11 Wrestlers Who Would Rather Do Nothing Than Work For WWE

3. CM Punk

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Since walking away from WWE over five years ago, CM Punk hasn't once even teased a return to the company. That's not to say he's particularly happy with life away from the McMahon empire - and spats with former friends suggest he isn't exactly thrilled with how things turned out - but it appears his life certainly wouldn't be made better by a WWE return.

Punk's been able to dabble in mixed martial arts for UFC, spend quality time away from the grind of the industry with wife and former WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee and even contribute to comics in order to channel his creativity into one of his other loves.

Remarkably, his value hasn't particularly decreased by virtue of not wrestling a single second since the dramatic post-Royal Rumble departure. Legend status already assured, Punk's comeback (should it ever actually occur) would be enormous, perhaps affording him the actual WrestleMania main event he left in (partial) protest of never getting when he was a full-timer.

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