WWE Hall of Famer is unhappy with CM Punk over his shocking recent comments (Exclusive)

WWE Superstar CM Punk’s recent comments about his AEW matches did not sit well with Hall of Famer Teddy Long. The Best in the World is a former AEW World Champion.

CM Punk recently said that he wasted some matches on some wrestlers in his AEW run. The Best in the World was signed to All Elite Wrestling from 2021 to 2023. He won the World Title two times. However, his run with the company ended controversially after he got into a backstage fight with Jack Perry. In September 2023, Tony Khan fired Punk from the company.

Speaking on the recent edition of Sportskeeda Wrestling’s The Wrestling Time Machine hosted by Mac Davis, Teddy Long said that CM Punk shouldn’t be making comments like that about his matches. The former WWE SmackDown General Manager also noted how Punk competed in matches against MJF and wants to pull his name out of his ‘wasted’ matches list:

“Well, I don’t think he should say things like that. I think anybody that you step into the ring with, if they’re not polished, then your job is to help polish them. So anybody that stepped in there with him, if they’re slack and then he knows to go to him and talk to him and say, hey, hey, come on, man. You got to step it up. Here’s what we need to do. But then there are some guys that you can’t talk to. They don’t want to hear it. They already think they know it all. But one of the names he had in there is MJF. I have to pull that out. You ain’t gonna waste no time with MJF.”

Mac Davis also brought up Samoa Joe’s name and Teddy Long stated that getting in the ring with Joe is not a waste of time:

“Another guy. You ain’t wasting no time with Samoa Joe.” [11:14-11:56]

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Dutch Mantell believes CM Punk and Roman Reigns could headline WWE WrestleMania

This week on WWE SmackDown, CM Punk teased a potential angle with Roman Reigns after they compete in the WarGames match at Survivor Series PLE. It is well known that Roman Reigns does not get along with The Best in the World.

In a recent edition of Storytime with Dutch Mantell podcast, the veteran said Punk vs. Roman Reigns could be a sell-out at WWE WrestleMania.

“I think CM Punk and Roman Reigns has sell-out written all over it. CM Punk, he has those really die-hard fans for him, and he’s not really that good of a technician. Now, he’s good, but he has great timing and he’s a great talker.”

The fans will have to wait and see if a storyline between CM Punk and Roman Reigns happens in the future.

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