When CM Punk finally withdrew, he will go down as a legend of the company given what he has achieved since his beginnings in 1997. Today’s stars are already turning to him for advice on how to improve their own capacities, a situation that Punk himself knows very well, because he has had the chance to work with a certain number of artists who have since passed the WWE Hall of his career. These are the moments of which Punk has spoken in a recent interview with “Inside the strings“Declaring that he has always tried to rise to the people with whom he worked, even if they were much higher in their capacities.
“I have always tried to climb to the legends with which I worked, you know, and at the beginning of my career, when I was able to work with a guy like Eddie Guerrero, as, you know, I realized, as, very quickly, there was such a talent and the experience of the disparity which at any time, all luck that I worked with a legend, that I can do something,” Hey Put me in the elite shooter?
Punk was very open to how he thought he was a very good wrestler until he got into the ring with Guerrero for the first time, which motivated him to improve and potentially reach the level of Guerrero for the next time they fought. However, when Punk arrived on the main WWE list in 2006, Guerrero was tragically died less than a year earlier.
Cm punk wants everyone to be motivated
Now that Punk is in the position that Guerrero was in the event that they first crossed in 2002, he is determined to bring out the greatness of all those with whom he works in order to present a great show, while wanting that the next generation intensifies so that they can go beyond punk and his generation with ideas with which he could only dream.
“I have always tried to intensify. So it is not as long as I try to force others to intensify, I just think that we all recognize that, you know, it is ephemeral; I could go out, be struck by a bus, so we all want everything we do to be at a very high level, you know, we try the bar for us. To be great.
Punk has been a regular face at WWE Performance Center since returning to the company, helping the stars of tomorrow to perfect their profession. So much so that Shawn Michaels was even asked about the possibility that Punk directs the brand “WWE NXT” when “The Heartbreak Kid” chooses to withdraw. Michaels said he could absolutely see why Punk would like to play such a role, explaining that he has never imagined managing a brand like “NXT”, but being at WWE Performance Center and seeing everyone to develop is too exciting to refuse.
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