Within the current day, CM Punk, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins are en path to the principle occasion of WWE WrestleMania 41. As Punk lately identified “The Wealthy Eisen Present,” nevertheless, their historical past extends method again to 2012, as Reigns and Rollins (alongside Dean Ambrose) have been up-and-coming WWE stars, positioned as mercenaries for him, the-then WWE Champion.
“I used to be on what on the time was a historic run with the belt for 434 days, clearly shattered by Roman Reigns since I have been gone, and what I wanted was guys to work with. I used to be all the time wanting in the direction of the long run. Yeah there’s the now, there’s the me and there is [John] Cena, however outdoors of that, I might take a look at the panorama and be like what do we have to do to get cash, expertise within the place that I am in now. How do I carry guys up? How will we elevate superstars? So the thought of The Defend was that straightforward.
“I would like guys to work with, for good or for dangerous, whether or not I like them, whether or not I hate them, whether or not I will wind up having private issues with them. I would like gifted people to work with or I’ve no one to work with sooner or later,” he continued. “And lo and behold, who am I working with at WrestleMania? So life’s fairly humorous the best way issues work out.”
Whereas initially appearing as employed protectors of Punk, Reigns, Rollins, and Ambrose — collectively often known as The Defend — finally started feuding with “The Second Metropolis Saint” in late 2013. Earlier than leaving WWE in January 2014, Punk notably wrestled The Defend in a string of unaired, three-on-one handicap matches in addition to televised six-man tag matches alongside The New Age Outlaws on “WWE Uncooked” and “WWE SmackDown.”
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