CM Punk is tired of being humble.
The WWE Superstar has been one of the most exciting stars in the company since his return last year. While he has only wrestled one match (in the 2024 Royal Rumble), his feud with Drew McIntyre has been the most talked about in the company over the past six months.
While he has been healing his tricep injury, CM Punk has made McIntyre’s life a living heel. He attacked him at WrestleMania 40, allowing Damian Priest to cash in his Money in the Bank contract.
CM Punk interfered at both Money in the Bank and Clash at the Castle. This cost Drew McIntyre the World Heavyweight Championship, and only built up anticipation for their Summerslam match.
CM Punk spoke with Sports Illustrated about his match with Drew McIntyre. They asked how his injury has affected him since the Royal Rumble.
CM Punk admitted that is sucks, but he is still the most interesting person in wrestling while injured. He said he is tired of being humble, and the t-shirt sales and ratings for his segments prove how good he is, even while injured.
“They all suck, yeah. You know, I’m such a curious case though because people will say, ‘Oh, he’s injured,’ and look what I have done while injured. I’m still the most interesting, talked about guy in professional wrestling. I still sell the most t-shirts. I still have the highest-rated segments, and I’m tired of pretending that I have to be humble about that.”
“People will use my being injured as some sort of a negative. I’ve just turned it into this blossoming positive. So, yeah, it bums me out when you get hurt. But when you’ve been an athlete for decades, you kind of get used to it.”
CM Punk Explains The Positives Of Being Injured
CM Punk continued, sharing that after crying about it to his wife, he got on with his injury. He revealed that there are positives, such as focusing on getting back to 100% again. His goal is not to prove anybody wrong, but to prove himself right.
You realize, ‘Okay, you cry about it for eight minutes, have a cry with your wife about it, and go, “Ah, this really sucked because we had these plans and plans are disrupted.”‘
“But a lot of the time, the best things come from when stuff goes haywire. If you have the experience and the knowledge to actually use what you’ve been given… I can’t really complain. I just try to look at the positives of it. People will be like, ‘Well, positives of being injured?’ Yeah, it gave me something to focus on. It gave me something to really just bust my ass and not prove anybody wrong but prove myself right.”
