Adam Pearce talks CM Punk.
Much has been made of CM Punk's current stint with WWE, with many wrestlers sticking up for him and the positive attitude that he has had since returning to the company in late 2023.
Now, Adam Pearce is adding his name to the fray, saying that he was skeptical about Punk's return befroe adding that he has never seen Punk have as much fun as he's having now.
“I have a more personal connection to CM Punk than most fans might realize. We’ve know each other since we were seventeen years old, we both cut our teeth at the very beginning of this thing in Chicago. I’m very personally gratified to see him come back after his time away. I was one of the skeptical ones, you know, you don’t know. People change over time and friends have falling outs and don’t speak for periods of time and they say time heals all wounds and it seems like in his case specifically, he has changed. He is back with a passion, a very similar passion that I remember seeing when we were teenagers. We’re not young anymore and I think he recognized that. Again, when you come to grips with, there’s a finality to this whole thing, and you want to do things the right way on the way out — not saying he’s on the way out but metaphorically speaking — it gives you a kind of peace and it opens you up. He’s having more fun now than I’ve ever seen him have and again, that’s going back thirty years.” Pearce told Gorilla Position.
Then, Pearce continued on, saying that he believes Punk is happy with all of the decisions he made because it led him to present day.
“It not only feels like it’s a fresh coat of paint for him professionally, I feel like he has now reckoned with the fact that he came home, which means he know he left home when he probably shouldn’t have. Listen, people do things for different reasons and hindsight is always 20/20, if you ask him, you know, put a gun to his head, ‘Are you happy with the decisions you made?’, I think ultimately the answer to that question is yes because that brings you to today and where he’s at today and I think today, he’s a much more lovable CM Punk than in days past. I can say that personally speaking so again, I’m excited to see where he goes, this thing with him and Seth Rollins, it’s been fun to watch obviously.”
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