MJF compared CM Punk to Hulk Hogan, and he’s not the only doing it

Like a lot of us, I’ve been talking about the end of Raw since Raw ended last night (July 7). Certain things will cause me to do that — things like CM Punk returning after a three month absence that may or may not have been mysterious, filling in for an “injured” Cody Rhodes and ending Sami Zayn’s long-sought-after first WWE title reign just nine days after it began. A Ride or Die Sami fan from waaay back, I was bummed. But as I try to with this weird, wonderful pastime of ours, I told myself pro wrestling is a story that never ends. Nearly every character and story beat can be reframed or moved on from, it just takes a good angle that suits the performer. That kind of thinking does encourage fantasy booking, which has its pros and cons as well. But as long as you don’t come to expect or demand a company will deliver what you wanted, fantasy booking is part of the fun of being a wrestling fan. I don’t know think AEW World champion (for now) Maxwell Jacob Friedman was fantasy booking wh