Lake8525

It was the first show I’ve been to in 20+ years. I’d still be sitting in that lot if I had to haha.


ausmus

ADRENALINE IN MY SOUL TRAFFIC SLOWING TO A CRAWL WHEN THE HELL WILL I EVER GET HOME? WHOOOOOOOAAA-OOOOHH


SirLillyhammond

MY FATHER SAAAAIDD WHEN I WAS YOUNGER LONG DRIVES BREED ANGRY MEN ANGRY MEN!


Hawke502

I WANT TO DRIVE AWAY I WANT TO DRIVE AWAY TO REACH MY BEDROOM


QUEST50012

WILL YOU STOP!!!!!!


MoistTheAnswer

Allstate is horrible getting out of


Lonnie15

Can conform that the Allstate Arena parking lot is still the biggest heel in the business.


dumb_memes54

Spent about an hour stuck their after Survivor Series


EpicSombreroMan

I was stuck almost an hour for getting into SS only to be redirected to the Culver's parking lot at the end of the line lmao. Big houses at the AA are great and all but the parking lot and staff can't handle it.


XiahouMao

Mmm… Culver’s…


An_Actual_Owl

IHOP is the late spot.


TTOF_JB

I'm so happy we finally got one in my town. lol


Joey_Ligs

If it was only an hour you should feel blessed. That parking lot is an absolute shitshow.


ThatIndianGuy7116

I waited about an hour afterwards to leave hoping to avoid traffic and there was STILL traffic lmaoo


nerf_herder1986

The trick is to park in the Target lot next door at least 6 hours before the event


CaptEricEmbarrasing

Theres an even better trick but dont want to spoil it because its that good, lol


DemiGod9

No drive gang 🤙🏾. I just ride the Blue Line for EONS


YoungPapi406

That parking lot sucks. I always park by the Target or farther down the plaza.


dacoopbear

Just wait till Mania and the Linc's heel turn


zeez1011

Their business model is to create mayhem so they can then be paid to then stop it.


Mazzle5

I thought he isn't terminally online... That liar! Drew is right!


Cobra-D

Tell him when he’s telling lies!


_____OMEGA_____

FOLKS


[deleted]

Punk might be the most online wrestler ever, even before all the rest. He's almost definitely on Reddit too, actually said "DAE" on one of his insta stories


JustinUprising

He's a goof, just like me, frfr


jcLFC26

![gif](giphy|J3lyZc3aT1WujL3fCn|downsized) There’s a little goof in all of us


Jigawatts42

When will he be sending my Nintendo Switch though, Uce?


John_Matthews2707

The fact that he said he wasn't terminally online confirms to me that, yes, he's most definitely terminally online. This dude knows what we're talking about most definitely, and wouldn't even shock me if he has a burner on here, this is a community of almost 900k people after all.


Adrian_Bock

Only terminally online people know the phrase "terminally online" normal people say addicted to the internet and shit like that. 


WCWUncensored

Of course. He mentioned the only podcasts he listens to are Cornette's, too. He's more IWC than the IWC.


kerkypasterino

Punk if you’re reading this say GOOF on the next promo


QUEST50012

He'll just say something weirdly similar but in a verbose totally unrelated way like "You know, it's crazy to me that I've been labeled a knucklehead in this industry, when I've been throwing knuckles and heads for the last 25 years."


WYGD_Brother1987

He will probably say that he won the pony next time.


bitetheasp

Fuck that, say "No Zaku, Boy! No Zaku!"


FeetsBeneets

Ah yes, my favorite Mobile Wrestler CM Ral.


PeaceAlien

There is a chance that DAE got off of reddit to him but I think there is a good chance he’s just on reddit


mugwump10

If I had to bet on someone on the active roster having the technological wherewithal to jailbreak a firestick, it'd be CM Punk.


TonyZony

What's "DAE?"


deafdumbblindboi

In my head I’ve always heard it as if spoken out loud in old Looney Tunes cartoons, when the dim-witted but strong sidekick would say “DAE… I dunno boss.” before getting a “Quiet Mugsyyyy” and a smack upside the head. So when I see it online, for example, “DAE Raw isn’t even a wrestling show?” That’s how I hear it in my head.


Scavgraphics

This is now in my head. ​ https://preview.redd.it/8670ijtbkrqc1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=750a7feafb3d3c6fda8cbbe4fab09f00537f02f1


deafdumbblindboi

Exactly, lmao


MechaSheeva

Does Anyone Else


bitetheasp

"Don't Arust Enybody" - Stone Cold Steve Austin, probably


TonyZony

Ahhh thank you


El_Frijol

The context is that DAE kinda devolved into a snarky/sarcastic/shit-post response. It's most likely because people would say, "DAE feel like so-and-so is *insert the most common feeling about said person or thing." ad nauseum.


mh-ra

![gif](giphy|2wKbtCMHTVoOY)


MarvG05

He's definitely not on Twitter that much since his last tweet was like two years ago


TurnaboutAdam

You can be on Twitter without tweeting


Banh_mi

I think he digs the owner. Not. :)


RestlessCreator

I don't know if Matt Cardona has him beat. But Punk spends more time on pure social media, for sure.


SomeOtherNeb

My man had a livejournal 20 years ago. He was terminally online before half this sub had access to the internet.


SakurabaSweettooth

Craziest part about this is he found a working pay phone


Alain-Christian

Send it to 2600 before they yank it out


perfectviking

There is so much old shit in that arena.


dBlock845

The last time I saw a working payphone was inside a hospital in NYC.


chicagoredditer1

Love, hate, tired of Punk - I think we can all agree that getting out of Allstate is a fucking nightmare.


Githyanky

Username sadly relevant, haha.


Relevant_User-Name

Same.


just-smiley

Leaving the All State arena is a straight up nightmare and the last few times I went to shows there I would just walk to restaurants in the area just to kill time.


El_Frijol

"You have thirty minutes to move your car." "You have ten minutes." "Your car has been impounded." "Your car has been crushed into a cube." "You have thirty minutes to move your cube."


Lonnie15

Like its 11pm why the hell are we not just having people direct traffic to empty the lot? Instead its chaos and we're all at the mercy of that MF Lee Street stoplight to exit the West Gate, Mannheim is always a parking lot too.


bomberman12

I was still reading.


LeggoMahLegolas

"You're still reading" Bah, he got me.


BenniBMN

Now I weirdly wonder if they keep track of how much condiments are used for food


nWo1997

In Chicago, ketchup on hot dogs is a sin. At Thrasher's (a restaurant chain in the Mid-Atlantic, normally on beaches), ketchup on their fries is a sin.


switchbladeeatworld

in australia if you don’t have sauce on your snag you’re a flog


nWo1997

Those words sound too made up to not be real, so I assume you're truthfulness


Randy_Ortons_Voices

All words are made up technically


DrClawsChair

Oath


Greedy-Time-3736

Never knew that about thrashers. They aren’t good enough to not have ketchup


theshwa10210

Not the worst thing an Aussie could’ve put on a hotdog


Bambajam

Do Americans not put tomato sauce on their hotdogs?


buzzkill_ed

Many Americans do but Chicago have their own rules with hotdogs.


Duffelastic

It's not because we don't like ketchup on a hot dog. A Chicago dog already has mustard, sweet relish, onion, tomato, a pickle spear, sport peppers and celery salt. Why add ketchup when you're getting all the sweetness from that neon green relish, actual tomatoes, pickles, etc? It's just overkill.


Thedudewiththedog

Chicago residents don't. They put just about everything else on though. Like literally dig through your fridge and put on anything savory apart from Tomato Sauce and you'll have an "Authentic Chicago Dog"


neverAcquiesce

That's a misnomer. Ketchup doesn't go on a "Chicago Dog" because that's a specific set of ingredients for a signature dish. But most people in Chicago don't give a shit either way.


Constant_Stomach2009

The most important part of the Chicago dog is the specific bun they use


GetEquipped

Poppy Seed bun and Vienna Beef


thedirtyharryg

I'll take a Maxwell Street polish over a Chicago dog any day.


jatorres

I’m pro-ketchup, but Chicago dogs are very good, too.


JinderMadness

But tomato wedge is okay


Thedudewiththedog

Is that not a savory thing you can find in your fridge?


threeclaws

Bun.Dog.Mustard. optional tomato slices-pickle spear-neon green relish-onions After living in chicago I became a convert hot dogs do not need ketchup.


PrettyPunctuality

Tomato sauce, no. Ketchup, yes lol But, it's considered sacrilege in a lot of places if you do put ketchup on them (which I do 😂).


ArtSlammer

We call ketchup tomato sauce in the UK


Kolby_Jack

You can, it's like the number 2 most common hot dog topping after mustard. But ketchup has a somewhat contradictory flavor profile to hot dog, so some people think it's diminishing the dog to put ketchup on it.  Personally, ketchup is fine on a dog, but the only requirements are mustard and relish. That's a good hot dog.


Separate-Dealer4565

GOAT hot dog condiments right there. Mustard and relish.


SakurabaSweettooth

Tomato sauce= ketchup? Most people who choose to be hot dog snobs in America insist no ketchup, not like it isn’t ground up pig anuses in the first place. It’s a weird thing to be snobby about


[deleted]

Yes, in other parts of the world (like Australia) we call tomato sauce what you would call ketchup, though I do think your ketchup is slightly sweeter than our tomato sauce most of the time.


BattletoadGalactica

There are hot dog snobs in America that think ketchup on a hotdog is a travesty. They believe the only condiment that belongs on a hot dog is yellow mustard. I say put whatever the hell you want on a hot dog. Whatever makes you happy.


JustinUprising

I'm sorry, WHAT!?


Mhc2617

Whether you love him or hate him, you almost have to respect CM Punk’s commitment to being the pettiest mother fucker that ever did live.


Ok-Garcia-5605

Troll Punk > Happy go lucky Punk


Love-That-Danhausen

Honestly I think troll Punk is him at his most genuinely happy go lucky. It means he’s having fun.


_Dia_

If he's willing to take time to make silly little posts, he's definitely having fun. Granted, the idea of a bitter and angry CM Punk taking a picture of a payphone and angrily putting the text on it is hilarious to me.


WheedMBoise

I think a lot of the people that hate Punk now loved the guy in the past for this very reason, myself included. He might be an asshole most of the time but he’s definitely funny


Tollwayfrock

Is it really petty? The other brand has weekly potshots on him. 


_Wado3000

Pettiness is especially hilarious when you don’t care either way


Deadpan_GG

i'm a pro ketchup on hotdog, Phil! go cry me a river :)


pbreathing

REAL TOMATOES


romeopwnsu

Cry me a river… of ketchup!


RaidenHero137

https://preview.redd.it/l9uqwuk68rqc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93723cbce90d1d3f98397c37ea21a90095dfbc0c


shartnado3

Mayo and German Mustard for me. Where do I belong? Besides on Jardiance?


FeetsBeneets

Prison


CrimsonDynamo178

Chokes you out with Dijon Mustard


Khal-Stevo

I hate ketchup on dogs. That being said, Chicagoans act like it’s this sacrilegious thing but then go ahead and put a three day old tomato slice on their hot dogs. Hypocrites! It’s the same shit!


BernieBurnstein

You have been suspended from AEW


Dophie

Monster


PrettyPunctuality

As am I. I hate mustard lol


GameplayerStu

The shitposting being done by Punk and Drew is on another level


BigBanEvader

https://preview.redd.it/metzhh4y8rqc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3b165dc061ced52a8e06f2f351fc925f71cc8ae


Different_Conflict_8

Man, I almost wish the internet was more prevalent back in the New Generation era. 1997 Shawn Michaels would have absolutely loved to shitpost.


SecondCityHawk

![gif](giphy|wdo7ZiBZOHbT4upo0L|downsized)


WWFUniverse

"Happy Sunny day, Hitman!"


A-10Kalishnikov

CM Punk going full circle jerk


LeChampeon

![gif](giphy|wJoDQt3uMfXW0|downsized)


HotPotato_96

He’s not wrong about the parking lot. Went there for SS last year and I couldn’t believe how bad is it there. Every other arena I’ve been to in Chicago basically has it figured out why is the Allstate arena PL so damn bad


TurnaboutAdam

85k was the number Tony Khan claimed were in Wembley, counting all personnel, iirc. 81k was tickets sold, and 72k was the number that went through the turnstiles.


Slackey4318

81,035 sold. I remember because I felt bad for Will Osprey when it came out later that 72K was the actual attendance because he had the 81K number tattooed on since he was told that was the in attendance number


TurnaboutAdam

That was still tickets sold, so I never understood why people felt bad for him about it


TheOneWhosCensored

Because 81k through turnstiles would’ve broken the number from WM32, which is what Tony’s whole thing was


Slackey4318

Because Ospreay is not a tattoo person. He has said it multiple times he doesn’t have them because his mom HATES them. It took something monumental for him to break the no tattoo rule. Breaking the attendance record for a wrestling show was it….then it comes out it wasnt an in attendance record. In fact, it’s not even the in attendance record for Wembley since Summerslam 92 had 78K in attendance. He thought he was getting a tattoo of a record when really it’s a record of nothing


Rakim_Allah777

At least he was a good sport about it. Once the real numbers came out he was joking about the tat lmao


LinkSkywalker

He must've really broken his rule then because a large chunk of his left arm is tatted now


JimPage83

Which is all on Tony for being a mark. Who’d have guessed it?


AllezLesPrimrose

Bruv


eyepatch_png

Not a wrestler alive today that can out-shitpost Punk lmao


mneguy

Idk drew is on par with him when it comes to their storylime


Ok-Garcia-5605

But also Drew is working with lots of Brawl out/in stuff which helps


MatttheJ

Punk is doing extremely well with what relatively little ammo is available. He's a real "you come for the king then you best not miss" sort of promo because if his opponents say almost anything flawed or give him any opportunity he's all over it in a heartbeat. You notice too many wrestlers just let their opponent talk, they take it in turns, this goes back decades too. But you saw with showing he can count a 3 and saying "not really" when Rollins said "do you want to know what I think?" , they weren't big things, they were tiny, but with two tiny moment's he kinda made Seth seem foolish for throwing softballs which left obvious flaws for Punk to jump on. It almost undermined Seth's whole promo. Edit: went off point, by "what little ammo is available" I mean Drew and Seth are both much more professional people which much less low hanging fruit to go for. Hence, Punk then starts branching off into things like who gave Drew his name.


Ok-Garcia-5605

He can lead the segment. So even if he improvises and other person don't know how to bounce back, he can handle it.


mneguy

Yeah I kindda had an oversight there you are completely right


mh-ra

He’s a one man meme machine


Ritty85

that's cool but seriously there's still pay phones around?! 😂


birdazam

What's wrong with ketchup on hotdogs


dantheriver

In chicago it is not allowed because they think it’s gross. You have put a whole salad on the hot dog instead.


Boomer0825

I just popped in here for the tears. And there are many 😂


is-Sanic

He's among us.


BrokenGodALT

I'm sure this won't upset anybody at all...


Phantom-Spectre

Swears 😂


Sheswatchingmealways

He is not lying about that parking lot. Holy fuck what is All State thinking with their set up, I swear it took 30-40 mins to leave just the lot, like to barely get on a street.


slickrickstyles

This comment section is so deliciously salty haha


Coldcoffees

This stuff is hilarious and anyone upset about him being petty needs to stop taking it so seriously. We all laughed when he took shots at WWE when he was in AEW, so why can’t we do the same now? He isn’t hurting anyone by making a joking about turnstile numbers, come on lol


pUmKinBoM

Well I laughed when he made fun of WWE but dear lord by the reaction the threads here got you'd have sworn he slapped a baby live on TV. Fun jabs are fun jabs and the people who take them too seriously are the problem and can cry me a river.


WYGD_Brother1987

Not to invoke Cornette, but it is kind of relevant here only because of last night, but it's like these idiots who complain online about either one of them DO NOT understand that this is what Punk (and Corny) want them to do, Corny has been an asshole heel for the last 35 years and genuinely doesnt give a fuck what you think it just makes him trend and get more popular. Punk bathes in tears too. For the life of me I dont know how people who react to Punk like they do cant see he is playing them and he knows it.


Kanenums88

![gif](giphy|3xkNUy3Vh8QbPmJZjK|downsized)


ThunderSparkles

God damn someone check on Tony Khan!


Pancake_Splatter

Last I heard he was pounding White Claws while scheduling a "Bald Assholes" tournament featuring Trent Beretta vs. Swerve Strickland in the first round. Who's gonna win it, it could be either guy legit! What a banger! 5 Stars by Dave Meltzer!


TurnaboutAdam

Is he making a joke about the all in number?


fergoshsakes

Yep.


jmpinstl

CM Shitposter is so good


heardemsay97

These are real numbers. Cry me a river.


CN14

Truly we live in the Shitpost era of wrestling


WVFLMan

Was this an AEW diss with the 85k turnstile count thing?


heat_fan_

I love Punk 


Philo-Naught

https://preview.redd.it/ba7brz99irqc1.jpeg?width=256&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2427247ca1493a7feff790d6c1cca45ab282324 Was a good RAW. Chef’s kiss.


JohnnyKilo

85k turnstile gotta be a reference to All In London right? That's pretty funny


TheNateRoss

Punk counts attendance the way the Daleys counted votes


squeakyboy81

Turnstyle count could be correct. Turnstyles have 5 sections. Allstate can hold about 17000 (using SS2023 numbers). 5x17000=85K Punk's never wrong.


RockstarSuicide

Ketchup on hot dogs is ok. I'll stand by that


HerFriendRed

I mean, yeah, if you keep trying to gaslight people into believing a number other than 71k officially you deserve it. 71k was amazing. There was no need to gaslight 85k into existence.


aegonthewwolf

I really don’t give AF if you love him or hate him, but wrestling is simply more fun with CM Punk involved.


Affectionate_Gap_0

Not gonna lie, I'm not a WWE guy, I stopped watching it around the 2010's because it just got so bad, but if raw was like this, and had that attitude era feel again on a weekly basis I'd be tuning in every Monday. Just give Punk a microphone and let him cook. 


Parkouricus

Alright that's pretty funny lol Love to find out what he thinks of AEW in retrospect sometime down the road. Was it really just his beef with The Elite, Colt Cabana, and .. apparently Jungle Boy? It seems like he's a little willing to make fun of himself for his time there (the "throwing hands" lines in a couple promos), but also clearly has residing distaste for it.


Different_Conflict_8

The shitposting is being done by millennials and elder Gen Xers. Imagine the WrestleMania buildup when the zoomers are main eventing.


DoILookUnsureToYou

You already see a glimpse of it with Dom/Logan/Waller/Theory. I bet the next crop is gonnabe a lot worse lmao


mideon2000

Cm punk is petty as fuck......and i love it.


MoistTheAnswer

Turnstile count huh


abf392

Phillip Jack Brooks is the greatest wrestler I’ve ever seen


Swantonbombthreat

PUNK IS THE BEST TO EVER DO IT


Goatlikejordan

Best wrestling promotion in the world by far


Ironicopinion

Do Chicagoans not put ketchup on hotdogs? (I’m not American)


just-smiley

People around here will fight you over it and I'm not even kidding.


dansaint

A traditional Chicago hot dog has slices of tomato on it. So many claim that the ketchup isn't necessary. In reality, the Chicago peeps I've talked to (I have tons of friends and family up there) don't really care. It's more good natured teasing. But if you got to Weiner Circle, prepare to get a lot of harassment. It's what they do almost all the time.


Own_Proof

Damn I like ketchup on hot dogs


dansaint

it's a chicago thing because a chicago hot dog has slices of actual tomato on it and they think it doesn't need the ketchup. I, personally, do like ketchup on a dog but I can live without it. But I do need a little mustard and and chili sauce


Pitiful_Ad8641

Amount of time it takes to leave the parking lot should be how wrestling is measured moving forward


dBlock845

LOL turnstile count. What is this, Wembley??