CM Punk Reveals He Wouldn’t Have Returned WWE Under Vince McMahon

CM Punk shocked the wrestling world by making his triumphant return to WWE back in November at the Survivor Series event. The Best in the World came back after nearly ten years after he left the promotion citing multiple frustrations under the old regime.

In a recent interview with Jimmy Traina on the SI Media podcast, Punk was asked about the thought of ever returning to WWE while being away from the company. He revealed that he was done with wrestling after his exit from WWE in 2014, claiming that he was burnt out and needed time off to recover from it.

The Second City Saint cited Vince McMahon’s departure from the company as a prime factor for his return and found out himself that it was a completely different locker room than the one he left.

“Obviously, my attitude ten years ago was, ‘I’m done with wrestling.’ There are certain people that want to crucify me for that, but the truth is, I was so burnt out. You dedicate your life to something. It took me X amount of years to get to WWE, and I was there for ten years. People don’t realize, who is the one guy that wrestled the most matches every year in WWE, for consecutive years? It was me. I was burnt out. It takes a while to comeback from burning out. Across the board, everybody, I feel, has done it in some way. Paul Heyman left. Paul Heyman came back. The door being open with Vince (McMahon) leaving, really kind of expedited things. Being told that it’s a completely different place, and kind of having blind faith to go back into that is a risk. Now, I can tell you, it’s a completely different place.” 

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Furthermore, CM Punk openly stated that he would not have returned to the company if Vince McMahon was still there at the top of the corporate structure.

“I don’t think so. No. Some day I’ll write a book and I’ll tell everybody.”

CM Punk is set to have his first televised singles match since returning back after being sidelined for six months due to triceps injury. He will collide against his heated rival, Drew McIntyre at WWE’s upcoming PLE, SummerSlam with Seth Rollins acting as the Special Guest Referee.

So it will be interesting to see if CM Punk can score his first win back in the company and live up to the hype and expectations bestowed upon him after making his shocking return to WWE.

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