5 Ups & 5 Downs From Last Night's WWE Backstage (Jan 14)
Downs...
5. Punk In Public
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Or not, as the strange schedule agreed upon between the 'Voice Of The Voiceless' and Fox resulted in Punk being absent yet again, having not appeared on the show since December 10th. Based on his own confirmation, it'll be January 21st when he next sits down with the panel.
Though not technically a Down this episode deserves, it's one for the deal in general.
As a fan of the show, a fan of WWE or a fan of CM Punk, there exists modicum of hype but a vacuum of unwarranted frustrations. There's no bait and switch nor false advertising, but can anybody really "change the culture" if they're hardly ever there to do it?
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