During a recent interview with Metro UK, CM Punk discussed his career, how he thinks he’d be dead or in jail without wrestling, his acting goals, and other topics.
Punk will battle Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in a Triple Threat match at WWE WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas, NV.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On where he would be without wrestling: “I’d be dead or in jail right now, 100%, and I’ve narrowly avoided jail multiple times. I really don’t know, it’s hard for me to say, ‘I was interested in this,’ and ‘I was interested in that,’ ‘Maybe I would have done this.’”
On fame and wanting to be a wrestler: “You ask kids nowadays, what do you want to be when you grow up? And unfortunately, I think a lot of people say “I want to be famous”. That sucks. Fame sucks. Fame is a side effect of being successful at what I do. I wanted to be a wrestler. I never said I wanted to be a millionaire. I never said I wanted to be a WWE superstar. I wanted to be a wrestler. I got a pair of boots and I started wrestling.”
On his upcoming acting projects: “The Netflix thing is interesting, because I think they want to specifically find projects not only for me, but other superstars that they feel can cross over. I would love to do stuff with [John] Cena. I would love to do stuff with anybody, really. I’m in it to learn. And in that respect, I’m an artist. I want to do stuff that’s fulfilling.”
On not having any plans to retire anytime soon: “No, because you never know what’s going to happen. If you would ask me when I was 26 if I would be wrestling when I was 46, I would have been like, ‘No way.’ The business has changed so much, the miles that we put on our bodies for years and years and years, and now we’re here, and we’re wrestling maybe once a month, we’re doing one show a week.”
