CM Punk Says He Was ‘Really Depressed’ About Missing 2024 WWE Elimination Chamber PLE: “I Was Hurt, We Had Big Plans”
Punk speaks about his time back in WWE.
It is coming up on the second anniversary of CM Punk’s return to WWE at Survivor Series 2023. In the time since, Punk has gone on to main event night one of WrestleMania 41, and he’s gearing up to challenge GUNTHER for the World Heavyweight Title at SummerSlam.
He is on a media tour to promote WWE: Unreal on Netflix, and one of his stops was a chat with Wide World of Sports. One of the questions presented to Punk was what has been the biggest lesson he’s learned about himself since coming back to WWE.
“A lot tougher than I thought I was, and in saying that, I thought I was really tough. To me, that’s (what) life is. It’s the corniest thing you could possibly say. It’s not about how many times you get knocked down. It’s about how many times you get up, and even over the past year, there’s been times when I could have easily just rolled over and said, that’s good. I think I’ve had a good enough career and it’s not even really about legacy. To me, legacy is making other people around you better, and that’s how I want to be remembered. So, everything now is just extra credit. I think I had a pretty good career so far but that doesn’t mean I need to hang it up, when I’m legitimately, every day, having the time of my life, looking forward to going to work and working with everybody in front of and behind the camera.”
The 2025 Crown Jewel Premium Live Event is emanating from Perth, Australia. Punk spoke about missing the 2024 Elimination Chamber PLE in Perth due to his torn triceps injury.
He shared that he was ‘really depressed’ about it and added that there were big plans laid out. He mentioned how he also missed Backlash in France in 2024, but now he gets do-overs with Crown Jewel in Perth and Clash in Paris in August.
“So knock on wood (hopefully I’ll be at WWE Crown Jewel in Australia). Everything’s a do-over at this point. I came back to WWE and got hurt kind of right out the gate, and I remember being really depressed, like heading into Perth, because I couldn’t go. I was hurt, we had big plans. Best laid plans of mice and men, you know, dashed against the rocks and I was really disappointed because I was excited to go to Australia, and now, we’re looking down the barrel of it again in October. I get to do that. I missed out on Paris last time too — France — and we’re doing that coming up too so, knock on wood, everything remains in the places they’re supposed to remain in and I’m looking super forward to the next couple months. You will see me in Australia and I cannot wait.”
Ahead of Punk and GUNTHER’s World Heavyweight Title match at SummerSlam, they exchanged words in the ring on the 7/21 Monday Night Raw. For more on that, click here.
If the quotes in this article are used, please credit Wide World of Sports with an H/T to Fightful for the transcriptions.
