7 Ups & 3 Downs From Last Night's WWE Backstage (Nov 19)
5. One On One With The Great One
'The Great One' not being the most electrifying man in Sports Entertainment, but the most electrifying presenter in pro wrestling - Renee Young.
CM Punk's sitdown with Young was a brief but engaging catch up with one of the industry's most unique, enigmatic and idiosyncratic characters. Just 24 hours removed from a tweet that fittingly exploded like a miniature - ahem - pipe bomb on Wrestling Twitter, Punk spoke with gentle honesty about the state of WWE and how much hadn't really changed since he'd been away.
Teasing out Punk's philosophy as an analyst, "If it's good, great...if it's bad, you're probably gonna be mad at me". This was ideal.
He was as honest as he was tantalising in his "never say never" summary on returning (though anything happening soon felt like a stretch), though noted that building the bridge with the company might "take as long as building the Great Wall Of China".
He'd offer even more to the show as the hour went on, but this was a solid start for the former 'Voice Of The Voiceless'.