After not working a match since the Royal Rumble in 2014, CM Punk worked his first bout against Darby Allin at AEW’s All Out PPV. He has since wrestled Daniel Garcia and Will Hobbs.
While speaking with The Wrap, Punk noted that his body doesn’t feel good due to the punishment anyone takes while wrestling.
“Oh, I feel like trash, I’ll be honest. I’m 42 years old and I haven’t taken bumps in seven-plus years. I think there’s something to building up a callus, to something you do on a regular basis becoming easier because you do it on a regular basis.
“I think a lot of wrestlers are feeling this right now. The pandemic, when it shut everything down and it essentially killed house-show business – they’re not on the road, they’re not taking bumps Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday ‘ I think everybody kind of felt this awfulness of, ‘Oh man, I’m wrestling less-frequently than I used to, (but) it feels worse somehow’.”
