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CM Punk Confirms Talks With FOX for WWE Backstage Show, Addresses Whether He’s Talked With WWE

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Former WWE Champion CM Punk appeared Collider Live. Punk was asked about recently trying out for the WWE Backstage studio show on FS1.

“Yeah I did it,” Punk confirmed. “I’m very much in a position where, ‘Well come talk to me.’

“I’m open to anything,” Punk continued, before adding that it does not necessarily include wrestling. “If they come to me with, ‘Hey we want you to wrestle,’ I’ll say, ‘um, I’m not interested’. I’ve grown so much as a person and I look back at all the stuff and I don’t need it. I don’t need the confrontation and I don’t need the drama,” Punk said. “But I’m a businessman. I also put my morals and my integrity above business deals.”

Punk noted that anyone can come to him with an offer and that WWE’s ratings have taken a hit since he’s been gone. 

“If you want me to do anything, well OK, come talk to me but don’t waste my time,” Punk stated.

“Ratings are still dipping and that’s been happening for 20+ years,” Punk noted. “Trust me, I’m not saying that it’s because I’m not there or anything like that. When I was there and I was on top, RAW was doing 3.8’s and I was getting blamed for it, like that’s a bad rating. Now they would f–king kill to have a 3.8!

“My agents just called me and FOX is throwing everything at this because they spent a lot of money on this and they’re all in to make it work. Originally I thought it was a WWE thing, so I was just like, ‘meh, no.’ But then they said, ‘this is FOX.'”

Punk said that he is not dealing with WWE. In fact, no one from the company has contacted him. 

“I’m not dealing with anybody in WWE,” Punk said. “They explained to me what it was and I love Renee Young. Renee Young is a great person… she’s Canadian, so obviously she’s super over-the-top nice and friendly. I prefaced it with, ‘Guys, I’m not going to come in and dump all over stuff just to dump on it. That’s old Phil. But if it’s bad, I’m not going to be able to pretend it’s anything but bad.’

“So they want to present it like it’s a real sport and just have a show that recaps stuff, just like they do with the NFL, just like the NHL Network would do with hockey games and stuff like that. That’s where we are with that.”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcription

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