CM Punk Megathread

It was very interesting almost 2 hour long interview. He's easy to listen to, very engaging but whether or not you believe him as a reliable narrator is another thing.

I thought the NDA would make a lot of stuff off limits but it was only what went on in the locker room during Brawl Out that he couldn't really talk about. He went in-depth on his return, the reaction to him visiting WWE last year (someone in AEW called it a "betrayal" according to him), London and Jungle Boy, Collision and how he never really believed in it working, Tony Khan, the media scrum, Adam Page, Vince and plenty of other stuff.

The Jungle Boy stuff was revealing. Schiavone asked Punk to help deal with him because he was being a prick to people backstage concerning the spot he wanted to do with glass. Punk asked Tony Khan to deal with it and according to him, Khan's reaction was "What do you want me to do about it?" He painted Jungle Boy as an immature little dickhead.

Multi-millionaire wrestler Phil Brooks say guaranteed money has ruined pro wrestling!

Wrestling was better when wrestlers were paid by the house numbers they drew.

WOW this coming from the guy who say he fights for workers rights.

There was whole load of Walter Mitty in the interview, Interesting to listen too however a worker got to work.

Overall I think it shows what most knew that Phil Brooks the man behind he character is a small petty man who has a wrestling character who is one of the greatest wrestling characters of all time.

He paid for Mark Davis surgey when he was hurt on a NJPW show.

He has paid for a number of wrestlers who jobbed on AEW Dark back in the day.

Yeah Tony will always be the bad guy to some fans on the internet.

Injury aside, I've really enjoyed Punk's WWE return so far, but I wish they entered a clause in his contract for him not to do interviews 😅 Was genuinely surprised how openly he spoke about Perry, Kahn & AEW in general…but I do worry for him whether this'll end up being another lawsuit 🙈

Also it was refreshing to hear him say those post-event media scrum things are cringey. Always thought they were odd.

I enjoyed the interview for what it was but you just can't buy everything Punk comes out with and cannot find him to be a sympathetic individual. I would love to hear the other side of the story interviews with Tony, Perry, Bucs etc.

It is destined to end in tears but the Ariel H interview is fantastic. Punk would have me fooled but he genuinely seems to have matured.

He used to have a full chip shop on his shoulders but he seems to have mellowed big style.

I’m salivating at the potential of a feud with Drew (and/or Rollins) so much great stuff to work with. Hopefully Punk keeps on track and doesn’t get above himself as he does.

LOL Meltzer saying Punk spoke to him alot when he joined AEW,

Heard from a few that Perry can be a bit of a prick and experienced it first hand once myself so I can see it being accurate. People tend to forget Perry grew up in a millionaire family himself and probably used to getting his way all the time also.

An all time great of the pro-wrestling business. There'll never be another CM Punk. Hopefully he gets healthy and stays on a good run as the man is just pure fire & money. He has so many people on strings today it's actually comical.