WHAT’S UP WITH CM PUNK?
Austin: “What is it with you guys?”
Triple H: “I remember hearing things about him when he was first coming in. I remember people saying, ‘oh you hate this CM Punk kid, and you’re burying him.’ Honest to god, and this isn’t a knock to him, I didn’t know who he was. We didn’t have time to watch other components of the business. When he came here, maybe some of that got carried over. I don’t know. I’ve never had a beef with him.”
THE PIPEBOMB
Triple H: “When he first dropped the pipebomb, we did this storyline and [Kevin] Nash was brought in. It was done for the right reasons; I think it was done to get him more over. The decisions that were made were Vince’s, and they didn’t work out. Nash couldn’t hang. But [Punk] held a grudge on that. He’s a weird cat. He doesn’t talk. He doesn’t communicate well.”
Austin: “Could he ever come back here?”
Triple H: “If the fans want it, if that’s what best for business – it’s my regret that we couldn’t get past all this stuff with him. But if he didn’t want to be here anymore – if this wasn’t his passion anymore – you can’t be here if you don’t love it.”
