CM Punk: Being A Cover Star And Main Event For WrestleMania Is Proof That My Hard Work Didn’t Go Unnoticed

CM Punk reflects on the last year he’s faced in the business.

At WrestleMania 41, CM Punk got to live out his biggest dream by being in the main event of a massive WrestleMania, fast forward to a year later and he is once again in another massive main event and on the cover to WWE 2K26, his first game cover since WWE 13.

CM Punk spoke about how he felt about both achievements on the Up & Adams Show.

“So this is the second time I’ve been on the cover of the video game, and it is no less exciting. It’s great to me. It’s an honor. When I was a little kid, you kind of had a bucket list that you didn’t really know you had because you weren’t certain that these things were achievable … I’m 47 years old and I want to be on the cover of the video game again. You know what I mean? I want to main event WrestleMania again. I want to do all these things because it really is truly an honor, you know? Like, I busted my ass to get here and these are kind of to me, it’s like proof of concept that my hard work didn’t go unnoticed and I’m one of the leaders in the industry.”

Punk will officially be defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Roman Reigns in the main event of night two for WrestleMania 42.

h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.

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