CM Punk returned to WWE at Survivor Series 2023, but Seth Rollins wasn’t thrilled about it. Rollins believes he knows Punk well and feels Punk may be worried about being exposed during their match tonight.
Speaking to Jackie Redmond, Rollins shared his thoughts on why Punk had avoided their feud until now, suggesting Punk might fear being shown as less capable than before.
Rollins highlighted his own progress during Punk’s absence, emphasizing his experience, title wins, and WrestleMania main event matches:
“It’s hard to tell if it’s just a tactic of his, right? The line between what’s true and what’s not when it comes to what CM Punk says and does is very blurry.
I think, one, either it’s a tactic he uses to try to put himself on a pedestal so that myself or the audience watching at home sees him as this prize, or two, there’s a genuine fear. I mean, he’s been gone a long time. He’s not the same dude he was when he left.
I’ve grown. He’s regressed because he hasn’t been in the game as long as I have. In the time that he’s been gone from WWE, I’ve wrestled well over a thousand matches in a WWE ring. I’ve won titles. I’ve main evented WrestleManias.
I am a younger man. I am in better shape than he is. And I think there’s a fear that if he faces me, everything I’m saying about him might be the truth. He might have to face that at the end of the match. He might have to face those truths.”
WWE has released the so-called “moving graphic” for Punk vs. Rollins:
Over a decade in the making. @CMPunk and @WWERollins go one-on-one TONIGHT at the #RawOnNetflix debut! #WWERaw
📺 8e/5p on @netflix pic.twitter.com/fSGD39GrIB— WWE (@WWE) January 6, 2025
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