CM Punk returned to WWE in November 2024 at Survivor Series, a moment that many fans thought would never happen due to his exit in 2014.
Since then, Punk has worked a Royal Rumble, in which he suffered an injury, feuded with Drew McIntyre, which resulted in a brutal Hell in a Cell bout and has feuded with Seth Rollins. Now, he’s slated to enter the Royal Rumble on Saturday.
While speaking with WWE’s Jackie Redmond, CM Punk discussed his pro wrestling future, noting he’s on the same course as John Cena. The fellow former WWE Champion will retire at the end of this year.
“I feel great right now. I definitely don’t feel like there is a looming doomsday clock over my head or anything like that. But saying that I also do realize, based on what happened in the last Royal Rumble, that this could all end in a heartbeat. I never know when my last match is going to be, and you see guys like John Cena doing a full-blown retirement tour. I look at myself like I’m on the same road as John, maybe just not egotistical enough to announce to everybody, ‘Hey, this is it.’ But I’m not setting a limit on anything. I am just doing my best to bulletproof myself on a daily basis, work as hard on recovery as I do in the gym and in the ring, and not make this twilight of my career extend beyond what people expect of me. I don’t want to twist in the wind and just be some old guy. I think I get criticized an unfair amount, but it’s because I don’t dye my beard. I don’t dye my hair. I 100% embrace it. To me, these grays, I’ve earned them. These just tell stories. It’s the roads I’ve traveled, the bumps and bruises I’ve taken, and the injuries I’ve survived. My face is a roadmap. I would not remove a scar. I wouldn’t dye my hair, dye my beard.”
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