5 WWE behind-the-scenes stories from this week: Paige, Roman Reigns, CM Punk, more

#1 When CM Punk embraced Darren Young at SummerSlam

Writing in his first column for Sportskeeda this week, Fred Rosser (fka Darren Young) recalled the time that he came out publicly to the world as the first openly gay WWE Superstar in the summer of 2013.

The one-time WWE Tag Team Champion’s announcement came on the weekend of SummerSlam, where CM Punk faced Brock Lesnar in one of the most anticipated matches of the night.

Rosser revealed that, just minutes after finishing his match against Lesnar, Punk approached him in the catering area and said how proud he was that the former Prime Time Player had shown the courage to come out. He added that Punk told him he will “take care of it” if anybody had a problem with Rosser’s announcement.

“With Punk embracing me in a manner like that, it made it that much easier for me to walk into a WWE locker room and just be myself. It’s a moment I’ll never forget and I’ll always share with the world.”

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