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Starrcast Notes: Flip Gordon, MJF, Foley, CM Punk, More

Added 2019-09-04 00:09:30 +0000 UTC

- CM Punk was received well by everyone in the green room after his stage show. The show itself went way over the planned time, but it didn't seem to bother Punk, at least if his behavior afterwards was any indication. We were told that he was very friendly and cordial, and went out of his way to greet everyone.

- We ran into Effy ahead of his GCW match with Nick Gage. He was visibly tired and contemplating his life choices at that point. He'd go on to have a breakout performance to many at the GCW/Black Label Pro show.

- Mick Foley was pitched a spot for the MJF stage show, but wasn't sure how they'd get out of it without one of them looking bad.

- Starrcast still has a ton of stuff and promotional materials for the canceled Ric Flair Roast from earlier this year.

- We're told Flip Gordon tried to get clearance to come to Starrcast via a third party booking that ended up getting rejected by ROH. They aren't permitting any talent to appear at the convention, and didn't at the second Starrcast, either.

- MJF refused to let a fan wearing a Chris Benoit Club t-shirt on the screen on FITE TV during his show, a move that was applauded by FITE's Mike Weber.