CM Punk Explains Why He Took Time Off Following WrestleMania 42

CM Punk has explained why he decided to take time off following his WrestleMania 42 World Championship loss to Roman Reigns.

At WrestleMania 42, Punk would drop the WWE World Heavyweight Championship to Reigns, and would take a break from the company for several months before returning to WWE RAW to defeat Sami Zayn for the WWE Championship earlier this month.

While speaking to ESPN New York in a new interview, CM Punk explained why he took some time off from WWE following his WrestleMania 42 match with Roman Reigns.

“In my business, in this company… for me to be able to say that I had time off and it wasn’t due to injury or surgery is remarkable. It was the first time in my career I had time off without having to get surgery or be injured. I just hung out with my wife. I had a… I’m not going to say a rough year, you know, because suffering is relative. I was World Heavyweight Champion on RAW for quite some time, and during that entire time I was champion, I had at least three or four people who were very close to me pass away. Each time, I was at work the next day. I didn’t talk about it publicly. I showed up partially because it helped me. Being here amongst my road family and being able to connect with the fans on that level helped me get through it, but there was still some stuff I needed to process. So, my time away was just to kind of reset. One day away from my wife is one day too many. I’ve been with her every single day, and now that I’m back I’m champ, and I’m on the road. I’m as full time as full time gets. If you’re upset that I was mourning some dead friends, I think that’s a you problem. We should celebrate people taking some time for themselves.”

CM Punk is set to team with Cody Rhodes to take on Sami Zayn and Gunther in a tag team match at Saturday Night’s Main Event later today, where if Gunther and Zayn win, they will be added to the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania 42. You can read more about that here.

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