As seen this past Friday on SmackDown, Paul Heyman revealed that CM Punk will finally main event WrestleMania.
Punk is set to face Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in a Triple Threat Match, which will most likely main event Night 1. However, this wasn’t the favor that Paul Heyman and The Tribal Chief owe Punk for helping the OG Bloodline at Survivor Series 2024.
According to Sean Ross Sapp on the Fightful podcast, CM Punk is not going to lose clean for a long time. This means the chances of Punk getting pinned at WrestleMania 41 are very low.
WWE is protecting Punk and keeping him strong, as there are rumors that he could challenge for a World Title later this year.
During an interview on the Rich Eisen show, Punk had the following to say about his role in the birth of The Shield back in 2012:
“I’ll give a bit of an uncharacteristic answer. I think everybody’s always trying to navigate, like, ‘How do you deal with media different from what we present on our television show?’ In 2012, I was the WWE Champion. I was on this what, at the time, was a historic run with the belt. 434 Days, obviously shattered by Roman Reigns since I’ve been gone, and what I needed was guys to work with.
I was always looking towards the future. Yeah, there’s the now, there’s me, and there’s Cena. But outside of that, I would look at the landscape and be like, ‘What do we need to do to get money-talent in the position that I’m in now? How do I bring guys up? How do we elevate Superstars?’
So the idea with The Shield was that simple. I need guys to work with, for good or for bad, whether I like them, whether I hate them, whether I’m going to wind up having personal problems with them. I need talented individuals to work with, or I have nobody to work with in the future.
Lo and behold, who am I working with at WrestleMania? So, life’s pretty funny the way things kind of work out. I just don’t want those two guys to forget that they were picked for a reason. I brought them into this and at WrestleMania, I get the chance to take them out.”
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