CM Punk weighs in on the WWE structure.
As of July 22, WWE is under new management as Vince McMahon retired, leaving Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan as Co-CEOS. Furthermore, Triple H assumed all creative duties with Vince stepping down.
Upon news breaking of Vince retiring, Brock Lesnar reportedly walked out of WWE SmackDown and was pulled for advertising on WWE.com leading up to the show. Lesnar would end up appearing at the end of the show, taking out Theory.
Speaking at San Diego Comic Con (via Absolute Geek Podcast), Punk gave his thoughts on if anything will change in WWE.
"You think because he tweeted that 'I'm retired' that he's not going to be hands-on?" Punk said about Vince's retirement.
Punk continued by saying, "I don't think the structure there, the....what's the word I'm looking for...I don't think the culture there changes at all. It is what it is. I'll put it to you like this. Oh boy, people are going to be real fucking mad about this, but fuck it. Mercedes [Sasha Banks] and Trinity [Naomi] leave, they announce on SmackDown that, 'gosh darn, we are so disappointed in them, they really let our fans down.' Brock splits. Comes back, obviously, I think he worked the show. Where is Michael Cole saying, 'Brock Lesnar really let these fans down.' I walked out. They went on TV and called me a quitter. What's changed? What's the difference? You're going to attack these two poor women who had enough and walked. They have bigger balls than everybody there. What's changed? There's nothing much that has changed. There's people that talk about it and people who do it. The people who lick the boots and have the audacity to say that about those two women. Fucking cowards and bootlickers. This shit is ridiculous. Why didn't they do it to Brock? They did it for me. It's none of my business."
When Lesnar showed up on WWE SmackDown, Cole and Pat McAfee hinted at the reports that Lesnar walked out by saying, "I thought...Nashville thought."
Sasha Banks and Naomi walked out o the May 16 episode of WWE Raw. WWE put out a statement on the situation saying, "During the broadcast, they walked into WWE Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis’ office with their suitcases in hand, placed their tag team championship belts on his desk, and walked out."
During the May 20 episode of WWE SmackDown, Michael Cole announced that the two had been suspended indefinitely and said they let the WWE Universe down.
Banks and Naomi have yet to comment on the situation.
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