3 WWE Superstars who stopped watching wrestling and 3 who never did

#4 Stopped watching WWE: CM Punk

CM Punk said on the No-Sports Report Show in 2020 that he found it “completely impossible” to watch WWE when no fans were in attendance at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but did you know that he even stopped watching shows during his time with the company?

One year after his exit from WWE, Punk told Ariel Helwani (11:30 mark of the video above) that he was still in contact with some of his old WWE colleagues but he only watched matches and segments involving his wife, AJ Lee.

“I didn’t watch when I was there! People think I, like, cold turkey [stopped watching WWE after leaving]. I didn’t watch when I was still there. I didn’t watch my stuff. I just didn’t watch.”

Asked if that was due to WWE becoming just a job for him, Punk replied, “Yeah, very much.”

It IS weird trying to catch up on 5+ years of rasslin’, I’m doing what I can. There’s bright spots, mostly women from what I can tell. There’s BAD too. I’m gonna talk about it, and no one is safe. Join us. @ReneeYoungWWE @WWEonFOX @BookerT5x @RealPaigeWWE @VinceMcMahon @TonyKhan

— player/coach (@CMPunk) November 18, 2019

“The Best in the World” began watching WWE again after joining FS1 show WWE Backstage in 2019. As you can see above, he tried to catch up on five years’ worth of wrestling before his first appearance on the show.