CM Punk Doesn’t Believe Vince McMahon’s Retirement Will Affect WWE’s Culture

CM Punk left WWE in 2014 after becoming disappointed with how the company treated him. At the time he took retirement from wrestling but eventually ended up in AEW. Now that Vince McMahon has retired, CM Punk weighed in on how that will affect the company’s inner workings.

CM Punk was present at San Diego Comic-Con, where he gave his thoughts on Vince McMahon’s retirement. He said that this won’t change a thing about WWE’s culture. He is certain that, despite McMahon’s retirement, he would continue to pull strings behind the scenes.

You think because he tweeted that ‘I’m retired’ that he’s not going to be hands-on?” I don’t think the structure there, the….what’s the word I’m looking for…I don’t think the culture there changes at all. It is what it is. I’ll put it to you like this. Oh boy, people are going to be real f*cking mad about this, but f*ck it. Mercedes [Sasha Banks] and Trinity [Naomi] leave, they announce on SmackDown that, ‘gosh darn, we are so disappointed in them, they really let our fans down.’ Brock splits.

Comes back, obviously, I think he worked the show. Where is Michael Cole saying, ‘Brock Lesnar really let these fans down.’ I walked out. They went on TV and called me a quitter. What’s changed? What’s the difference? You’re going to attack these two poor women who had enough and walked. They have bigger balls than everybody there. What’s changed? There’s nothing much that has changed. There’s people that talk about it and people who do it. The people who lick the boots and have the audacity to say that about those two women. F*cking cowards and bootlickers. This shit is ridiculous. Why didn’t they do it to Brock? They did it for me. It’s none of my business.”

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CM Punk mentioned the treatment he received from WWE following his departure. He said they dubbed him a quitter on TV, but they will not do the same to Brock Lesnar, who recently walked out on the company. This is not the first time he has criticized WWE either, he has made it clear he is not a fan of WWE’s lack of creative freedom.

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