10 Wrestlers Who Hated Working Together

10. CM Punk & Ryback

You could fill a phonebook with the names CM Punk apparently hated working with throughout his career, such was the former WWE Champion’s bitterness as he left the business. From John Laurinaitis to Jeff Hardy, Punk made more than his fair share of enemies during his time in the sport, and history will remember him not only as a tremendous wrestler, but a divisive backstage powderkeg.

Punk’s post-WWE release interview on Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling podcast made a number of new grudges public, and Ryback was one of them. “The Steroid Guy", as Punk so eloquently calls him, inflicted multiple injuries on Punk when they wrestled, and while his claim that Ryback “took 20 years off my life” seems far-fetched, the injuries definitely took a toll. One notoriously bad spot saw Ryback attempt to Gorilla Press Punk through a table, only to miss it completely, tilting Punk’s pelvis, and putting him out of action for several weeks.

Punk harboured the grudge throughout the remainder of his WWE career, and after being branded “dumb as f***", The Big Guy didn’t respond too kindly. Ryback claimed that Punk never confronted him directly about the incident, but went behind his back to complain to Vince instead. Knowing this, it’s probably a good thing neither of them are with the company anymore...