- WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with a new blog on jrsbarbq.com. As always, you can purchase JR's BBQ products on WWEShop.com. Ross commented on last night's interview with Steve Austin and Vince McMahon:

"Thoroughly enjoyed the Austin-McMahon discussion on the WWE Network Monday night after RAW. Thought it was well done by both men and informative and entertaining which are always two desirable traits of any piece of business.

Was happy that VKM addressed the hot topic of the CM Punk matter and was surprised abut the apology he made to Punk about getting his lega paperwork on Punk and AJ's wedding day. Seems as if the door is open to resume talks some day if both parties are of that mindset.

Punk's overwhelming desire to close the show at a WrestleMania is admirable and if any one in the locker room doesn't have that same goal every day of their professional life then they need to find another line of work.

The topic of Bill Watts coming up was nostalgic as I recall organizing that FREE 'meet and greet' at the old Myriad featuring all the Mid South fan favorites including Kerry Von Erich as being a success the night WWE made their OKC debut.

Thought it was smart for Vince to add more time onto the conversation with the extra fifteen minutes that created the sense of urgency required to finish strong and they did just that. I have to believe that this programming was great for the @WWENetwork."

Source: LordsofPain.net

Punk ain't coming back. Ever. Vince refuses to admit HHH screwed him and Punk will never falsely take blame.

The same could be said for Bret Hart, or any other wrestler that felt they were wronged by the company in the past. It took Steve Austin a year to realize walking out of the company wasnt beneficial to him at all. Could we see Punk back by this time next year? It's a stretch, but when wrestlers say "IM NEVER WORKING WITH THEM AGAIN" I tend to wait and see what happens.

Like I said before the situation is way different. Hart was made to drop a fictional title. Punk's life was put on the line.

Bret was also SCREWED out of his JOB on LIVE PPV. He then said he never wanted to be on WWE programming ever again. When he was inducted into the HOF in 2006, he refused to walk out onto the stage at Mania 22 because he did not want to be there.

Yeah but he knew he was going to be gone soon anyway. Like I said Punk's situation was much worse.

As I understand it, Bret was leaving his job anyway to work for the competition (if I am wrong, please correct me, I may have the wrong understanding). Bret was leaving, it was sad that it went down how it did, but with the banter between WWF and WCW at the time, it is not overly surprising. Things were heated and personal.

What Punk went through was worse, he was the biggest draw-card that the company had; the universe clearly loved him as they are still right behind him even after he has stated numerous times that he is never returning. They still cheer for him, they still naively believe that he will come back one day. He spoke out about the company that he loved, his dream, and inevitably that company screwed him. He was lucky that it wasn't worse for his health; WWE did nothing to protect their best asset. That was needless.