Professional wrestling Legend and WWE Hall of Famer Rob Van Dam who is a former WWE World Champion recently talked about former WWE star CM Punk and remembered meeting him backstage in the WWE version of ECW.
CM Punk had been active in the world of professional wrestling for a number of years before joining WWE. But he became famous during his time in WWE and not only he became famous but one of the biggest names in the world of professional wrestling. He was extremely famous in the promotion and his rivalry with John Cena is considered as one of the best feuds in WWE history.
Rob Van Dam Remembers Meeting CM Punk In ECW
But he decided to quit the world of professional wrestling in January, 2014 and he was never seen in any professional wrestling ring for over seven and half years until he finally made his return to action through AEW in 2021, it was the biggest Rival promotion of WWE. Fans had been waiting to see his return for quite a long time.
At first, it seemed like AEW is going to be unstoppable with the return of CM Punk. But with time Punk’s popularrity started to fade and he got involved in many backstage issues in the promotion. Slowly he became one of the most hated wrestler among the wrestlers of the AEW. Right now it is rumoured that he might return to WWE but another rumour suggest that neither WWE nor AEW want him back.
Rob Van Dam who is a former WWE World Champion recently spoke to Inside The Ropes where he talked about former WWE star CM Punk and remembered meeting him backstage in the WWE version of ECW. He said;
“When WWE ECW was around, as everyone knows, shortly after we started I got suspended for 30 days and there was some new guys coming in besides CM Punk like Bobby Lashley and vampire dude [Kevin Thorn]. Anyway, a few guys came in, they were new. I’ve [been] gone for 30 days, when I came back it was the first show back and CM Punk approaches me at the building and he says, ‘Hey, Rob, I just want to let you know, I’m going to have a team meeting in the dressing room.’”
“He says, ‘Of course, this has nothing to do with you. I just want to tell you so you know, like when everyone’s back there and stuff.’ I’m like, ‘What? You’re locker room leader, like what happened?’ But some people are comfortable just taking that position of control and moving forward and I don’t know. I kind of think he’s one of them. In the meeting, he said, ‘Somebody’s been stealing from the bags in the dressing room and we know it’s one of the boys.’ He said to me, ‘Obviously we know it’s not you.’”
“I mean, I hadn’t been around but nobody would blame me for that. But just as an example of you know, of seeing CM Punk’s sternness, I don’t think he’s real flexible in his code of ethics. I think he lived by a real strict guideline where he’s like, ‘What, is somebody offending me? Am I offended? Should I be offended right now?’ I feel like that’s his energy.”
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