WWE star CM Punk has detailed how his return to WWE got here collectively shortly, and why he wanted to maintain it a secret.
“The Greatest within the World” was a current visitor on Peacock’s WWE 2024 Preview Particular, the place he revealed that not many individuals knew about his shocking return to the corporate, with him withholding the data to even his household. He acknowledged that conserving it a secret ensured that it grew to become a “magical second.”
“The whole lot occurred that day so quick,” recalled Punk. “You need to by no means textual content and drive, women and gents. I used to be making an attempt to drive to the Allstate Enviornment and let everyone that deserved to know that was in my orbit know what was about to occur. I am texting my sisters. No person knew. That is the way you get issues performed on this enterprise. You retain issues near the vest. You do not leak stuff. That is when the magic occurs. It was a magical second.”Â
The previous AEW World Champion remembered the vary of feelings he went by way of when he entered the sector. Punk additionally acknowledged that each one his anxieties had been brushed apart as soon as he heard his theme music, and was blown away by the reception he obtained from his hometown crowd, calling it a “magic second.”
“There have been so many issues going by way of my head. The nerves, individuals I hadn’t seen in ten years. I had questions, issues, perhaps even worries. It was all solved the moment the music hit and I walked out in entrance of my hometown. I could not hear the music anymore. I did not know my cues. All of it went out the window, I could not hear the music, I might solely hear the individuals. It was a magic second.”
Punk made a stunning return ultimately yr’s Survivor Collection present, showing in entrance of a rabid Chicago crowd following the WarGames match, and is ready to wrestle for the primary time on WWE tv at this month’s Royal Rumble present.
