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Chris Jericho Responds To CM Punk’s Comments About Him On Cabana’s Podcast
In the video above, Chris Jericho responds to some comments CM Punk made about Jericho on Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling podcast. Punk mentioned that Chris Jericho contacted him, but insinuated that he may have had an agenda in trying to get Punk’s story on his podcast.
Jericho called Punk a friend, so he was surprised about what he said. Jericho said that he never asked Punk to do the podcast after Punk left WWE, although he did ask him in December. He said that there was a date planned, but that Punk pulled out because he didn’t have anything good to say about wrestling.
Jericho said that he did text Punk several times after Punk left, but never asked him to do the podcast. He said that there may have been others trying to get information from him, but he wasn’t one of them. Jericho said he has no ill will towards Punk and considers him a friend. Jericho noted that he kind of understood why Punk left, because he was in a similar position in 2005. He finished by saying he would talk about it more on his podcast.
CM Punk Launches New Store, Speculation On WWE Responding To Punk’s Comments
CM Punk has launched his official t-shirt store at ProWrestlingTees.com. Below is a screenshot of the first designs that have been released:
On a related note, there are a lot of people within WWE who are wondering how the company will respond to Punk’s comments on Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling podcast. It will be interesting to see if they reference Punk on RAW this week.
NJPW Launches Their Version Of WWE Network, Toyko Dome PPV Included
Following major announcements that New Japan Pro Wrestling would be on American television and pay-per-view, the company also has announcer their own over-the-top distribution network.
The service, which is called New Japan World, will cost $8.50 USD and will feature all of the promotions live events beginning this month. WWE made a similar move with the WWE Network earlier this year by offering their Network for $9.99. Events featured will include Wrestle Kingdom and the G1 Climax Tourney.
Wrestling Observer believes the company is inching closer to ending it’s relationship with their current television distributor Samurai! TV. At a press conference early Monday, the company announced that the Korakuen Hall shows, which previously aired on Samurai! will now air on their own service.
Takaaki Kidani expressed his desire to compete with the WWE, and said that currently New Japan is the number 2 company as it pertains to business, but number 1 in the ring. They now plan to pass WWE, and are making more moves into American homes. The company hopes to earn 100,000 subscribers for the first year.
As of now the entire site is in Japanese, with apparently no option for a translation. Some American fans have already ordered the service, however.
