CM Punk obtains its main event from Wrestlemania is carrying a tint of irony depending on what he said before returning to WWE. Friday’s “WWE Smackdown” confirmed that the triple threatening match of punk against Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins will be the main event of Wrestlemania 41 on Saturday April 19, with Sunday’s show with John Cena’s challenge for the WWE championship organized by Cody Rhodes.
He seemed to be a concession on the part of Reigns and “Wise Man” Paul Heyman, apparently with the intention of achieving the favor due to punk by Heyman, only for him to wipe the tears of his eyes at the announcement and to confirm that he always expects something else. Anyway, the announcement marked the end of a punk quest for punk in Wrestlemania, main events and which looked so unlikely a few years ago. One could even say that Punk considered him an impossible dream, especially given his absence of nine years of Pro Wrestling after leaving WWE in 2014.
When he returned to the fight in 2021, it was with the rival promotion of WWE, Aew that he started a race that saw him hold the world championship twice. But before capturing the first of these reigns, he argued with MJF, starting with their first promotional battle acclaimed in November 2021.
While Punk upset the MJF in the ring, his opponent did what he could to avoid the fight, which prompted punk to emerge on the “Dynamite AEW AEW” of January 6 and to cause a loss of disqualification for MJF against Shawn Dean. MJF was irritated by defeat, and Punk explained that he would continue to interfere until MJF agrees to enter the ring with him. MJF would be reproached, relying on the fact that Punk had not yet been in the main event of Wrestlemania – unlike its idol Roddy Piper.
The shadow of CM Punk in Wrestlemania
MJF continued in the exchange to say that if he did not have respect for AW’s respect, he felt that he had won, so he could go to the main event of Wrestlemania himself.
“By the way, if I do not start to be shown to respect here, maybe I will also assess a Wrestlemania,” he said. For his part, Punk laughed at the remarks, explaining that everything he wanted to do was get his hands on MJF. But then, he went further to throw shadow on Wrestlemania, in particular now, the annual base food has become a two -night event.
“If you think the grass is so green on the other side, be my guest. Go ahead, start. Night Event Night Quatre of extravagance from purchasing-un-Sans, then release faster than you yourself,” said Punk.
Although it is clear during the segment to what extent the main event of Wrestlemania 41 means punk, one cannot say that his choice of words at the time has aged badly; Even after praising the “2024 auction war” and the idea that he would leave AEW for WWE, MJF announced at double or nothing 2024 that it would remain with the company. Meanwhile, Punk defeated MJF in a Col de dog match at Revolution 2022, closing its quarrel before capturing the world championship or nothing 2022.
A broken ankle would derail his first title, returning to lose against the acting champion Jon Moxley in three minutes before resuming the title at all 2022 – the event now sadly famous for the punk tirade during the press conference leading to “Brawl Out”. In September 2023, he started from AEW after being dismissed with Cause for his behind the scenes with Jack Perry, and finally returned to WWE in November 2023.
