Former WWE Star and UFC fighter CM Punk recently spoke with Stephanie Chase of Digital Spy to promote his upcoming movie Jakob’s Wife. While promoting his movie, the former WWE Star also talked about the similarities between wrestling fans and horror movie buffs. According to Punk, Horror fans as well as wrestling fans will almost die on hills that they normally wouldn’t die on. He also said Horror movie fans and wrestling fans really are so passionate that they hold what they love near and dear to their heart and they almost want to protect it.
CM Punk said, “Horror fans, as well as wrestling fans, will almost die on hills that they normally wouldn’t die on, meaning, ‘I discovered this wrestler first, I discovered this movie first’.”
“And you’re almost not allowed to like it because you weren’t in on the ground floor. Horror movie fans and wrestling fans really are so passionate that they hold what they love near and dear to their heart and they almost want to protect it.”
Punk then said they should want everybody to like it – the more popular it is, the more eyeballs that are on it, the more content you probably get. CM Punk also said that there is also the element of, he thinks the majority of people will view horror and wrestling as a lower form of entertainment, but as soon as it is done to the best of its ability, neither are.
CM Punk said, “They should want everybody to like it – the more popular it is, the more eyeballs that are on it, the more content you probably get. But there is also the element of, I think the majority of people will view horror and wrestling as a lower brow entertainment, which, when it is done to the best of its ability, neither are."
“I think that keeps those fans on the defensive, you know they’re used to having to defend what they love because other people will constantly remind them of, ‘Oh, that’s fake,’ or ‘Oh, that’s just a bunch of blood and boobs’ or whatever.”
Jakob’s Wife is set to be released this Friday, April 16 in select theaters, on-demand and digitally.
