CM Punk On What The Undertaker Told Him Before WrestleMania 41 Main Event: Don’t F**k This Up

CM Punk recalls a conversations with The Undertaker before his WrestleMania 41 main event match.

Prior to WrestleMania 41, Paul Heyman would reveal during a contract signing for the triple threat match between Punk, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns that the bout would feature as the night one main event of the event, marking Punk’s first time stepping into the main event after a career of having his eyes set on competing in one.

While speaking to Complex News in a new interview, CM Punk spoke about how it felt to achieve that goal, as well as revealing who he spoke with prior to the bout.

“No, all that, all that was exactly what I’d imagined it was going to be. But that comes with a lot of pitfalls. It’s a super high pressure situation, and especially with me, because I was so vocal about it for so long. It was pretty heavy. Bret (Hart) grabbed me right before I went out and had some words for me, and then Taker, bless his heart, brings the mood, just snapped me right back into it because he grabbed me and he went, ‘well, don’t fuck this up.’ So it’s just like, that’s actually- that’s what I needed right now, because everybody’s giving me these heartfelt speeches and like hugging me and people are emotional and I’m crying and, you know, he kind of just brought the levity like, ‘Oh yeah.’ Like sometimes like we take ourselves too seriously, and even though this is a pretty heavy moment and I was feeling the pressure, I essentially am just wrestling in front of thousands of people in my underwear so like you know, our business is funny. But yeah, it was literally… I mean, to me, it was a perfect night. It was everything I thought it was going to be.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Punk spoke about being on another WWE game cover. You can read more about that here.

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