CM Punk Feels Like WrestleMania 41 Is A Full Circle Moment For Him

CM Punk believes his WrestleMania 41 bout represents a full circle career moment.

‘The Second City Saint’ is set to battle Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in a hotly anticipated triple threat bout that will main event night one of WrestleMania 41.

Reigns and Rollins joined forces with Dean Ambrose to form the legendary faction ‘The Shield’, debuting at Survivor Series 2012 and initially acting as mercenaries who helped CM Punk retain his WWE Championship in title bouts against the likes of John Cena and Ryback.

Competing in the main event of WWE’s top Premium Live Event has been a life-long dream of CM Punk and he will now do so against two of the three men that he helped blood into the main roster.

During a recent appearance on ‘The Rich Eisen Show‘, CM Punk fired out a stark warning to his two WrestleMania opponents, noting his history with the duo before promising to take them out:

“In 2012, I was the WWE Champion. I was on this what, at the time, was a historic run with the belt. Four hundred thirty-four days, obviously shattered by Roman Reigns since I’ve been gone, and what I needed was guys to work with.

I was always looking towards the future. I would look at the landscape and be like, ‘What do we need to do to get money-talent in the position that I’m in now? How do I bring guys up? How do we elevate Superstars?’

So the idea with The Shield was that simple. I need guys to work with, for good or for bad, whether I like them, whether I hate them, whether I’m going to wind up having personal problems with them. I need talented individuals to work with, or I have nobody to work with in the future.

Lo and behold, who am I working with at WrestleMania? So, life’s pretty funny the way things kind of work out. I just don’t want those two guys to forget that they were picked for a reason. I brought them into this and at WrestleMania. I get the chance to take them out.”

CM Punk Reflects On Similarities With Triple H

CM Punk has admitted that he shares many similarities with WWE Chief Content Officer, Triple H.

The pair famously fell out ahead of Punk’s original departure from the company in 2014 and showed very few signs of a reconciliation ahead of the Chicago-born Superstar’s shock return at Survivor Series 2023.

The two former WWE Champions are now on excellent terms with both men admitting to their regret during the inaugural episode of ‘Stephanie’s Places’.

H/T: WrestlingNews.co for the above transcription.