Triple H Speaks About CM Punk Being A ‘Massive Character’ For WWE, Says The Character & Phil Brooks Are Almost The Same Person
Paul Levesque chats Punk.
The dynamic between CM Punk and WWE Chief Content Officer Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque has been delved into by both of them since Punk returned to WWE in November 2023.
It is well documented that they did not have the strongest of relationships during Punk’s first go-around with the company.
Levesque spoke about Punk at TEDSports Indianapolis and discussed why Punk is a great character for WWE. The topic of discussion was blending reality and storyline, and he stated that there is not much difference between Punk and Phil Brooks.
“Then there are characters — and I’ll just use this as an example — like CM Punk, who’s a massive character for us but with CM Punk, CM Punk is Phil Brooks, his real name. Phil Brooks is CM Punk, and it’s really difficult — if you went down the character of CM Punk, it’s really hard to delineate that from Phil Brooks. Almost the same person, and Phil Brooks’ attitude and his excitement or his displeasure with things comes out in his character. It’s on his sleeve, right? But, that’s a great character for us because you never know the blend of is that real? Is that not real? Are they taking a real situation and ramping it up, turning the volume on it to make it worthwhile?”
Next up on the docket for CM Punk is a mixed tag team match at WWE Wrestlepalooza. He’ll be tagging with AJ Lee, who is competing in her first match since 2015. They’ll be facing the fellow husband/wife duo of Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch.
If the quote in this article is used, please credit TEDSports Indianapolis with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.
