During an interview with Jackie Redmond, CM Punk addressed his health and retirement plans.
While discussing his future, Punk took a shot at John Cena’s retirement tour by calling it an egotistic announcement.
Here’s what the former WWE Champion said:
“I feel great right now. I definitely don’t feel like there is a looming doomsday clock over my head or anything like that. But saying that I also do realize, based on what happened in the last Royal Rumble, that this could all end in a heartbeat.
I never know when my last match is going to be, and you see guys like John Cena doing a full-blown retirement tour. I look at myself like I’m on the same road as John, maybe just not egotistical enough to announce to everybody, ‘Hey, this is it.’ But I’m not setting a limit on anything.
I am just doing my best to bulletproof myself on a daily basis, work as hard on recovery as I do in the gym and in the ring, and not make this twilight of my career extend beyond what people expect of me.
I don’t want to twist in the wind and just be some old guy. I think I get criticized an unfair amount, but it’s because I don’t dye my beard. I don’t dye my hair. I 100% embrace it.
To me, these grays, I’ve earned them. These just tell stories. It’s the roads I’ve traveled, the bumps and bruises I’ve taken, and the injuries I’ve survived. My face is a roadmap. I would not remove a scar. I wouldn’t dye my hair, dye my beard.”
Punk and Cena, who are former rivals, will both compete in tonight’s Men’s Royal Rumble match.
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