CM Punk likes to elicit emotional reactions from pro wrestling fans.
On Saturday night, he did exactly that.
“The Best in the World” defeated Eddie Kingston in one of the most anticipated bouts on the AEW Full Gear 2021 pay-per-view, which emanated from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Saturday evening.
Following the show, Punk took part in a media scrum and spoke about dedicating the match to Eddie Guerrero, and how he implemented the Three Amigos tribute spot during the match.
Additionally, he explained how he even paid homage to John Cena with the “Five Moves of Doom” sequence, which included the running shoulder blocks on Kingston, as well as the side slam and the hand gesture for the Five Knuckle Shuffle.
Featured below is an excerpt from the scrum where he touches on this and more.
“I have one boss when I’m in the ring and I often like to say, ‘I have no boss when I’m in the ring,’ but the truth is it’s the people, and I listen to them. Sometimes I go with the flow and sometimes I take it places. Regardless of the seven-year gap, I’ve been doing this for a minute. To me, it’s fun just to f*ck with people. That’s the whole juice for me. It’s getting different reactions and kind of getting to play with that. 16 years ago today we lost Eddie Guerrero and I just thought, ‘Man, I’m wrestling a dude tonight named Eddie, how great is it going to be when I hear them chanting for Eddie?’ In my head, I’m just going to be thinking about Eddie Guerrero. So, I get to play with emotions and stuff like that because I feel — They’re chanting for Eddie, I’ll go ahead and give them Three Amigos. Is that not what you want? I never expect to get booed or get cheered. I have a pretty good idea and what I think what I’m really excellent at is reading the room. Again, pulling back the curtain, it’s one of the reasons — Friday ago when me and Eddie did the promo in the ring, I didn’t want people to see me or him until tonight because I didn’t want to go and influence them, either way, more than we did. Let’s just let the chips lay where they are and Saturday we’ll go out there and see what’s what. That’s what we did.”
CM Punk does the John Cena 5 moves of doom sequence lmao #AEWRampage
pic.twitter.com/mlwThlqqdn— MarkoutMania (@TheMarkOutMania) November 14, 2021
The CM Punk vs John Cena rivalry will never die. #AEWFullGear pic.twitter.com/uc9ylHza7t
— Fiending For Followers ‼️ (@Fiend4FolIows) November 14, 2021
H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes.
