It's getting tense on the Road to WrestleMania.
Kevin Owens and CM Punk had their first in-ring verbal spar the night before the 2025 WWE Royal Rumble. Kevin Owens was being interviewed by Joe Tessitore in the first segment of the January 31 episode of WWE SmackDown and referenced CM Punk being in the Royal Rumble.
This brought out CM Punk, and the two men, who are not shy about their differences, had a tense confrontation. They discussed the potential of headlining WrestleMania 41 against one another. Kevin Owens said he would love the idea of kicking Punk's ass in the main event of WrestleMania, but he is more interested in the idea of Punk never going to the main event of WrestleMania and going to his grave a miserable failure.
Kevin Owens vs. CM Punk? --@FightOwensFight, keep your head on swivel. If all goes according to @CMPunk's plan, you're next!#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/YrbAM8G8q8
— WWE (@WWE) February 1, 2025
Punk shot back by mentioning that Kevin Owens has lost five title matches at the Royal Rumble in years gone by, has lost to Logan Paul and regularly manipulates his best friend.
Speaking of his best friend, Sami Zayn recently confronted CM Punk on this past Monday's episode of WWE Raw on Netflix. Learn more about that here.
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