The Undertaker reflects on working with CM Punk and denies the rumors that he had beef with the former world champion.
In CM Punk's final WrestleMania match, he faced The Undertaker at WrestleMania 29 in 2013, where "The Phenom" beat Punk to extend his undefeated streak at WrestleMania. Punk subsequently left the company after he walked out in 2014. Punk has often discussed his frustration during the end of his time with WWE. years, some rumors have suggested that Punk was displeased with his WrestleMania match against The Undertaker, with some indicating that the two stars didn't get along outside the ring.
Speaking with Alex McCarthy of Sportsmail, The Undertaker discussed his WrestleMania match against Punk and stated that the former WWE star was "always good" to work with. The WWE Hall of Famer made it clear that he didn't have any issues with Punk, and he denied the rumors that he had beef with him.
"He was great to work with," The Undertaker said. "I’m very proud of that match and we sat down and thought about ideas and everything. I had no beef with Punk, he was always business with me, hopefully I was with him. I’ve been told that I have some beef against him, social media… they tell me because I don’t read comments or follow it, but I have a lot of people that tell me," The Undertaker said.
The Undertaker brought up the rumors that suggested that the legend "squashed" Punk's push. He made it clear that he wouldn't do that. "The Phenom" also shot down the notion that he had any "disdain" for Punk. He emphasized that Punk was good with him, and doing what's best for business is all that matters.
"Supposedly I squashed his push and all of this but anybody who knows me - even if I didn’t like somebody, and I don’t dislike punk, that’s another rumor that I have disdain for him, I don’t, he was good with me and that’s all that matters - business is business, whatever’s best for business. That’s one thing I did learn from Vince [McMahon]. Whatever is best for business is what you do, so I can’t worry about what people who have no clue about our business think. Everybody thinks they’re an expert but they really have no clue. It’s ridiculous online. Business has always been business and he was always business with me," The Undertaker said.
Punk previously noted that he didn't have an issue wrestling The Undertaker, but he criticized some of the creative surrounding the match. More information is available here.
In another interview, The Undertaker stated that he trained for a 45-minute bout ahead of his match with John Cena at WrestleMania 34. Check out his comments here.
The Undertaker recently reflected on his WrestleMania streak. Click here to see what he had to say.
