During an appearance on Wednesday’s SI Media podcast, CM Punk said that he not rooting for AEW to fail. Punk also said that he still has friends in AEW.
“I don’t root against them. I think it’s easy to be able to say like, ‘Oh, can’t wait until something bad happens to them.’ But the reality is, there’s a lot of people backstage that earn a paycheck. I still have friends that work there, so it’s not like I’m hoping somebody loses their job or everybody loses their job or something like that,” Punk said. “It’s just — I look at it like it’s just not the same business that I’m in. And if you’re trying to get paid and you can go there, go get paid. Congratulations.”
When asked about AEW showing the video footage with the backstage altercation he had with Jack Perry at last September’s All In: London, Punk said the following:
“So it felt really ugly. But then I was just like — why? Showing that footage isn’t going to help them or hurt me, so I was just like whatever. Being the top draw in two different companies is pretty wild. Like, thanks guys.”
Following the altercation, AEW terminated Punk’s contract with cause. He would then return to WWE at the 2023 Survivor Series, which took place his hometown of Chicago.
Punk is set to face Drew McIntyre at this Saturday’s SummerSlam, with Seth Rollins as the special referee.
Source: F4WOnline