WWE Hall of Famer Booker T who is also a former child WCW world heavyweight champion recently said that he did not like the return promo of CM Punk. He also explained why did not like the return promo of the Best in the World.
CM Punk decided to quit the world of professional wrestling back in 2014 which broke the hearts of millions of professional wrestling fans. When he left the world of professional wrestling he was one of the most over wrestlers. It was actually heart breaking for the fans. Everyone were waiting for him to come back.
Booker T Is Not Impressed With The Return Promo Of CM Punk
But with time passing by, it was getting pretty clear that he will never return to the world of professional wrestling again. But fans remained optimistic. And their wish finally came true. Pankh finally decided to come back to the world of professional wrestling.
But he did not come back to WWE. Instead he decided to join the Rival promotion of WWE which is the All Elite Wrestling. Two weeks ago on AEW Rampage, The Best in the World made his return to the world of professional wrestling in front of twenty thousand emotional fans and cut a promo which made every professional wrestling fan emotional.
But professional wrestling legend Booker T thought otherwise. Recently on his Hall of Fame podcast he said he was not impressed with the return promo of CM Punk. He said;
“CM Punk is back man and I got a chance to witness the return of CM Punk, I really did,” Booker said. “I don’t know, you guys out there that are big AEW fans, you guys agree to disagree with me.
“But me, I’m always telling it like it is, y’all know that…and I’m gonna tell it like it is on this one right there as well. I want all of the listeners, I need you guys to challenge me on this one. I’m begging you to challenge me on what I’m talking about…”
“CM Punk came back and he had 10 full television minutes to go out there and make his point as far as CM Punk being back. He had the perfect crowd to be able to go out there and really, I’m talking about have a party up in that United Center. But CM Punk came back and took his moment and chose to talk about WWE.
“That right there was just a total miss as far as I’m concerned [he] struck out. I can only imagine if The Rock had that same 21,000 in Miami, Florida. The Rock would have talked about every landmark in Miami and that everybody in Miami frequented…he would have had those fans going crazy with excitement but CM Punk chose to talk about the WWE and that 9 minutes went back so slow when it could have been a party going on in the United Center.”
Booker continued, “I’m saying from a perspective to where I’m making my comeback and I’m thinking about the other side, that’s totally a place that I wouldn’t even be going. As well as you talk about how the moment started out on a rise and after the music stopped playing, the rise just started going down.
“It never came back up. That’s a moment for you? I get it, I understand that but my point is the moment, once the bell rings and the bell rings after the music stops as far as I’m concerned and I just don’t think CM Punk delivered the way he could have as far as a promo goes because I didn’t feel the promo.
“I felt like a guy talking about WWE and when you’re talking about the other side, only thing you’re doing is giving those guys airtime. Of course, I know the AEW crowd will eat that up but for me as a professional, that’s the last thing that I’m gonna be thinking about is the other side. I’m gonna be thinking about the here and the now. Like I said, I could be wrong but I just think he missed a moment there in front of his hometown [with] over 20,000 people…”
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