Smark Out Moment

Welcome to another edition of WHAT IF, where we look back on a moment in pro wrestling history and ponder how things would have played out differently if something else had occurred instead of what actually happened.

This time around, the question is what if CM Punk stuck around WWE, rather than leaving following the 2014 Royal Rumble match?

How would that have changed the card for WrestleMania XXX and Daniel Bryan's Yes Movement, Randy Orton vs. Batista in the main event, the eventual feuds with The Shield against Evolution, The Authority and The Wyatt Family, and so on?

How would AJ Lee's career have been affected? Would All Elite Wrestling exist, or would AEW be replaced by World's Best Wrestling with Tony Khan getting CM Punk to leave WWE anyway?

The panelists for the Smack Talk podcast go down the rabbit hole of alternate dimensions and timelines to break down how they imagine events would have panned out with this Butterly Effect rippling through pro wrestling's history and altering it for better or worse.

Make sure to subscribe on whatever platform you're listening, leave your comments on the video below or this post, share this edition with your friends, and smark out with us!