CM Punk on AJ Lee Being Back in WWE, Him Being More Chilled Now & Doesn’t Really Pitch Creative Ideas Compared to His Past, & Working With People He Might Not Like Personally

A recent episode of ESPN’s Pardon My Take show featured CM Punk as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Punk’s thoughts about his wife AJ Lee’s recent return to WWE and getting to work together with her.

“She’s inspirational, honestly. Her will-power, a lot of that is diet, but she’s also super strong in the gym and is lifting heavy weights and busting her ass all the time.

I’m having the time of my life. I’m like the uber-nerdiest, wife-guy. I always like to say that I try to spend as much time with my wife as I can, and I spent a lot of time with her, and it never feels like it’s enough. Having her back in this environment with me at work is like a dream come true.”

Punk also gave his thoughts about him being more chilled now than before when it comes to how much creative input he has for his storylines in WWE.

“There are a lot of great minds that I work with and a lot of people who have more experience than me. Maybe, back in the day, I would say, ‘No, I know what to do.’ Now, I guess I’m just kind of chill. Before, it was more rebelious. To me, there is a magic about taking something that you didn’t see or you didn’t think of, somebody else’s idea, and going, ‘Okay, I can do that with this. What if we did this?’ I don’t really pitch things. I’ve taken a page out of (John) Cena’s book. They deal them, I play them. I have ideas and suggestions, and more often now, it’s for other people and not for me. I just roll with it.”

Punk also gave his thoughts about working with people he might not like personally.

“I’m not going out to dinner with anybody. That’s the magic of our business, too. If you’re a true professional, you don’t have to even remotely like the guy you work with. The business is built on trust. If somebody is going to try and double-cross me, that’s a whole different problem, but I work with professionals who aren’t going to do that because I think they do realize, if they do that, there’s going to be some sort of a problem. I’m not going out to dinner with these guys. Some of them don’t like me. Some of them, I don’t care for. That’s the magic and the line we get to weave in and out.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1, 2, & 3