Punk will be part of the NXT on CW launch.
One of the matches on the marquee for the NXT on CW launch show on October 1st is Trick Williams challenging Ethan Page for the NXT Championship. The special guest referee for their match is going to be CM Punk.
Punk is often at the Performance Center in Orlando and providing assistance and advice to talents. He spoke about that as he was being interviewed by WREG.
He looks back fondly on his time in developmental and stated that when he goes to NXT, it’s like the fountain of youth. Punk said he now gets to enjoy things he was maybe too career-focused on at the time in OVW.
If you’re a wrestling fan, you wanna get in on this era of NXT on CW because this is — you know, we all like to say, ‘Oh, this is the future. This is the future of SmackDown and Raw and WrestleMania.’ But I think NXT’s it’s own thing and I try to tell all the kids that are down there, ‘I know the goal is, you know, grab the bag. Get to Raw, get to SmackDown. You want to be on the PLEs and all that stuff.’ But I think they have such a special thing down there for NXT that I really want them to try to live in the present and enjoy the time there, because I know I look fondly upon my time in developmental in OVW and it’s almost like when I go down to NXT, it’s the fountain of youth because I get to kind of relive those days and really enjoy things that I was really maybe too career-focused to the future that I couldn’t enjoy all the present so, wrestling fans, this is where it all begins. This is like the breeding ground for us so, tune in, CW, NXT, October 1st.
After the 10/1 NXT wraps, Davie Portman and Braden Herrington of the Poisonrana Podcast are going to be reviewing the show on the POST Wrestling YouTube channel.
If the quote in this article is used, please credit WREG with an H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription.
