Everything comes full circle for CM Punk at WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas.
CM Punk is officially headlining his first WrestleMania when he takes on Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in a Triple Threat Match at WWE WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas. Vegas is the home of Punk's infamous "Pipe Bomb" promo from 2011, in in which he first shared that it made him sick to not be in the main event.
The relationship between CM Punk, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns also comes full circle. Punk brought Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins onto the WWE main roster as part of The Shield alongside Dean Ambrose (Jon Moxley) and has even gone on record, noting that he had the idea to put a group of guys like The Shield together.
Punk spoke about this during a recent appearance on the Rich Eisen Show. At the time, Punk was just looking for a new crop of top talent to work with. Over a decade later, their story culminates in Punk's biggest career goal coming to fruition, as he will have the opportunity to close out one of the nights of WrestleMania 41.
"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. Four hundred thirty-four 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."
Seth Rollins had previously stated that he didn't think it mattered where the match landed on the card. Read more here.
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