10 Times Wrestling Fans F***ed Around & Found Out

7. CM Punk

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Forgotten in the wake of some other regrettable actions that occurred in and around All Out 2022, a moment of madness during a CM Punk promo resulted in the 'Voice Of The Voiceless' himself saying "probably shouldn't have said that" mere seconds after returning fire towards a heckler with lowest common denominator patter that a performer of Punk's pedigree is lightyears above.

He was talking through his summer injury recovery in the middle of a Chicago Dynamite when one of his natives got restless. Punk called the guy fat, joked about how little he may or may not have had sex, then brutally remonstrated with himself as above, remembering his role, his job, and what year it was in a crushingly quick reality check.

It'd be generous to say he was forgetting himself, and some would argue he was doing the total opposite. Was The Punker remembering an ugly side of his old self, immediate contrition included? An infamous moment from his past suggests so...

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett