CM Punk Says WWE Was Never His End Goal

Maybe this one will last longer than two minutes. CM Punk hasn’t been around WWE in over three years at this point but he’s still one of the hotter topics among wrestling fans. While he’s now a mixed martial artist, Punk still talks about wrestling from time to time, which he’s done again in a new interview.

Punk spoke with ABC 7 in Chicago on a variety of topics, including his goals as a wrestler. This led to some statements about his time in WWE, which Punk says wasn’t his ultimate goal. Punk talks about wanting to wrestle in Japan, along with his desire to be anonymous in America.

“I’m not sure. Obviously, I watched WWF as a kid, but when I made the conscious decision – WWF was never the end goal. I romanticized about Japanese wrestling. There was two companies in Japan, it was called All Japan and New Japan, and that was my thing. I was more about going over there and being a star over there, then coming home and just being completely – you can walk down the street and nobody knows you. That was my style, I liked it. But I worked so long and hard at it that it became so boring, it became the last frontier was WWE. I had to go see if I could conquer that so I gave it a shot.”

You can watch the whole interview here:

Opinion: It’s not exactly a secret that Punk wasn’t your common wrestler. He really did seem to be happy with walking away and taking another path through life, though it’s clear that he did love wrestling. If Punk is happy now, good for him. If Punk comes back to WWE someday, good for him too. He gave us a lot of memories and it’s cool that he seems to be happy.