Current WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk can be the topic of the “Showcase Mode” within the upcoming “WWE 2K26” video game which can be released in March, giving fans a probability to experience a few of Punk’s biggest moments throughout his profession. One among the matches include within the mode is Punk’s memorable clash with The Undertaker at WWE WrestleMania 29, a match that saw Punk and Paul Heyman mock and make fun of the death of The Undertaker’s long-time friend and former manager Paul Bearer. Punk was asked in regards to the storyline and using Bearer’s death during a recent interview with “Complex News,” with Punk admitting that he knew it will be tough, but once he was given the approval by those near Bearer, he was off to the races.
“I mean it was heavy because, while I knew Percy, I didn’t know him or have a connection to him like loads of people in the corporate did, like Undertaker did. So I used to be careful to be certain and his relations, I believe his son signed off on it because I used to be like ‘I don’t desire to do that unless everybody’s okay with it,’ because at the moment, my deal was being a foul guy and trying to simply get people to pay to see me beat up. So I wasn’t sure in the event that they were going to be agreeable to the whole lot because, when you give me the green light, like ‘Are you sure about this? Like I’m–it may be pretty heavy.'”
Punk revealed that he was told by people near Bearer that the late WWE Hall of Famer would have been a giant fan of his work, which ultimately put Punk’s mind comfy. The present WWE World Heavyweight Champion rounded off by saying that it was an honor to given the responsibility of handling such a sensitive angle, and while it was obviously a shame that Bearer passed away, he’ll at all times be grateful in regards to the incontrovertible fact that he was capable of take something so real and private and use it to blur the lines in WWE.
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