CM Punk lists Cody Rhodes among WWE dream opponents
CM Punk has a list of WWE talents as dream opponents including Cody Rhodes and Bayley.
On the All The Smoke Podcast, Punk instantly named Bayley as a star he wishes could face in a WWE ring. He praised her in-ring work as a wrestler before proceeding to talk about new talents in WWE.
“Bayley. I gotta mention Bayley. Maybe I do want to get in the ring with her. Maybe I want to beat her ass, I don’t know. She is such a great wrestler. She is so f**king good. It’s hard not to mention her. We don’t do intergender stuff, barely ever, I did get to put Becky in a sharpshooter, and that was fun.”
He highlighted the new talents in WWE and has sights on Je’Von Evans, Oba Femi and Trick Williams. He lauded Femi and Williams’ star power so briefly in their main roster runs. Punk also pointed out that he and Cody Rhodes have yet to settle their in-ring dispute.
“I’ll give you a boring answer, man. I want to wrestle everybody, and be careful what you wish for, right? There’s guys on our crew now that are just coming up, and I think they’re all fantastic and they’re all young and they’re all hungry. Je’Von Evans comes to mind. I’ll probably regret saying Oba Femi, but man, I mean, talk about the word trajectory comes to mind, like undeniable that guy is going to be a star. If he’s arguably not already. Trick Williams is another guy. I think, for the level he’s at, he wildly overperforms. It’s almost like you’re underpromised something with him and then he comes out and like total package can talk, can work, he’s got the look. There’s so many. I haven’t had that one-on-one clash with Cody yet. I think that’s a big one we have in our back pocket. Up and down the roster. There’s just so many people.”
Punk and AJ Lee have a close-knit friendship with Bayley which is evident from their social media interactions and posts.
Rhodes and Punk had a disagreement last year when Roman Reigns returned and stirred the debate over which of them were the better champion of the two. They ended up going on different paths with varied feuds which Punk referenced which needs some closure.
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