The WWE WrestleMania 42 (Night Two) primary event will feature CM Punk putting his World Heavyweight Title on the road. His opponent is Roman Reigns, who won the 2026 Men’s Royal Rumble match.
During a recent appearance on the “Nightcap” podcast, Punk stated that he married AJ Lee at the correct time when he left WWE in 2014. The reigning World Heavyweight Champion said,
“I got married in 2014 after I left. It was and it wasn’t (by design) – whether I stayed or I went, I used to be getting married. But I did all the time think this life is remarkably hard, especially for individuals who were married or had kids.”
“I did the majority of my profession single, not a care on this planet, no responsibility to anybody else however the wrestlers on the crew, and I devoted my life to it. I didn’t must split time or split focus, and the fruits of my labor were the success I got from that focus. But I left at the correct time, I got married at the correct time, now my wife’s back, and we get to enjoy working together, and it’s really been amazing.”
Reigns Slams CM Punk Ahead Of WWE WrestleMania 42
In a recent Twitter post, the OTC cut a fiery promo on CM Punk for taking a dig at him in an interview. Roman Reigns said,
“You’ve defended the title 3 times. You’ve had it, what, the entire 12 months? You’re not a fighting champion. You’re not even a fighter. We’ve seen how that went.”
“Coddled? By management? Because I’m money they usually’ve known that for the reason that starting, I told them? I’m an unsigned billion dollar check, return and find it, it’s within the archives.”
“You don’t have that variety of confidence since you’re not the variety of man I’m. You’re not cut from the identical fabric as me. It blows my mind that you’re thinking that we’re f**king equals. By which way?”
“It’s only gonna take the primary couple of minutes for the entire world to see there’s no way we could ever be on the identical level. ‘Coddled.’ The entire industry coddles you simply by having you in it. You talk concerning the old timers, those were tough guys. We’ve seen what happens if you attempt to be a tricky guy.”
“We put our whole popularity, the entire art form on the road for you because, what? 100,000 web marks loved you from the start? Let’s return to your journey days if you were on the indies. It was the s**ts. A humiliation.”
“There’s not a legend in my family that respects you. You’re the rationale we don’t let marks within the business. Keep my f**king name out your mouth. On Sunday, it ends for you.”