Recently on Busted Open Radio, Nic Nemeth (Dolph Ziggler) gave his thoughts on CM Punk. Punk was in the news this week for his appearance on Ariel Helwani’s “The MMA Hour” where he talked about his AEW run, his departure and his return to WWE.
Nic Nemeth’s thoughts when CM Punk decided to fight in UFC:
“Here’s what bummed me out because there were people with amateur backgrounds and people that were in MMA. All I knew was he watched it and read comic books. Not the locker room, but everybody outside the locker room, celebrity, people, family, relatives were like, ‘Hey, how’s he gonna do’ and all I could say was, ‘I wish it was anybody else in our locker room representing us because there’s a bunch of fighters and athletes and wrestlers, and I don’t know how this gonna go, but I don’t think it’s gonna go well.’ I wish it was literally, like Zack Ryder, anybody, somebody.’”
“The only people I’m afraid of in real life are Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar. It seems like if you check people’s Instagram, everyone is training MMA or Jiu-Jitsu or something, so having that in your back pocket without walking around like you’re a hard ass is cool. I’m smart enough to know when I do a little recon at any bar, I look for the cauliflower airs and I go, ‘All right. Even though that guy is quiet, whenever anything goes down, I’ll be standing behind him or watching him out of the corner of my eye.’”
During his interview on The MMA Hour, Punk said that while he wondered sometimes why he decided to get in the Octagon, he doesn’t regret the experience.
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article please credit Keepin’ It 100 with Konnan with a h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription. Quotes were transcribed by Jim for WrestlingNews.co.
