CM Punk puts over the WWE locker room.
On the January 29th edition of Monday Night RAW, CM Punk opened the show with the announcement that at the 2024 Royal Rumble, he suffered a torn right tricep. This injury will keep Punk out for several months, meaning he will miss out on WrestleMania 40.
During Royal Rumble week and running into Monday, WWE recorded a vlog series with Punk on the events as they happened and Punk got candid with the cameras backstage at RAW, putting over the talent that is on the WWE roster right now.
"Just certain looks from certain people I get, and then I start crying again. And Cody's one of them. He's a great dude. This locker room is everything the business is supposed to be. It's everything the business was sold to me as being and it's remarkable, and that's why I'm so sad. I'm not sad I hurt my arm, I'm sad I'm temporarily out of this amazing situation."
Punk would also discuss how his wife, AJ Mendez, has reacted to the news of his latest injury.
"I mean, she (AJ Lee) just says, 'come home, I want to give you a hug.' You know? She said that I'm sad. She's sad that I'm hurt. You have this weird guilt thing where, like, I'm apologizing to her and I'm like, 'hey, sorry I'm putting you through this again', you know because she's just constantly been there through every surgery, I wake up and she's there. I don't want to ever make her worry or put her in a situation that makes her feel sad. So, 'we've been here before' is what she said. She's like 'you know, me and Larry got your back, we're gonna do everything we can to help you, nurse you back to health' and she's like 'this is this is who CM Punk is. This is who you are. You don't let stuff stop you. You always come back bigger and stronger'. She's going to make sure that happens again."
Following Punk's announcement on RAW he would be attacked by Drew McIntyre where the Scottish Warrior would stomp on Punk's injured arm.
In another clip from RAW, Punk told Cody Rhodes to Finish His Story. You can read more here.
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