Former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. has said that Triple H was “right” in his assessment of CM Punk during the latter’s time in WWE.
From 2011-2013, Punk held the WWE Championship for 434 days, but rarely headlined pay-per-view events, and the role as ‘The Guy’ instead went to John Cena.
At the time, it was reported that CM Punk was genuinely frustrated that he, the Champion, was playing second-fiddle, which contributed to his 2014 walkout.
Speaking on his “Wrestling with Freddie” podcast, Prinze recalled a scathing assessment of hypocrisy that Triple H made about Punk.
“Punk hated John Cena, not ‘hated’ him, but hated what he represented, right, and that’s that what the company was behind.
“And I remember one time Hunter saying, ‘As different as they are, the reason he hates John Cena so much is because he knows if he was in that same spot he would act in the exact same way.’
“To hear the rumblings of AEW basically saying he’s acting the way John Cena did back then it’s just like, damn near everything I disagreed with Hunter on, he was right. He just knows.”
In recent weeks, it’s been reported that Punk has been difficult backstage in AEW, and that he went off-script to bury ‘Hangman’ Adam Page during a promo on Dynamite.
Despite losing the AEW World Championship to Jon Moxley last week, Punk vs. Moxley 2 is expected to headline this Sunday’s All Out pay-per-view event.
