For a moment, it seemed as if the story of CM Punk’s WrestleMania weekend can be his essential event match against Roman Reigns on Sunday, where Reigns toppled Punk to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. But Punk’s match was soon sharing headlines with an out of the ring incident from later that night, when Punk was filmed knocking the phone away from a fan who had been asking Punk’s wife, AJ Lee, and fellow WWE star Bayley for a photograph while the 2 had been conversing.<\/p>\n
To date, neither Punk nor WWE has commented on the incident. The identical can’t be said for the fan, nevertheless, who told “TMZ Sports”<\/a> on Tuesday morning that he was not trying to press charges, file a lawsuit, or seek damages from Punk. He’s, nevertheless, in search of Punk to apologize to him.<\/p>\n “I need an apology,” the fan said. “Shake my hand…I’m not gonna sue him or put him in jail. I just want an apology.”<\/p>\n Whether the fan will actually receive an apology from Punk, or if the previous World Heavyweight Championship will as a substitute double down on his actions, stays to be seen.\u00a0Punk has not been shy over time about expressing his disdain for fans that hound wrestlers outside of wrestling events. In September 2024, Punk asked fans to respect boundaries after a fan repeatedly attempted to get an autograph from him while traveling to “Raw;” he would repeat the message a yr later following one other uncomfortable fan interaction.<\/p>\n