Shawn Michaels is still a big fan of former All Elite Wrestling talent CM Punk.
WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels took part in a media call for NXT No Mercy today. When asked about the possibility of bringing CM Punk into NXT, Michaels said he would welcome it, but he just isn’t sure it would be allowed.
“Of course, we’d welcome him here in NXT,” Shawn Michaels said. “My guess is, he would probably want to go to the main roster. I always enjoyed working with Phil. Didn’t get to do it much. I understood him. Whether you want to say there were similarities in us. I can’t lie.
“We were at TV, and he once pulled out his wallet, on the spot, an autograph that I had signed for him in a hotel that he still had. I’ve always liked him. I understand he’s a different kind of cat and can sometimes be challenging to get along with people, but that is probably why I like him, because I suffer from the same thing.
Shawn Michaels sees a lot of himself in CM Punk
“Obviously, that’s for people to decide higher up on the food chain than I am. He’s a guy that does numbers and makes money. That would be a risk-reward ratio that from a company standpoint, they’d have to consider.
“When it comes to, ‘would we take him in NXT and have him on our television?’ Are you kidding me? Of course I would. I just don’t think anybody would let me. Who wouldn’t take that kind of star power? I don’t know. If I get in trouble for that, I’ll let you know.” [H/T: Fightful]
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