Grayson Waller wants to work with CM Punk.
When CM Punk returned to professional wrestling in 2021, Grayson Waller was just getting his start in NXT 2.0. With Punk in AEW at the time, it seemed as though any chance of those two ever being in the same ring together would be nothing but a pipe dream.
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet on his Insight podcast, Waller revealed that he wants to work with CM Punk, saying that he believes they would have fun and praising the way CM Punk does business.
“There’s one guy that I think I’d make magic with and that’s CM Punk. I think the way CM Punk does his business, the way he talks, I’d have so much fun with that. I can just feel it. Even the small interactions that we’ve had — I threw a little bit of trash talk at him before he got here just in case he ever did and now that he’s here, I feel like me and Punk would have a lot of fun.”
When Chris Van Vliet mentioned that Grayson Waller and CM Punk share some similarities, Waller said that sometimes, the biggest heat resides when two rivals are very similar. Waller feels he can tap into a side of CM Punk's personality from over a decade ago and use that to antagonize "The Best in the World."
“Sometimes that’s where the biggest heat lies is when you’re too similar. I think me and Punk definitely have our similarities. He’s a guy I’d definitely like to stand across from, especially on the mic, he’s almost untouched the way he carries himself and how confident he is. He doesn’t care. Whether he’s good or bad, he doesn’t care what people think, he’s gonna say what he thinks and I love that energy. I love that he has that energy but I wanna give that back to him. I want to see how he feels when someone does what he does to people to him. That’s how I felt with Shawn a little bit. It’s like, ‘Shawn, remember what you used to be like? How’s it feel, now you’re feeling what it’s like to have you coming at you.’ I feel that with Punk. Punk’s ruling it right now but I want to be CM Punk from 15 years ago coming at him and see how he reacts and feels about that.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Waller revealed that he has no desire to be a babyface. Read his comments here.
CM Punk will soon be returning to WWE as part of the promotion's Holiday Tour, including a stop at Madison Square Garden. Learn more here.
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