10 Things We Learned From CM Punk On Renée Paquette's Podcast

5. “We Don’t Have Any F*cking Monitors!”

Josh Mathews CM Punk
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Here's another fun commentary story.

Punk segued off into a brief tale about one Josh Mathews that had Paquette in stitches. He remembered doing comms with Mathews when both John Cena and Wade Barrett crashed through the announce desk with an almighty thump. Then, they brawled off into the crowd, and an animated Vinnie Mac shouted, "Call what's on the monitors!".

The boss wouldn't stop yelling the same thing over and over, so Josh snapped. He bellowed back, "We don't have any f*cking monitors!", and McMahon fell silent. That cracked Punk up, 'cause he couldn't believe that someone had bitten back. He didn't go into detail about what happened afterwards.

Was Mathews punished for his comments? Did Vince apologise to the pair for jumping down their throats when they were powerless to do anything about it? Who knows, but Punk got a good giggle out of Mathews' losing it.

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