(07 Dec 2014, 4:53 pm)marxistafozzski wrote So Punk will go down the Lesnar route in future...
Altgough I dont watch MMA, is Punk worthy of a spot in UFC, I mean is he trained in many Martial Arts...It can only be good for Punk, as you say it keeps his name relevant and very much keeps him in the publics eye...I thought there was a no-compete clause to prevent him going to UFC in his termination, at least it sounded that way in the Colt Cabana podcast...Could those clauses actually be seen as a restriction of trade, even though Vince has used them for years.
I would love to see Punk back in WWE, I kind of started disliking him when he walked earlier this year, but after Cabanas podcast, my view on Punk has changed and can understand his reason to leave.
But as Punk notes in Cabana's podcast, how can you put a no-compete cause on a person who is deemed an 'independent contractor'?
All wrestlers under the WWE banner are designated 'independent contractors'. It's really only the office staff who have 'employee' status. WWE wrestlers are essentially zero-hour workers with the added perks of a retainer fee and merchandising royalties. If someone has the bottle (and money and energy) to challenge the no-compete clause they'll probably win. Brock, Bertie and Punk have all proven the various invalidities of that particular clause.