10 Fascinating WWE Backstage Facts About CM Punk
9. He Has/Had Beef With Booker T
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Booker T's recent story about him and CM Punk having a few stern words at an NXT taping were debunked by the Hall Of Famer on his own podcast, though it's worth noting he used the same platform to stoke the fires in the first place.
He explained that he was mostly just working, noting that;
"Look, me and CM Punk, we won't be having a fight, okay? I wanna let everyone know out there, I have no ill will towards CM Punk. Contrary to popular belief, I consider CM Punk a friend, alright? So when I'm saying something about CM Punk guys, do not take it literally... don't take it serious. Don't jump into that mud. If you hear me say anything here on the Hall of Fame, this show, it's show-related. I'm trying to entertain my fans, I'm trying to entertain the fans that's watching this, trying to give you guys a moment where you ain't gotta think about that kinda stuff,"
All good then, but while that might be the end of the tale, it's not the beginning. Punk and Booker have previous for this sort of thing. Cody Rhodes famously relayed an occasion where Punk asked wrestlers to pick up their trash "as the locker room leader", leading T to throw his garbage on the floor in response.