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A ton of readers sent along this video of CM Punk discussing WWE on Saturday at the Wizardworld event in Portland, Oregon, two days before he walked out of the company:
Dave Scherer and I have a nearly two hour discussion on the Punk situation, the reaction from those within the company on both sides of the fence of this story, how this will change Wrestlemania, Daniel Bryan's place on the roster and much more that will go up shortly in the Elite section of the site. For details on subscribing, click here.
It should be noted that this is not the complete video of the interview, just highlights. With that said, here is a recap:
On his state of mind, Punk said someone is going to get pissed off at this, but it's Daniel Bryan's year. He said that he has been in the position where he felt it was his year and he saw others headline over him. He said that he considers Dave Bautista a friend but he wants to see Daniel Bryan headline Wrestlemania. He said that he knows Rock will get mad when he hears this, but at least Batista is in full time and doing a full schedule. He said Batista coming back is a good thing.
On what he's going to do when he has no time, Punk said he was going into a dealership to buy a car, drive it across country and then "drive it into the ocean."
Punk said "when I am done, I am done" and he's going to go buy a cabin in a remote area and "no one is going to see me again and it's going to be awesome."
Punk said that he'd like to see WWE go back to less writers and more of a booker with long-term plans. He said that he'd prefer to have an idea of where he was going as opposed to every week, things being dropped on a whim and the assumption that the audience doesn't remember what happened two weeks ago. He said they are worrying about Wrestlemania now and if it was his company, that would have been long settled and he'd be worrying about Wrestlemania 31. Punk said the long-term booking and planning hasn't existed in quite some time.
Punk said that he feels fans want something different. He said the biggest thing Daniel Bryan has going for him is that he's different Punk said that three years ago, he was different as well and all of a sudden, the fans thought Punk in the title picture would be cool. Now they want Bryan. ECW in its time was different and an alternative. He said that you want different things on the menu so you can choose what's best at that time. Punk said he loved ECW and still does. He said that without ECW, there wouldn't have been an Attitude era. A fan brought up the build for Taz vs. Sabu and Punk pointed out it was long-term building.
Punk said that one day, Paul Heyman will be in the WWE Hall of Fame and maybe Punk will induct him.
On how his health is, Punk said he's 35 and getting old. Punk said that his body isn't young and he's been doing this since he was 15 years old. He said his time in the business is different from others. He pointed out that John Cena was starting in 2001 and by then, Punk was already going to Japan. He didn't just start wrestling when he magically appeared on WWE TV. Punk said there are a lot of miles on him.
Punk said that there were three months where he felt really horrible and they were trying to figure out what was wrong with him. He described it as getting an MRI a week as well as tons of bloodwork to try and narrow down what was wrong with him. He said that he feels he's not tired but "an exhausted kind of thing" from wrestling for so long and "a break is probably the only thing that's going to make me feel better."
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