Former WWE star and a six times World Champion in WWE CM Punk who currently works in the All Elite Wrestling promotion recently said that he always had his grip on the pulse of professional wrestling.
CM Punk started his professional wrestling career back in 1999. He worked in different promotions such as NWA Midwest, Backyard Wrestling and other promotions. In 2002 he joined the Ring Of Honor and worked there for three years. He also worked in TNA wrestling for nearly one year. He joined TNA in 2003 and worked there till 2004.
CM Punk Believes He Always Had The Pulse Of Wrestling In His Grip
In 2005 he joined the WWE started working on the development Territory of WWE back in the time which was Ohio Valley Wrestling. In 2006 he came to the main roster after working one year on the Ohio Valley Wrestling. At first he was treated as a lower mid card wrestler on the newly resurrected ECW brand.
But he was extremely famous among the WWE fans and that was the biggest reason why the WWE could not resist themselves from building him as a top star. He held the record of winning two back to back Money in the Bank ladder matches.
In 2009 he turned heel for the first time in his WWE career and the fans witnessed how good he was in any role given to him. Soon he got the nickname Best in the World. He was the only competition of John Cena back in the time.
He was also one of the longest reigning WWE champion in the history of this business. But in 2014 he decided to leave the WWE forever. He remained out of the world of professional wrestling for over 7 years before joining AEW recently this year.
CM Punk who currently works in the All Elite Wrestling promotion recently spoke to ESPN’s SportsNation where he said that he always had his grip on the pulse of professional wrestling. He said;
“Very selfishly, it’s what I wanted to do. You take seven years off from something you’re pretty decent at, and kind of have pride in yourself on having your finger on the pulse of everything.
“I think there’s an undercurrent and there’s a lot of young professional wrestlers out there that are probably better than a lot of people give them credit for. And they don’t have the spotlight. They don’t have anybody that’s saying ‘hey, look at this guy.’ Or they do, but just not on a national level.”
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