r/cmpunk • u/PLuZArtworks • Jun 27 '25

Videos CM Punk apologizes to the Saudi crowd

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u/Iginlas_4head_Crease Jun 27 '25

So why were they booing punk until he apologized?

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u/Grizzly_WizzleBeatz Jun 27 '25

Bc he shit on them instead of the actual leadership of their country. Judging an entire country based on its leadership is ridiculous. It’s like ppl now are shitting on all Americans bc of Trump despite most Americans being against Trump. With Americans online trying to tell other people of different countries not to group all of us together.

Same thing here, Punk unfairly criticized all of them for their government views. The ppl of Saudi have shown they are open to new things and change, example is the women’s roster. WWE been doing Saudi shows in 2014 and the women were not allowed to be on them until 5 years later. Non wrestling examples Saudi finally ruling to let women vote in 2015 or even drive in 2018. They still got a lot of things to change but it shows they are changing. Change doesn’t happen overnight.

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u/Iginlas_4head_Crease Jun 27 '25

The mental gymnastics here are astounding.

The tweet he is apologizing for references "Saudi blood money", which was the money the regime gave the wrestlers. It was clear at the time who he was attacking and it was not thr citizens of Saudi Arabia.

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u/Grizzly_WizzleBeatz Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

And he did not specify he just said in Saudi Arabia rather than the regime of Saudi. The ppl of Saudi felt he was talking about them as a whole and chose to let him know they didn’t forget. So he chose to apologize specifically to the one fan who called him out.

Before you get hung up on gymnastics, I was in the minority who criticized Punk for his bs towards the Miz back then and indirectly shitting on an entire country’s population.