LJ Cleary Recalls Meeting And Getting Advice From CM Punk, ‘It Was Pretty Surreal’

LJ Cleary recalls getting advice from CM Punk.

Earlier this year, LJ Cleary made some headlines after revealing that he is now based out of Orlando for bookings.

Cleary has been training with Ace Steel at his school in Orlando. Speaking with Muscle Man Malcolm for a new interview, Cleary recalled interacting with Punk at the school.

“I train regularly at The Foundation in Orlando, its Ace Steel’s school. Punk just dropped in, it was pretty surreal, I remember walking in like, ‘Oh, I guess he’s here.’ A couple days before, I put up my graphic saying that I was now based out of Orlando and Punk, who’d I’d never met at this point, shared it. So, first thing I said to him when I saw him was like, ‘Hey, nice to meet you, thank you for sharing my graphic.’ He was just like, ‘Oh, no, if Ace puts the stamp on you, I believe it.’ I’d say the main thing I took from that day — it gets said a lot, oh it’s not about moves, it’s about the moments. Sometimes that gets just repeated by people who don’t really explain it. But then, you meet someone like him who obviously has a much higher level of understanding of this. Something he said when talking about that was, if I was on Raw tomorrow and I went out and hit a GTS — he was like, I wouldn’t care because it’s not CM Punk hitting it, therefore it just doesn’t have as much value. That was such a good way of putting that it’s not about the moves into perspective, it’s about who’s doing it.”

Earlier this month, LJ Cleary reflected on his recent WWE tryout. Check out his full comments by clicking here.

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