Professional wrestling legend and two times WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair who is a former 16 times world champion as recognised by WWE recently talked about former six times world champion in WWE CM Punk and discussed a potential return of the “Best in the World” in WWE.
CM Punk had been one of the biggest names of WWE during the early days of the Attitude Era and he had been one of the biggest rivals of John Cena during his time as well. He held the WWE World titles for five times and also ECW World title one time. Throughout his time he was one of the biggest attractions of WWE and his feuds with John Cena were really entertaining to watch.
Ric Flair Discusses CM Punk Potentially Returning To WWE
But in early 2014 he decided to leave WWE forever after he could not come into agreement with WWE authority on multiple topics. It was a huge upset for the world of professional wrestling and WWE had to face massive backlash for dating one of their biggest stars go. Punk remained out of action for over seven years but finally in 2021 he made his return to action, but this time holding the hands of AEW which is the biggest rival promotion of WWE.
Fans were really excited to see him back in action and at a point it seemed Punk will carry AEW towards being the top professional wrestling promotion. But Punk’s return could not be as sweet as expected as he could not settle in AEW either. He received massive heat from the AEW locker room and now it looks like his AEW run has come to an end as well. There are rumours that he would make his return to WWE soon.
Ric Flair who is a former 16 times world champion as recognised by WWE recently spoke on his To Be The Man Podcast where he talked about former six times world champion in WWE CM Punk and discussed a potential return of the “Best in the World” in WWE. He said;
“For Steve to put on the tights and go out there and wrestle as Stone Cold, you know, he’ll take a lot of pride in himself, because he’s a man’s man. He always stays in good shape. I mean, his body’s still great. He looks good. Knowing his ego and knowing who he is, he’ll want to be Stone Cold.
“If he wrestled CM Punk, you need to beat him in 30 seconds, so that’s not the answer. Stone Cold Steve Austin and CM Punk? Come on. Give me a break. You can’t even mention their name in the same breath. Please. The Rock and him? I don’t know. They could look at each other and be just a question of who’s doing the favor because they’re not gonna wrestle for an hour. John Cena, I liked that idea, too. But, you know, it’s like we talked about with The Rock.”
“You know, the decision was made sooner than we know about it because if Steve’s getting ready to wrestle a real match, real time in LA., it’s gonna be damn good. But I mean, come on. I don’t mean this bad, but CM Punk just can’t act like he acts in one company and go to the other and act like that and come over and expect to be in the main events. If he was in the main event at WrestleMania, you would have a riot in the locker room.
“Think about it. He didn’t leave on good terms. He didn’t leave the other place on good terms. I mean, it’s not about his ability. I’m just talking about that I can’t even fathom the WWE even entertaining bringing a guy in that would be putting him ahead of Styles, Orton. I mean, you could have Steve wrestle either one of those guys. If Steve can work, if his neck is Okay, Steve is a working fool. He could wrestle Randy. You’d have guys jumping off the roof if you brought Punk in there and threw him in the main event at Wrestlemania.”
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