CM Punk: If Every Show, Someone Is Falling Off A Building And Bleeding, It Doesn’t Mean Anything

CM Punk does not want wrestlers taking advantage of the Netflix deal.

CM Punk made his shocking return last November at Survivor Series in his hometown of Chicago, despite suffering a torn tricep this past January, the former WWE Champion rehabbed his injury and made his in-ring return for his first singles match in the WWE in over a decade where he would go on to lose to his bitter rival, Drew McIntyre.

During an interview with Jimmy Trainia, Punk was asked about WWE moving to Netflix at the start of 2025 and how he feels about wrestlers potentially pushing the envelope.

“I feel like we’re pushing the envelope now, and I don’t want people to use Netflix as a crutch to say the F word. I feel that’s immediately where everybody goes, ‘We’re going to get to swear.’ No. If everybody swears, it doesn’t mean anything. If everybody is throwing the bird, it doesn’t mean anything. If every show, someone is bleeding and they fall off a building, it doesn’t mean anything. The only thing that excites me about Netflix is what should excite everybody about Netflix; we are going to be seen by billions more people. It’s unfathomable to a lot fo people what the Netflix deal means to a wrestler in WWE. USA Network has broadcasted professional wrestling for WWE for decades. Raw has always been on USA. For it to go to a streaming service. I don’t have the USA Network app on my phone, but I have the Netflix app on my phone. I guarantee it’s like that worldwide. We are going to have doors kicked in in a lot of different markets and countries all over the world. To me, that’s exciting,” said Punk.

When it was mentioned that talent may have less of a filter in what they can pitch and do, Punk replied, “Yeah, but I think a lot of people need a filter. A lot of people need somebody to produce them and say, ‘No, we’re not going to do that.’ Netflix doesn’t mean you’re going to get all these wild lesbian angles or something like that, as wrestling fans seem to think. Maybe we can be a little more edgy, maybe. I already feel like, since Vince (McMahon) is gone, a lot of what people thought were kind of strange, like not calling a hospital a hospital, calling it a medical facility, all that is in the past. I’m looking forward to the reach Netflix has.”

Punk is focused on getting his rematch with McIntyre whether it’s on Monday Night Raw or at an upcoming PLE, he wants round two and he is set on getting his revenge one way or another.

h/t to Fightful for the transcription.

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