NEWARK, NJ - JANUARY 20: Phil "CM Punk" Brooks takes a break during his workout at the New Jersey Devils facility at the Amerihealth Pavilion on January 20, 2016 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
CM Punk made his promotional debut at Friday’s AEW Rampage.
Punk was a guest on Monday’s episode of the Kap & J. Hood show on ESPN 1000 Chicago. During it, he spoke about facing Darby Allin at All Out:
“I think it’s a lot of, ‘Can Punk still go? Can Punk still wrestle in the ring? Can he be entertaining?’ Fortunately, for me, I was never a guy who did a whole bunch of crazy flips and stuff. I don’t have to go back and try to do these amazing and athletic feats. My goal is to tell a story. The way I get ready for this is, I watch a lot of Darby Allin matches. It’s no different than a sports team watching tape on the team they are playing. I watch him and see what he can do and then I get creative about it. That’s how I get ready. Obviously, I’m in a television show called Heels, that’s on STARZ, I’ve been in the ring. We’ve filmed me wrestling. I have gotten in the ring and I have been training, but not super extensively because it beats your body up. I’m trying to be smart about it. Mostly, I’m just watching tape on him and I’m impressed by what I see,” he said.
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