On a number of events throughout their current feud, Seth Rollins and CM Punk dropped hints concerning the origin of their beef, however the full story continues to be considerably murky. In a current sit-down interview for WWE’s YouTube channel, Rollins tried to shed extra mild on the place the friction between the 2 males comes from. Rollins wasn’t shy about acknowledging his previous admiration for Punk, suggesting they have been fairly shut at one time, and when WWE backstage correspondent Jackie Redmond requested Rollins if the hatred stemmed from a spot of affection, he agreed.
“I began as a CM Punk fan and I am not ashamed of that,” he mentioned. “He was any individual that I believed I may root for. And sooner or later sooner or later, possibly there is a model of me that is a CM Punk fan once more. … [but] all the things that he is finished has indicated to me that by no means has he modified, that it is simply this facade that he is placing on.”
Rollins mentioned Punk ghosted a lot of his WWE buddies when he left the corporate in 2014. He steered Punk projected the contempt he felt towards WWE onto everybody who nonetheless selected to work there.
“I struggled for thus a few years after that betrayal,” he mentioned. “And I by no means bought an apology. You can have even simply mentioned, ‘Hey man, I would like a while. I would like some house.’ I’d have [understood], however he simply by no means -– he by no means gave us that.”
Punk abruptly walked out of WWE following the 2014 Royal Rumble, citing, amongst different issues, insufficient therapy from WWE’s medical workers. When he returned at Survivor Collection 2023, many followers famous Rollins’ destructive response within the ring, although WWE cameras largely centered on Punk and the followers. Submit-match feedback by Punk after his victory over Rollins on January 6’s “Uncooked” hinted their feud is likely to be over, however that is still to be seen.
