WWE star CM Punk has offered his ideas on the wrestling world dropping two of its biggest stars in Bray Wyatt and Brodie Lee. Talking on “No-Contest Wrestling,” he defined that the information was tough to digest and that it nonetheless hurts because of how younger each stars had been.
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“I really feel wrestling is infamous for that, proper? Like, we’re continuously dropping wrestlers and it all the time appears to be approach too early … When Bray died… Brodie — Luke Harper — when he died, I keep in mind the place I used to be, after I was informed, and I keep in mind like, you get hit with that thunderbolt the place you are similar to, ‘Oh?’ And you bought to sit down down and also you’re similar to, ‘What? Like he is younger …’ I believe Bray and Brodie had been the 2 ones as a result of they’re so younger, they usually received little infants, and it is similar to a kind of issues that it simply stings. Simply speaking about it now, it nonetheless stings, and it is really like unfair.”
Punk additionally expressed that it is considerably refreshing when a wrestler passes away a lot later in life, because of what number of different stars the wrestling business has misplaced at a younger age. Whereas it is by no means straightforward to say goodbye to any performer, the excessive price which youthful stars die makes it is simpler to cope with the loss of life of a veteran who’s lived into their 80s.
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Wyatt and Lee initially burst onto the WWE scene within the 2010s, once they had been aside of the Wyatt Household, and ultimately discovered success as singles rivals later of their careers. Wyatt grew to become WWE Champion and introduced his iconic “Fiend” character to life, whereas Lee captured the Intercontinental Championship, in addition to the TNT Title as soon as he signed with AEW.
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