{"id":329582,"date":"2026-05-05T14:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=329582"},"modified":"2026-05-05T14:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:08:34","slug":"cm-punks-work-ethic-praised-after-wrestlemania-42-ex-wwe-star-warns-released-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/cm-punks-work-ethic-praised-after-wrestlemania-42-ex-wwe-star-warns-released-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Punk&#8217;s Work Ethic Praised After WrestleMania 42, Ex-WWE Star Warns Released Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_91\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>CM Punk just proved that his best years will not be behind him, and his trainer wants the entire world to understand it.<\/p>\n<p>After going through a brutal WrestleMania 42 major event against Roman Reigns, where he crashed through two tables and lost the WWE World Heavyweight Title, Punk showed up at Dragon\u2019s Lair Gym the very next morning for a full pull day workout. His strength coach, Jay Ferruggia, shared the story on Instagram, calling it the mindset of a champion.<\/p>\n<p>At 47 years old, Punk got here into WrestleMania 42 in the most effective shape of his profession, due to a strict six-week training program he accomplished with Ferruggia. While most individuals would have taken a break day, Punk didn&#8217;t even consider it.<\/p>\n<p>You may try the post below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX7a2frgd0M\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The recent wave of WWE releases post-WrestleMania 42 has led former WWE star James Ellsworth to share some advice for current talent.<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, Ellsworth reacted to around 25 major roster and NXT cuts, noting that wrestlers must keep in mind that WWE is a business first.<\/p>\n<p>He urged anyone who makes the major roster to avoid wasting and invest their money properly, since they may be let go at any time, and smart planning can secure their future long after their contract ends. Ellsworth wrote,<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cIn case you ever get signed to #WWE and make the major roster \u2026 They pay you extremely well\u2026 The truth is , it\u2019s a business and you may get let go at anytime \u2026 Save your $ and invest , you\u2019ll be good the remainder of your life in the event you\u2019re smart.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In case you ever get signed to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWE?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWE<\/a> and make the major roster \u2026<\/p>\n<p>They pay you extremely well\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The truth is , it\u2019s a business and you may get let go at anytime \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Save your $ and invest , you\u2019ll be good the remainder of your life in the event you\u2019re smart .<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Ellsworth (@realellsworth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realellsworth\/status\/2051281415988232490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> If you could have any news suggestions or podcast recaps that you simply\u2019d prefer to send in for us to post (full credit will probably be given to you), please email me at <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"edbfae818c9f86bdbabeadb48c858282c38e8280\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CM Punk just proved that his best years will not be behind him, and his trainer wants the entire world to understand it. After going through a brutal WrestleMania 42 major event against Roman Reigns, where he crashed through two tables and lost the WWE World Heavyweight Title, Punk showed up at Dragon\u2019s Lair Gym [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":329583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[12269,9646,15793,13738,2344,795,2708,7749,862,9418],"class_list":["post-329582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-ethic","tag-exwwe","tag-praised","tag-punks","tag-released","tag-star","tag-talent","tag-warns","tag-work","tag-wrestlemania"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329582"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329585,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329582\/revisions\/329585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}