CM Punk Feels WWE Unreal Helped Misunderstood Superstar

CM Punk recently put the limelight on a deeply misunderstood star.

WWE: Unreal was a unique viewing experience for wrestling fans, providing a behind-the-scenes look at how the shows are produced.

As one of the company’s top stars, Punk was extensively featured in it, focusing on his journey from his return to WWE in 2022 till main-eventing WrestleMania 41.

The seven-time world champion discussed shooting for the episodes during an appearance on the Good Guy / Bad Guy podcast with UFC stars Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen.

He admitted to feeling conflicted about revealing industry secrets due to his old-school mentality, but participated because it helped fans gain perspective into the wrestlers’ lives.

CM Punk Says The Docuseries Humanized Wrestlers

CM Punk shared the example of 14-time women’s champion Charlotte Flair, claiming the docuseries gave viewers an idea of who she truly is.

But my 90 percent takeaway was this was fantastic because you get to see like somebody like Charlotte, and it humanizes her.

There’s the wrestling fans, especially the ones who are consuming this, the hardcore wrestling fans, they’re always going to watch, but they all have these parasocial relationships with us. They think they know us. I think this can kind of peel back the curtain a little bit to show you that, like, no, man, like we have real human emotions.

And for somebody like Charlotte, I think who’s, you know, a lot of the times grossly misunderstood, I think this kind of softens her a little bit, and you get to see, you know, Ashley instead of Charlotte. [H/T WrestingInc]

CM Punk was recently added to the list of wrestlers for the UK Tour, which leads up to WWE Clash in Paris on August 31.