CM Punk has been in the news lately because his lawsuit involving former WWE doctor Christopher Amann came to its conclusion. He’s also slated to compete at UFC 225 in Chicago this weekend. All of this can only mean one thing: People are asking CM Punk, once again, about a potential return to professional wrestling.
Punk did an interview on Wednesday in which he told Ariel Helwani of MMAFighting.com that no one has made him a detailed offer to return to the squared circle. He claims he’s had people tell him “Oh hey, uh, if you ever wanted to do anything,” but he’s never gotten a clear-cut offer to wrestle.
This, as you can guess, led to people wondering if he just wants someone to send him a contract, and if the price is right, he’ll do the professional wrestling thing again. But on Thursday, Punk spoke to Aaron Bronsteter of TSN and gave a response that was far more cut and dry.
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“Yesterday I said a bunch of stuff about wrestling, about how I’ve never gotten a true offer,” Punk said. “This does not mean I want to wrestle. I’m done. I’m done. I’m done with professional wrestling. A lot of people like to be mad at me about that, make fun of me because I lost my first fight. And it’s like, that’s fine, you’re entitled to your opinion, but you do not own me, and I’m entitled to do what I want to do and that’s what I’m doing. Wrestling is in the rear view mirror, I’ve been trying for five years to put wrestling in the rear view mirror, and some people just won’t let it go.”
This is usually the part of the CM Punk discusses wrestling article where the author says “hey anything can happen,” but he seems pretty set in not doing that. Whether it’s WWE or All In or a bingo hall in Randolph, New Jersey, Phil Brooks is happy to pass on all of them. Besides, he has a fight this weekend.
