Shawne Merriman Says He Would Demolish CM Punk in the Most Painful Way Possible

CM Punk’s decision to leave the world of professional wrestling for mixed martial arts fighting has been met by many with a good deal of skepticism, and by “skepticism,” I mean wide-eyed contempt. 

The latest to jump on the anti-CM Punk train is former NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman, who recently went into great detail telling Fox's At The Buzzer exactly how he would inflict misery and ruin on the fledgling fighter:

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I would do a lot of things to him. I wouldn’t just want to beat him. I’d want to demolish him for the whole entire fight. I wouldn’t want to pin him, wouldn’t want to knock him out. I just want to make him feel pain for every round. I’m going for the kill shot every single time. I don't want to knock him out, I just want to make him feel punishment and pain the entire round.

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Merriman admitted his aggression is based on a beef:

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We have a little beef. We had a little history. I was talking to a friend, Eve, who I met, who is a commentator/broadcaster for WWE. I said “Hey, how you guys doing?”...I saw her at the hotel...we had a good conversation, she walked off and next thing I know, this guy [CM Punk] goes out and puts on Twitter...that I got dissed by one of the WWE women...this is coming from a guy who was wearing a small speedo/thong next to the pool.

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“It’s personal,” Merriman said. "I would love to have my shot at him one day."

The CM Punk tweet Merriman is hung up on was sent in 2011. Punk called Merriman a “creep” and said he’d make headlines as a Pro Bowler “if [he] could get to a QB as fast as [he] ran after our divas.”

This is a spectacularly dumb and petty beef. Tweeting disapproval in lieu of a real-life confrontation is a bad look, as is appearing in a video just to reheat the pot. 

In any case, these two should probably just schedule a fight instead of shadowboxing in the blogosphere. Set it up, Dana White.

Dan is on Twitter. What’s Internet beef?