Former WWE star and a six times World Champion in WWE CM Punk who currently works in the All Elite Wrestling promotion recently talked about his time in WWE and said it had been wasted. He also said that he would make AEW a better place.
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 Thinks AEW Is Not A Viable Threat To WWE
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 last year.
Recently, he defeated “Hangman” Adam Page to win the AEW World Championship for the first time in his career. But he was forced to relinquish the championship due to an injury. He made his return recently and he is involved in the AEW World Championship feud.
CM Punk who currently works in the All Elite Wrestling promotion recently spoke to the Hashtag Show where he talked about his time in WWE and said it had been wasted. He also said that he would make AEW a better place. He said;
“It depends on your perspective. It depends on how grumpy I am that day. You can go either way. You can say that, ‘Oh man, wrestling’s dying.’ Or you can say ‘Well look at it, it’s thriving.’” For the first time there’s a second company that’s viable and I’m not gonna say it’s a viable threat.”
“It’s just a viable, healthy company. A second place where men and women can get paid to wrestle in ring on television. I know there’s people that think dynamite is the greatest thing in the world. There’s people that think dynamite isn’t good. People that think it’s, somewhere in the middle, it could be better. But because we’re having that conversation, I supposed pro wrestling is thriving.”
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