11 Humiliating Times Wrestlers Tried To Look Cool (& Turned Into CLOWNS)

8. CM Punk Fires Shots At AEW To Silence

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A slightly different kind of entry next, one focusing more on words than clothing or entrances.

The Best in the World has not exactly wasted any opportunity to fire a shot at his old workplace in the time since his messy AEW departure in 2023.

In CM Punk's mind, throwing cheeky digs at Tony Khan's company in his WWE promos is the sort of edgy work that has helped make him one of the coolest and most popular performers of all time. However, in reality, they've not really landed in the way he'd have hoped.

Judging from the lack of any real reaction to comments alluding to his backstage scraps in AEW or that promotion's crowd size, it seems like the average WWE fan doesn't really know about this drama or care enough to react to the petty slights.

And those who are aware of what Punk's trying to achieve with them have just been left wincing at an iconic worker swinging and missing with failed zingers.

The Punker needs to stick to blasting Hulkamania and generally keeping the focus on the stories being told inside of WWE's walls; anything else is just wasted energy at this point and does more damage to him than the company he's attacking.

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