Professional wrestling legend and former two times ECW World Heavyweight Champion Raven who is also a 27 times WWE Hardcore Champion recently talked about CM Punk calling himself the Best in the World and explained why he loved it.
CM Punk might have been one of the biggest names in professional wrestling today but it was never easy for him to reach the top of the mountain. He even worked as an extra on various occasions before he became famous. But WWE always had big plans for him.
Raven Remembers CM Punk’s Best In The World Persona
In 2008 he started to be promoted as a potential main event star in WWE. Soon he became one of the top stars of the promotion, and his feud with John Cena still remained one of the best feuds in the history of professional wrestling. During the time he started calling himself the Best in the World.
But in early 2014, he decided to leave WWE and he remained out of action for over 7 years. In 2021 he finally made his return to action holding the hands of AEW but he got involved in various backstage issues in the promotion and his AEW run was cut short. Still there is no concrete update on his future in the world of wrestling.
Raven who is also a 27 times WWE Hardcore Champion recently spoke to Fightful where he talked about CM Punk calling himself the Best in the World and explained why he loved it. Here is what he had to say;
“I know I did the feud with him in Ring of Honor, but I don’t know whether my thing with him in MLW was before, after or during. It all jumbles together. But after 35 years in the business, the linear timeline isn’t fresh, exactly, in my mind. Especially with the independents. I know my territory lineage, where I went from one company to the next. But the independents, I don’t even know which period it was, if it was before TNA or after TNA.
“You know what’s funny? At the time Punk thought he was the greatest worker in the world and he wasn’t. But then rather tremendously became the greatest worker in the business. I don’t follow that any more. I don’t watch the shows, but seen enough stuff like at watch parties with guests that when Punk was in his WWE run, I saw some of that and he was the best worker in the business.
“I don’t know if he still is, but I’ve always loved the fact he really thought he was—which you have to, you have to have an ego to push yourself—and then he actually fulfilled it. A lot of guys thought they were the best worker in the business and you never hear from them again. So I always thought that was cool.”