by Messiah » Apr 07, '14, 9:45 pm
I said it in the chatbox. I think people think Punk cares that much more than he actually does.
CM Punk loves the business of professional wrestling, that is for certain. However, if you read his Twitter or any of his interviews, CM Punk told us this is what was going to happen. Punk was shitting on his own in-ring performances on his Twitter. Punk has been quoted as saying multiple times that he would retire from professional wrestling sooner rather than later. Punk has been seriously banged up for months now. Considering the direction for his character was bleak (and people can talk about what they know in hindsight but Daniel Bryan winning in the main event of WrestleMania was NOT supposed to happen; he was initially scheduled to face Sheamus with Punk against HHH and Batista going on a run as a face), it makes sense why Punk finally decided to leave. The product looked to be on a downward spiral, he no longer seemed to be having fun wrestling anymore, he was banged up, etc.
All the guy talked about anymore is Chicago games and now he has recently gotten engaged to AJ. He is also rich and gets to relax and not deal with being stressed out doing something he seemed to be losing a passion for. I doubt CM Punk cares or feels as bad about his decision as much as people will paint the picture to look that way.
Of course, people just seem to love to shit on CM Punk at every chance they get (not saying you CrissCrossed, and not even anybody on this site; people on every site seem to loathe Punk nowadays).