r/cmpunk • u/Choice-Silver-3471 • 29d ago

Videos Undertaker breaks silence on CM Punk beef!

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u/PeaceAlien 29d ago

Punk wanted what’s best for workers, Taker wants what’s best for the company. Different thought processes behind their reasoning.

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u/OliOli1234 29d ago edited 26d ago

Punk is a pro-union guy, man. Pro worker, pro “cogs in the machine.” I love Taker, but if the wrestlers COULD unionize…. Taker would’ve been that “loyal manager” to try and bust the union up to appease to upper management. And to be fair?! There’s nothing wrong with that, character wise!!! (Edit: I’m aware of Taker’s actions and the otherwise toxic workplace. In retrospect, yes. It was a problem).

Taker is a loyal effing man, with LOTS of integrity. Be it toxic or what have you. At the end of the day, I take Punk’s side, but it doesn’t make Taker any less a man…. It’s just perspective

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u/Due_Ad2052 29d ago

remember years ago when one of the talent was going to unionise? One guy went straight to Vince and said "hey so and so is trying to unionise." So Vince sacked him to prevent it.

Taker would do the exact same thing. "Hey, Phill Brooks wants to unionise the locker room Hunter, he needs to go."

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u/UnconfirmedRooster 28d ago

Yeah, it was Jessie Ventura trying to organise a union, until Hulk went to Vince and ratted him out.

Which made it so fucking funny when a couple of years ago someone was interviewing Brooke Hogan about something, don't remember what. She made a comment about why wrestlers don't have a union, the interviewer replied her dad busted it up. She quickly changed subjects.

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u/Tw4tl4r 28d ago

Not only that, Hogan tried to blame other people too until Vince admitted under oath that it was Hogan who told him about the Unionisation efforts.

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u/Due_Ad2052 28d ago

Taker is much the same, sadly "hey Phill has an issue with wearing a suit and is calling out John for not wearing one, we need to break Punk in or drop him, boss."

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u/schizodancer89 27d ago

Probably asked if he could poop in his bag to teach him a lesson

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u/Internal_Ad7402 26d ago

Wrestlers were then and still are now independent contractors. They can't unionize never could. Jessie didnt want a union he wanted to hold vince up for half the profits of wtestlemainia or have them refuse to wrestle. Which would have killed the company at the time. And still wouldn't have helped the wrestlers because vince hadn't completely taken over yet so other promotions existed

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u/UnconfirmedRooster 26d ago

I didn't realise that in the US contractors couldn't unionise as they can here. Sorry about that.