CM Punk was in great pain before he left WWE, says Kevin Nash and Mick Foley

CM Punk and Mick Foley

Former WWF champion Kevin Nash and Former WWF Hardcore champion Mick foley have come out to talk about CM Punk and his passion for WWE.

Mick Foley recently talked about CM Punk on Facebook and he wrote:

“I have never been to a WWE event where Punk was not in considerable pain. Ice packs, heating pads, and visits to the trainer were as much a part of his daily routine as eating. sleeping, and wrestling. Performing at that level, in that degree of pain was only possible when accompanied by the passion that turned an unlikely Indy kid into one of the greatest WWE superstars of his generation. Once that passions gone, then so are all of the things that made him great. I know what it feels like to go through the motions, and to do what needs to be done solely for the paycheck. It’s not pretty – and though I have not talked to Punk since the night before he left, I have to believe he has too much respect for what he does to let people see him going through the motions.”

Kevin Nash mentioned that CM Punk was “burned out” while he was working in the WWE. He said:

“The thing is, you know, Phil’s (CM Punk) not a small guy but he’s not a big guy either. And he’s one of the guys, he takes a lot of punishment on a nightly basis. He had a heating pack on his back and he was walking around that day and a year ago when we, he and I, were on the road together and we were in London working we fell asleep, like side by side on the floor. I woke up and I was paralyzed. It was just a couple hours asleep on the floor. I woke him up and I was like, dude, I can’t move if you don’t get up. So he got up and he got some heat on his back. We were in the trainer’s room and we were talking. I just asked him what his condition was. He really hadn’t even had an MRI at that point. I think he’s gotten an MRI since then and I think he’s got some degeneration in his lower back.”