CM Punk is officially back in WWE. The self-proclaimed Best in the World has been welcomed back to the Stamford-based promotion with open arms by almost everybody.
Recently, the Best in the World was interviewed by Jackie Redmond on her show, The Jackie Redmond Show. Punk revealed that he was extremely nervous about his return to WWE Raw.
“100% of CM Punk was nervous. Returning to wrestling is one thing. Returning to WWE is a completely different animal. And I didn’t know how things would go and it’s not like I was off TV for a super long time. So… But you still as a performer you’re still like, ‘Are they going to remember me? Are they?’ And you know, I was legit like in an arena that had not been kind to me throughout my career.”
“It was also hugely cathartic”
CM Punk pointed out that Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse is the same building he quit WWE in back in 2014. He also had his UFC debut in the building, so it was not a venue that he had good memories of.
“[My] First UFC Fight was in that building. Yeah. I ran out of things like bad things… A lot of bad things have happened to me in this building. I got beat up here. But I think it was also like hugely cathartic because I’m very much a guy who if you ask me if I’m ready, I’m going to tell you no. Because part of the juice is being in front of a live crowd. I’m the old guy on the ice now where like I can stretch and I can warm up. And I’m not going to be ready until I’m on the ice, the whistle blows, and the puck drops. Now I’m ready. So I need to be in front of the crowd. And I need to see the red light on the camera, and then it’s like, okay, now, ‘It’s go time,’” CM Punk said.
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