Kevin Nash comments on CM Punk's return to WWE.
CM Punk is officially back in WWE, making his return after almost a decade at WWE Survivor Series. Punk walked out on WWE following the 2024 Royal Rumble, but returned to wrestling with AEW in 2021. Punk was suspended from AEW in 2022 due to a backstage altercation and then fired after another backstage altercation in 2023.
Speaking on his Kliq This podcast, Kevin Nash commented on Punk's return.
"You can say whatever the fuck you want about Phil.....I hope, for the WWE and Paul [Triple H] that it’s successful as fuck, and I hope for him it is. Sean Waltman and I were talking the other day, we’re talking about Straight Edge, that’s always been his thing, that he’s Straight Edge. I think Straight Edge would mean in every category, whether it be anti-depressants, whatever it is. As life goes on and you continually get involved in these situations that, at times, I’m sure in retrospect he’s looked back and said, ‘That cost me five million dollars,’ and you’re not smoking a little cannabis to take the edge off or not having a glass of wine, I think it’s very difficult to not, in any form or fashion, to just absorb," said Nash.
When asked by Sean Oliver if it would help Punk to be a little less straight edge, Nash said, "I’m not saying use drugs or alcohol or anything illegal. Paul Levesque says he’s a different person than he is ten years ago. Say you’re a serial rapist...I was going to say a plumber, but serial rapist, and ten years ago he’s a serial rapist. I’m a different person, he’s a different person...oh wait, he just raped somebody nine months ago. He still had an episode in AEW."
Elsewhere during the interview, Nash commented on Punk's return promo from the November 27 episode of WWE Raw. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
Punk is set to be part of Friday's WWE SmackDown. Fightful will have coverage of the show beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
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