CM Punk On The WWE Product: "Nothing Grabs Me"
Why CM Punk has little interest in watching the current WWE TV product...
CM Punk has little interest in watching the current televised WWE product.
Speaking on the Sunday Night's Main Event podcast, Punk said that while he watched when obligated to do so for his role on WWE Backstage (and is impressed by some of the company's talent), he can't tune in every week (h/t Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions):-
“No, I had to watch it a little bit when I was an analyst for FOX. But I mean… hmm, how do I say this diplomatically? Um, no, I think they’ve got some people who are super awesome and great in the ring, but you know, nothing grabs me to get me to want to watch.”
The former WWE Champion went on, unpacking his diplomatic answer:-
“I’m getting ‘a little long in the tooth’ now. And I would much rather uplift and show love to things I like than to tear anything down. You know, you can’t say that what they’re doing is wrong. They are the most profitable they’ve ever been since their inception, so who am I to say… you know what I mean? Like… it’s ice cream, there’s 31,000 flavors, everybody gets their favorite, I just don’t like vanilla.”
The 42-year-old has been out of wrestling since his acrimonious WWE release in 2014, having last appeared in the Royal Rumble that January. He featured as an analyst on WWE Backstage from late 2019 but is yet to make a full-on return to wrestling.
Recent reporting (and heavy teases on company television) suggest this could happen on 20 August, when Punk is expected to show up on that night's episode of AEW Rampage in his Chicago, Illinois hometown.
See below for more from CM Punk's Sunday Night's Main Event appearance:-
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