CM Punk throws fat (alleged) asshole fan’s autograph book in St. Louis airport trash can
Proof that CM Punk will occasionally sign an autograph.
According to the Wrestling Observer (which is loading super slow right now or else I’d link to it) by way of Wrestling Inc. (which should thrill Kevin to no end), CM Punk was involved in a nonphysical altercation with a fan at the St. Louis airport last night. Apparently, one fan was “rude in his approach” in asking Punk for an autograph, and when that fan was turned down, another, fatter, assholier fan yelled at Punk, so Punk threw his autograph book in a trash can. Other nearby WWE talent then asked airport visitors if they knew “the fat guy” whose book got tossed. Punk Tweeted about the incident:
Unacceptable behavior.
This is for all the respectful fans I saw at the airport. Right on. Thanks.
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@cowboyjwk:@CMPunk you’re becoming Mr. Big Head.” Nah. Just don’t like rude people.
…as did Ricardo Rodriguez, who saw the incident first-hand:
Man, you guys seriously go from fan mode to creepy mode to psycho mode sometimes..
#StLouis
Thanks for noticing, Ricardo! In fact, when Colt Cabana asked me, Dan and Matt for an extra $5 to take a picture with the NWA championship belt, I screamed at the top of my lungs, jumped up and down, and urinated on my brand new “Colt of Personality” T-shirt. Then he threw *me* in a trash can. What a story I have to tell! -Eric
Hilarious. I know that fat asshole, and if these juiced up pricks had any idea how much money he spends going to shows and buying shirts and belts and pictures and shit, they might not be quite so whiny. It’s people like him that these idiots make their living off of. Most of these guys will be unemployed and useless in 5 years, and they’ll reminisce about the days when people in airports paid any attention to them as they give handies in a bus station bathroom.
Mr. Bagel, thanks for writing in, it’s awesome to hear this point of view. I’m not going to defend your friend or the wrestlers, as I have no horse in this race, but for as much as the wrestlers say they appreciate the fans, and I believe they do, they don’t care how many replica championship belts you buy or how many 8x10s you have hanging on your wall. That’s why they call us “marks,” because we buy into this stuff and spend our money on them. What they want is to be treated like people when they’re in public situations and not be yelled at or approached rudely.
I wasn’t at the airport, and I don’t have a first-hand account of what happened, but think about this: I got the chance to meet Danny Hodge last weekend, and if anyone thinks for one minute that I could have just stormed up to him and demanded an autograph and had my friend yell at him without me getting an open-handed slap to the face from an 81-year-old man, they’re sorely mistaken. Most normal people would be a little shaken up if someone started shouting them down at an airport; think about how these guys feel who have to deal with that nearly every day of their lives.
And furthermore, if they do start giving handies in a bus station bathroom, the people paying for them will be the same people with replica championship belts hanging on their bedroom walls. Hey, money for entertainment, right? Even exchange! -E