4. CM Punk Talks About People Saying He’s Not Taking MMA Seriously, Says Wrestling Is Over-Scripted To Death
During his recent appearance on UFC Unfiltered (where he revealed his UFC debut will take place at UFC 203), former WWE wrestler CM Punk addressed the comments from people who think he shouldn’t be in the UFC, WWE being over-scripted & more. Below are the highlights:
If anyone in the UFC locker room has given CM Punk a hard time for making the transition to MMA in such a high-profile way:
“I would much rather listen to my wife, my friends, my trainers, my team. I’m not the best at this. No s***. I know that. I want to f****** give it a shot, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. I tend to find the most success fighters” … “they’re the ones that are like, f*** it, go for it. Good for you kid, do your thing. But I understand both points of view, I really do. I understand some of these guys that aren’t making what they probably should make, and they see a guy like me come in and get the red carpet rolled out for me. But at the end of the day, it’s still going to be a f****** fist fight in a cage. And if I lose, then they can laugh at me on Twitter. And if I win, good for me.”
On people who don’t think Punk is taking MMA training seriously:
“It would be amazing if I was just like, f*** it, and I didn’t train, and I didn’t learn anything and just ate hot dogs on my couch, and just didn’t make weight. I’d still get paid! I’m working hard, and I’m taking this very seriously.”
On today’s WWE promo landscape:
“The interviews and the promos people remember, those are improv. Now, wrestling’s just over-scripted to death. It’s almost like they’ve got a choke hold on it. Some guys need to operate that way, and I feel like some people need to let loose and be themselves. You’ve got a whole room of guys writing for you; they don’t know you, they don’t know your perspective or your character. If you’re out there being disingenuous, saying words that three other people wrote, I always felt that the crowd could tell, and they’re going to pay attention to their phones, or s*** on whatever segment you’re in. I was always just a big fan of doing my own thing.”
