WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth “Freakin” Rollins was interviewed on this past Monday night’s “Best Of 2023” episode of RAW, where he talked about a number of topics including how he had a mixture of emotions when CM Punk made his return at Survivor Series: WarGames and how it was like you have seen a ghost.
Rollins said, “It was such a mixture of emotions. Rage and disappointment, but also, you kind of knew it was coming, and then when you heard it, it was almost a bit of disbelief, like you’d seen a ghost, but a ghost that you really want to punch in the mouth.”
He also talked about how Punk is the prime example of the saying “Don’t Ever Meet Your Heroes Because They’ll Always Disappoint You.”
“Ooof, I don’t know, man. We have a long road to get to that point. It’s been ten years of him doing the opposite of him earning my respect. I had a lot of respect for this guy. I put him on a pedestal in a lot of ways, and for me, he was the epitome of don’t ever meet your heroes because they’ll always disappoint you. That’s what it’s been for me for the last ten years, just a series of disappointments, over and over and over. I’ve known the guy for two decades. It’s been a wild twenty years. For him to get to a point where he’s earned my respect again, I don’t want to say it’s Mount Everest because I don’t think that would be doing it justice, to be honest. It’s going to be a long road, if we ever get there.”
You can check out Rollins’ comments below.
How is @WWERollins feeling about @CMPunk this holiday season?#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/Je1AXRzMDx
— WWE (@WWE) December 26, 2023
