{"id":50643,"date":"2019-07-18T17:06:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T21:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=50643"},"modified":"2019-07-18T17:06:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T21:06:28","slug":"cm-punk-announced-for-starrcast-iii-appearance-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/07\/18\/cm-punk-announced-for-starrcast-iii-appearance-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Punk Announced for Starrcast III Appearance In Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cue the rumor train that <strong>CM Punk<\/strong> is heading to <strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong>. On Thursday afternoon, <strong>Starrcast<\/strong> announced that the former 5x WWE World Champion, ECW Champion, and <strong>Ring of Honor (ROH)<\/strong> World Champion was now booked for a meet &amp; greet appearance at the third Starrcast event, held in Chicago over the same weekend as <em><strong>AEW All Out<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s straight edge. He\u2019s controversial. He\u2019s a former Heavyweight Champion. He\u2019s \u201cThe Best in the World\u201d &amp; he\u2019ll have a live mic at Starrcast!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Starrcast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Starrcast<\/a> is honored to welcome CM Punk to Chicago, Labor Day weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Platinum &amp; Gold Bracelets on sale NOW:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VShyAsTu00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/VShyAsTu00<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qR2WBIomjA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/qR2WBIomjA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nOGTHQTm1n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nOGTHQTm1n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Starrcast (@StarrcastEvents) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarrcastEvents\/status\/1151941451481325570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/wrestling\/2019\/07\/18\/cm-punk-interview-signing-starrcast\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an interview with <strong>Sports Illustrated<\/strong><\/a> on Thursday, CM Punk told SI that \u201cI do about one signing a year and the best part is always finding out how you\u2019ve touched people\u2019s lives in a meaningful way. A lot of it can be heavy; helped someone get clean, helped somehow with the loss of a loved one. I am always touched to know the private intimate stories people have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18862\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18862\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/punk-championship-600x406.jpeg\" alt=\"CM Punk\" width=\"600\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/punk-championship-600x406.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/05\/punk-championship-600x406-300x203.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKnowing the weekend will be attracting fans from all over the world for AEW, and since I normally only do one signing a year, it\u2019s a great way to maybe meet people that normally I wouldn\u2019t get the chance to otherwise,\u201d Punk told SI. \u201cLooking forward to meeting everyone there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Punk also touched on his favorite wrestling memories from his hometown as a fan, commenting on his favorite match he saw live in the Windy City.\u00a0\u201cBret vs. Austin (at WrestleMania 13) is the match that comes to mind,\u201d said Punk continued to SI. \u201cHell, Bret vs. Owen in a cage at SummerSlam \u201894, too. I was there live for that one, the first event held in the United Center. Third on the list would be memories of myself vs. Cena [at the Money in the Bank pay per view in 2011]. I think it\u2019s flattering if anyone thinks one of my matches belongs up there with the previous two I mentioned.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40375\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40375\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/bret-hart-vs-steve-austin-wrestlemania-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/bret-hart-vs-steve-austin-wrestlemania-13.jpg 545w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/bret-hart-vs-steve-austin-wrestlemania-13-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/03\/bret-hart-vs-steve-austin-wrestlemania-13-477x420.jpg 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Starrcast&#8217;s founder, Conrad Thompson, also spoke to SI and stated that this year they &#8220;wanted to bring something unique and that hasn\u2019t been done before at Starrcast. I\u2019ve always wanted to have Punk at Starrcast but the timing was never right, and I\u2019m really excited that the stars have aligned for this August. Fans are going to get what they\u2019ve wanted for a long time, and that is CM Punk with a live mic. It\u2019s going to happen at Starrcast.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50645\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/i-e1563483867175.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conrad Thompson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cue the rumor train that CM Punk is heading to All Elite Wrestling. On Thursday afternoon, Starrcast announced that the former 5x WWE World Champion, ECW Champion, and Ring of Honor (ROH) World Champion was now booked for a meet &amp; greet appearance at the third Starrcast event, held in Chicago over the same weekend [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":50646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,6],"tags":[140,5503],"class_list":["post-50643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-north-america","tag-cm-punk","tag-starrcast"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}