Wrestler CM Punk is looking to thrive in retirement, despite rumors that WWE is contemplating legal action against him for walking out on the company in January. The whispers persist, though there is no official word from the company about a lawsuit. One thing seems certain at this point: neither Punk (real name Phil Brooks) nor WWE seem interested in getting back into bed with one another. According to friend and former colleague Paul Heyman, the two parties probably won't consider reconciling for a long time.
Now that CM Punk has officially moved on to new ventures, we can all move on with our lives, right? Wrong. There is still commentary and blowback following his unceremonious departure. Rumors of a lawsuit for breach of contract are continuing to spread. There are also nutjob conspiracy theorists who still think this is all storyline (I wouldn't put it past them, but that would be genius writing, requiring guts and vision beyond what I think the creative staff is currently capable of.)
Paul Heyman has a common sense theory. He thinks both sides probably believe that they are finished doing business together, but in a few years, cooler heads may prevail (via Cage Side Seats):
"Much like Heyman himself during his last hiatus from the company, he believes Punk is prepared to never come back to WWE - or wrestling. Given that he's a mentor to the Chicagoan and that they seem to have similar approaches to life and business, his insight here is valuable, because it's got a better chance of being accurate than most opinions on the matter."
Adding fuel to the fire are so-called experts claiming to have inside information, like Dave Meltzer (via What Culture):
"Right now there are definitely issues with WWE and CM Punk. WWE is not happy with the way this all went down. Nothings happened yet, but this is not, you know, you haven't heard anything and that would make you think his contract expired a couple of days ago and you think, well, this is a nice smooth ending."
Horrible syntax aside, there is no proof that WWE are considering legal action. Furthermore, litigation might be the wrong move if the company wishes to leave a door open for future possibilities.
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