Why Did CM Punk Give Up His Pro Wrestling Career?

[superpunch]

He had a career that people dream of having and gave it up for.. 1 or 2 fights max in the UFC?

After his first fight, the aura of the spectacle will be gone and he won't be worth anything. The UFC will have to cut his pay down to something like $10k or cut him.

With guys like Brock and Sakuraba, the transition makes perfect sense. They have real martial arts skill and did go on to become champions. Sakuraba became a legend.

I can't shake the feeling that he didn't think this out really well.

 

[ortizgnp]

I think he asks himself the same question at night.

 

[surgeyou1]

Burned out. Felt disrespected by the company.

 

[Haj01]

He quit

 

[GSPOAB]

A sherdogger told him it was fake

 

[BBMN]

He had done everything he wanted and made a lot of money. No reason not to quit.

The business is insanely hard to keep up with and will eventually break you mentally or physically if you're not in love with it.

 

[skysolo]

Much like Mcgregor he took his ball and went home. But the machine continues to roll.

 

[FrankieNYC]

He did not quit to do UFC
One had nothing to do with the other
10 months after he quit WWE, Zuffa made him a big money offer.

 

[catsforsale]

The company treated him like shit so he walked. He could easily never have to work again but he wants to fight in he UFC.

 

[CoolKnees]

Pro wrestling is actually really tough. You got the TV show, then a couple house shows every single week. You have to juice to maintain physique and pop painkillers if dealing with injuries. It's all scripted but that stuff still hurts and damages your body.

 

[Cygnus-X]

Quite honestly, I think he saw what kind of legitimacy Brock brought into his WWE return and he's trying to capture the same kind of feel for when he goes back.

 

[Roca]

He's retired. Now he gets to pretend to be a fighter for a little while before he fades away into obscurity

 

[Haj01]

his penis was too small

 

[TheNinja]

A sherdogger told him it was fake

 

[jimbob27]

He had a career that people dream of having and gave it up for.. 1 or 2 fights max in the UFC?

After his first fight, the aura of the spectacle will be gone and he won't be worth anything. The UFC will have to cut his pay down to something like $10k or cut him.

With guys like Brock and Sakuraba, the transition makes perfect sense. They have real martial arts skill and did go on to become champions. Sakuraba became a legend.

I can't shake the feeling that he didn't think this out really well.

Sakuraba had even more reason to transition.

He worked for a UWFi which had arranged a cross-promotion feud with NJPW.

NJPW was the bigger promotion, and had more influence when it came to who "won" the match-ups. The deal made all the UWFi wrestlers look like cans, and ultimately killed the entire promotion.

They were left without a job, bad reputations within the pro wrestling community because they came from the "can" promo, and a deep desire to prove that they weren't actually cans at all. When the opportunity came up to fight for real, it was an obvious transition.

 

[curryjunkie]

he was gettin too old to be a childrens entertainer

 

[Darkart]

They wanted him to job on free TV, ultimate sign of disrespect.

 

[WarKO]

He had a career that people dream of having and gave it up for.. 1 or 2 fights max in the UFC?

After his first fight, the aura of the spectacle will be gone and he won't be worth anything. The UFC will have to cut his pay down to something like $10k or cut him.

With guys like Brock and Sakuraba, the transition makes perfect sense. They have real martial arts skill and did go on to become champions. Sakuraba became a legend.

I can't shake the feeling that he didn't think this out really well.

He has an 8 fight deal.

 

[Metheus]

Unlike in the UFC, he had to go out and work a few days a week, plus promotional events basically every day. Doing 100+ matches a year is brutal on the body, especially a smaller wrestler like he was.

Can you imagine how many UFC fighters would retire for a day with the promotional obligations of a pro-wrestler?

 

[SCTwins]

A sherdogger told him it was fake

Lol ok but that makes no sense why would he believe them.