He basically had a temper tantrum because The Rock is a bigger star than him.

Punk seemed receptive to working with The Rock and, in his own words, thought it would present a good challenge. He knew Vince's vision was going to be to run Rock/Cena 2 but with the belt on the line....so Punk's personal goal was to hit it out of the park to convince Vince to make it a triple threat instead of running the same match as a year earlier.

3 ways are so eww 85% of the time

Take work rate guys to pull it off...which none of those 3 are

I dunno man, 85% of my fantasies involve two chicks at the same time and I rarely think it's eww

Oops, wrong kind of three way

What's the other 15%?

5% Becky Lynch being my sex slave
5% me being Becky Lynch's sex slave
5% Miscellaneous

Pro tip: its way too much work. Hard pass.

I was on board at the time, but then I smartened up a bit. I mean, really, you have a choice between John Cena vs. The Rock and crossing into 1 million buys, or you've got a chance to do The Rock vs. CM Punk (and let's just keep the three-way thing clear, because they do suck), which one are you honestly going with?

Punk's WWE Title reign was actually boring as fuck. I don't even hate the guy, but there's a reason that other stuff was treated as being more important. It was more important. The WWE gave Punk such a long time to catch on, and he just...didn't matter. Not to the point he did in 2011 anyway.

Then it's "wah, wah -- I didn't get my pay-off." Mate, you had 400+ days or whatever to try and deliver something. It comes WrestleMania time and there's bigger fish to fry, that's at least a little bit your fault.

Bret Hart getting shafted at WrestleMania IX is far more offensive than anything that ever happened to Punk. Except for maybe the Triple H loss in 2011.

I would have been into the 3 way.

You also risk the fans seeing CM Punk as the cool, edgy outsider/underdog, with the fans wanting "CM Punk!" and then being disappointed when Cena walks out with the belt.

If 20 years from now, punk is bitching about it evety chance he gets, and generally being negative about everything, then he could challengd bret, but he's not even doing that now.

Hes been bitching for 20 years, why does he need to bitch for another 20?

He is a widely known malcontent.

I don't see news stories about punk bitching once a Quarter.... I do with Bret. Not to say punk isn't bitter. But no one is more bitter than Bret

A large part of that is because Punk is not in the news. If he were being interviewed about...anything, he'd be bitching.

Kathy Griffin <s>might be</s> is more bitter than Bret if we open this up to non-wrestlers.

Hard to say. A bitter taste in meat typically comes from fat, so we would have to know both of their fat percentages. I would say since Bret is quite a bit older, he must have more fat deposits, especially around the belly as men tend to gain belly fat when older, while CM Punk especially due to his mixed martial arts training is a lot leaner. I would have to go with Bret Hart.

I'm not bitter, but I've seen better days

Teddy Geiger is a broad now.

"Don't be bitter.
Be better"

Sounds like a crappy facebook meme that moms would post who are all set in life.

Yeah, moms that used to be dudes called Teddy.

bitter
bĭt′ər
adjective

1. Having or being a taste that is sharp, acrid, and unpleasant.
2. Causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or stinging sensation; harsh.
3. Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear.
4. Proceeding from or exhibiting strong animosity.
5. Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment.
6. Marked by resentment or cynicism.

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Bret may be bitter, but fuck if he isn't right every single time :lol:

Bret should be 100 in any video game

I feel like this would be a closer poll now.

One guy got literally forced out of a company, his championship stolen, suffered a career ending injury, and had a stroke.

The other guy didn't get to wrestle the last match of one show, even though Miz did, and had a guy make a veiled reference to a former friend from like 8 years ago.

Amazingly, the second guy is the more bitter of the two.

I don’t think either guy is bitter. Bret works for the WWE and is regarded as one of the best of all-time. Punk’s career is less legendary, but has its spikes. He’s made a shit-tonne of money and continues to do so as possibly AEW’s highest paid guy (who knows how long that will last?). You can be cynical and critical without being bitter.