Promising WWE star Grayson Waller has revealed his real thoughts on CM Punk.
During an interview with Chris Van Vliet on Insight, former tag-team champion Grayson Waller revealed that he was ‘ready to fight’ CM Punk following his return to WWE a couple of years ago. The Aussie star claimed that since Punk’s return from AEW, he has turned soft, whereas, Waller wanted to wrestle the ‘real’ CM Punk.
“I remember I took a Superkick from Jey Uso, and it was the day that Punk left his last job. I took a Superkick, and I put a photo online of me icing my jaw with a Pepsi can, which was just like, sometimes I like to have fun online and cause some chaos. So when he was coming over here, I was like, This is gonna be fun. What Punk are we gonna get?
And then we’ve got this real soft Punk. So I want to find out who the real Punk is. He’s really helpful backstage, and he’s super nice and all this. I’m either gonna be really disappointed that he’s softened, and this is the new Punk, and he’s just a really nice guy now, or the real Punk is hiding in there, and I want to be the one to bring it out.”
The 35-year-old further pointed out the Second City Saint’s infamous backstage drama in AEW and how he was ready to fight him backstage in WWE after the veteran’s return. While Waller prepared himself for a similar energy from Punk, he was shocked by the change in the World Champion’s behaviour.
That’s what I want to do. I guess I was ready to fight him backstage. I thought that’s what we were gonna do. I was like this is gonna be sick, like he’s gonna start causing chaos, like he’s gonna beat up little flops backstage again, I’m in, dude. But now he’s just a really nice guy and very helpful to everyone, helps everyone at NXT and does all this. That’s not the Punk that I love. I want to bring it back out, so I’m gonna get that opportunity. I’ve told him to his face, I’m like, there’s gonna be a day where I’m gonna stand across from you with a microphone, and I’m gonna tell you exactly what I think about you, and I want you to tell me exactly what you think about me.”
In the same interview, Waller also revealed CM Punk as his dream opponent and talked about advice he got from John Cena.
Grayson Waller reveals CM Punk as his dream match
Also in his interview with Chris Van Vliet, Waller named Punk as his dream match. Reflecting on the 47-year-old’s ROH run and his social media history with him, Waller noted:
“I’ve said it a few times now. I’m gonna keep saying it. Right now, I want Punk. I want Punk so bad, dude. Because, as I said, as a ROH guy, I’ve watched Punk for a long time. I love the stuff he did in Ring of Honor. I loved when he signed his WWE contract on the Ring of Honor Championship, that’s so good. And when he came back, because I said some really mean things about Punk when he wasn’t here.
