CM Punk recently spoke with Marc Raimondi of ESPN to promote his title shot against world champion "Hangman" Adam Page at this Sunday's AEW Double Or Nothing 2022 pay-per-view.
During the discussion, "The Best in the World" spoke about what is important in the wrestling business, his goal to make AEW better, as well as how he feels like his time in WWE was wasted.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview where he touches on these topics with his thoughts.
On what is important in the wrestling business: “F— buyrates and million-dollar gates and everything. That’s what this s— is about. What’s the best part? The best part is making these new relationships and showing guys what a lot of guys never showed me but should have: to not be a d— to these kids who just want to be pro wrestlers.”
On his goal to make AEW a better place: “I don’t run things. I don’t call shots. I don’t book s—. I just make towns. And I have a wealth of experience that I can draw from. I have a wealth of positive and negative experiences that I can draw from. I’m not sitting back trying to hold people back, politic or anything. I’m just literally trying to make this place better.”
On how he feels like his WWE time was wasted, but isn’t going to let that stop him from living in the moment now in AEW: “I feel like it was kind of wasted. It could have been so much more. It should have been so much more. And now, this is everything I dreamed pro wrestling could and should be. And I’m here and I’m f—ing in the moment. I’m not thinking about tomorrow. I’m not worried about s— that happened yesterday. I’m living in the moment and I’m 100% in my f—ing prime, best I’ve ever been.”
Check out the complete interview at ESPN.com.
