46-year-old star accused of asking other wrestlers to leave WWE after his controversial departure

A top star has been accused of wanting to see WWE fail following his exit from the promotion in 2014. Seth Rollins claimed that CM Punk asked other stars to leave the company after he left on the Road to WrestleMania XXX.

Punk immediately left World Wrestling Entertainment after his Royal Rumble 2014 appearance. Over the next several years, the 46-year-old star took shots at the promotion in interviews. He finally made his return at the Survivor Series: WarGames 2023 Premium Live Event.

As per Seth Rollins, Punk wanted WWE to fail following his departure in 2014. The star left controversially due to dissatisfaction with his creative direction in the company. He allegedly asked other stars to leave the company. Here's what he said on ESPN:

"I look at WWE as my family, it's been my dream since I was a little kid since I got here. It's given me everything I have, my house, my wife, my baby, all of that is through this business and through this company. I've able to provide for my family, allow them to have good lives that they wouldn't have, and I have this guy here, who was a friend, betrayed me, and then tried to take away all that stuff. He would have loved it if this company failed and all of us were out of a job. He asked specific friends to leave the company because of the way it treated him, the way he felt about that, and I mean that's to me, that's like sacrilege man." [H/T WrestlingInc]

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