CM Punk with Vince McMahon during his time at WWE. (WWE via Sportster)
Former WWE Champion CM Punk gives his opinion about Vince McMahon’s controversial retirement
The news of Vince McMahon’s WWE retirement and Triple H’s return to the Head of Creative has created excitement around the wrestling world, and many have been convinced that the drastic company restructuring will facilitate changes to both WWE’s world culture and the creative direction of their programming.
In a recent interview with the “Absolute Geek” podcast, CM Punk mocked the idea of McMahon surrendering control of WWE, insinuating that his former boss will continue to run the promotion from the shadows.
“You think because he [McMahon] tweeted that ‘I’m retired’ that he’s not going to be hands-on, and he’s not gonna [run the show]?” Punk asked in response to a question on McMahon’s retirement. “Sure, we all are [hopeful of a change], but I don’t think the structure there…what’s the word I’m looking for… I don’t think the culture there changes. At all. I think it is what it is.”
AEW Superstar CM Punk compared how WWE handled the recent walkouts of Sasha Banks and Naomi to that of Brock Lensar. He mentioned that how the company reacted to Banks and Naomi’s walkout was really a hypocrite.
“I’ll put it to you like this – people are going to be real fu—g mad about this, but f–k it,” Punk said. “Mercedes [Sasha Banks] and Trinity [Naomi] leave, and they announce on SmackDown that ‘Gosh darn, we’re so disappointed in them, they really let our fans down.’ Brock [Lesnar] splits, comes back obviously, I think he worked the show [SmackDown], but where was Michael Cole saying ‘Man, Brock Lesnar let these fans down?’”
He also talked about how when he left the show and what the company did with that, Punk also stated that those two women had bigger guts than everybody in the company.
“I walked out, they went on TV and they called me a quitter. What’s changed?” Punk asked. “What’s the difference? You’re gonna attack these two poor f—-ing women because they kinda had enough and walked? They got bigger balls than everybody there. So what’s changed, you know? There’s nothing much that’s changed.”
“There’s people that talk about it and there’s people that do it. The people who lick the boots and have the audacity to go on live television and say that about those two women? They’re f—-ng cowards and bootlickers. That s–t is ridiculous. Why didn’t they do it for Brock? They did it for me, you know?”
He concluded that its none of his business now. It should be noted that Punk made these statements before the news of Triple H being announced as WWE’s Head of Creative.
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