CM Punk Calls Modern WWE "Trash"

CM Punk emptied a full clip on WWE in response to yesterday's releases.

by Andy H Murray
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CM Punk has hit out at WWE following the company's latest batch of releases, as the promotion cut six wrestlers from its talent roster yesterday.

In response to Bloody Disgusting editor in chief John Squires, who had tweeted about the releases, Punk called out WWE's "creatively bankrupt nincompoops."

"It’s like a movie with a blockbuster budget and cast, but if it’s written by creatively bankrupt nincompoops specifically for an audience of one, in a language nobody understands anymore," he tweeted. "It’s.....trash. But people watch it because they like movies."

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Aleister Black, Braun Strowman, Lana, Ruby Riott, Santana Garrett, and Buddy Murphy were all cut loose by WWE yesterday. Black has claimed that WWE told him "budget cuts" were the reason he was being let go, despite the promotion generating record profits in 2020.

Punk has never been shy of airing his true thoughts on WWE and its practices since departing the promotion acrimoniously in 2014. He returned to the company's universe via WWE Backstage in November 2019, working as an analyst on the studio show, though his contract was with FOX rather than WWE itself.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.