CM Punk and Roman Reigns have faced each other only once in a televised singles match. It took place on the Old School edition of RAW in January 2014, where Reigns (still a part of The Shield) defeated Punk.
During an interview with Peter Rosenberg, Punk said fans wonder a lot about his relationship with Reigns (especially after the “make Roman look strong” comments on Colt Cabana’s podcast, which Roman believes hurt his babyface push) and he noted that their relationship will play out on WWE TV.
Here’s what the former WWE Champion said:
“We’re on different shows and with my injury and his time off, I saw him at WrestleMania, that’s the last time I saw him.
The Shield came here and made a ton of waves in a short amount of time. My relationship with all of those guys was pretty good. I just had to get the hell out of here for my own sanity.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. I think a lot of the questions you have, ‘What is Punk’s relationship with Roman? What does Punk feel about Seth?’ All of that stuff is going to play out on television because that’s what I do.
Wrestling fans love drama. When you tune into RAW and SmackDown, you want to see the big names and big money stuff. What is Rock going to do; what is Punk going to do? What is Roman going to do?
John Cena is coming back. You throw Cody (Rhodes) into the mix, he’s the champ. Gunther. You get all of those big names and superstars revolving in the same area and sparks are going to fly.
You talk about the money stuff, you talk about the marquee stuff; you talk about what is the match you could see main eventing a pay-per-view. That’s what gets my juices flowing.
I think whenever myself and Roman Reigns are face-to-face on television, I think that’s gonna be a moment.”
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