CM Punk Praises WWE Locker Room, Reflects on Triceps Injury – During a behind-the-scenes vlog from Punk’s Royal Rumble week, “The Best in The World” reflected on his triceps injury:
It hasn’t been an easy 48 hours, but I always try to look at things from a couple different perspectives. My perspective is: This is a drag. Tore my tricep. Just came back to the company in November. First televised match back, get hurt. Surgery Thursday. But in the grand scheme of things — just a bump in the road. I’ve been here before. It’s just, my heart hurts, you know? Telling the fans, being upfront about it, and speaking from such an emotionally charged point of view — that’s where the connection is. Because I truly do believe, like, this sucks. It really f*cking sucks. But is it the end of the world? No.
Punk spoke about his friend Chad Gilbert who is battling cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. Punk said what Gilbert is going through is a truly rough situation. Punk is just an athlete who got hurt:
I’m an athlete who got hurt. Big f*cking deal. I’ll deal with it, I’ll move on, I’ll come back bigger, better, maybe not faster, but stronger. We’ll get back to business.
Punk said he’s sad about the injury because it will temporarily take him out of the “amazing situation” that he’s in. Punk praised the WWE locker room, calling it everything the pro wrestling business is supposed to be:
I’m very careful about saying, like, where you work is your family. Because I think your family is your family and where you work is your job. But it’s been a great support system. And just certain looks from certain people I get, and then I start crying again, you know? And Cody’s one of them. He’s a great dude. This locker room is everything the business is supposed to be. It’s everything the business was sold to me as being. And it’s remarkable, and that’s why I’m so sad. I’m not sad I hurt my arm, I’m sad I’m temporarily out of this amazing situation.
Punk said he apologized to his wife AJ Mendez (AJ Lee) for putting her in another situation where he’s recovering from surgery, but Mendez told Punk that they’ve been through this before and she’ll do everything she can to help him recover.
Last Saturday’s men’s Royal Rumble match came down to Punk and Cody Rhodes before Rhodes eliminated Punk. On Raw, Punk made the announcement that he will have to miss WrestleMania because of his triceps injury. There was then an angle where Drew McIntyre confronted Punk and attacked his triceps. Punk said that main eventing WrestleMania in the future is still his goal, but the first thing he’s going to do when he returns is come after McIntyre.
CM Punk Praises WWE Locker Room, Reflects on Triceps Injury
