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I'm a guy for all intents and purposes, NEVER should have even made it to the WWE (CM Punk).
I've had roadblock after roadblock after roadblock thrown in my way (CM Punk).
I feel I have a responsibility to the younger wrestlers on the roster: the ones who aren't signed yet... and the future of pro wrestling as a whole to help make this place better (CM Punk).
Introducing... (Howard Finkel)
From Chicago, Illinois... (Howard Finkel)
Weighing 218 pounds... (Howard Finkel)
C... (Howard Finkel)
M... (Howard Finkel)
Punk!! (Howard Finkel)
My relationship with my family was never super good (CM Punk).
I never got what I needed from my blood family (CM Punk).
I was always neglected... (CM Punk)
School was always weird for me... (CM Punk)
I remember... like... wanting to fit in... (CM Punk)
A bunch of kids get together and decide, "You know what? Let's build a ring!" (CM Punk)
We'll call ourselves the LWF (CM Punk).
My brother stole all the money... (CM Punk)
I wanted to go get trained and I found Steel Domain (CM Punk).
I met Colt Cabana (CM Punk).
We [Punk and Cabana] were wrestling for IWA Mid-South all the time, but that was where we had our first home... (Colt Cabana)
He wanted to be the Iron Man of pro wrestling (Colt Cabana).
He had such a polarizing personality (Chris Hero).
I am straight edge... that means I am better than each and every single one of you here today! (CM Punk)
I was always just a wrestler... (CM Punk)
It never occured to me that I was a hell of a character (CM Punk).
I ended up in Ring of Honor (CM Punk).
All of a sudden, Punk is a major player... (Daniel Bryan)
I... am the devil himself! (CM Punk)
Although he is a very good wrestler, what he brought to Ring of Honor was hard-hitting interviews (Daniel Bryan).
Once I do one thing, I need to move on to the next level (CM Punk).
The only other place was WWE (CM Punk).
I got shifted to OVW, trying to be as big as I could (CM Punk).
Nobody in WWE knew what to do (Paul Heyman).
Nobody really understood what they had (Paul Heyman).
They just signed a guy that had... some buzz (Paul Heyman).
CM Punk always had that special something... that you knew he was going to be good (The Miz).
When ECW got rebooted under Paul Heyman, I was under his umbrella (CM Punk).
The fact that CM Punk was getting this momentum almost rubbed everybody the wrong way (Paul Heyman).
CM Punk is not and was not the typical WWE prototype... (Michael Hayes)
That hindered his growth, but it never hindered his heart (Michael Hayes).
He was like this little outcast champion-- (Colt Cabana)
--and he got no perks (Michael Hayes)...
It [World Heavyweight Championship] just kind of got taken away from him... (Colt Cabana)
Punk... kind of always had the attitude that was missing from a lot of guys (Triple H)
He was the most hated man in the company [Straight Edge Society]... (Daniel Bryan)
It was still a fight... It was a fight to do anything (CM Punk).
The more successful Punk got, the more he wanted to control what he was doing (Michael Hayes).
I... am the best... WRESTLER... in the world (CM Punk).
There is a glass ceiling and nobody is allowed to break it (CM Punk).
And I'd like to think... that maybe this company will be better after Vince McMahon's dead (CM Punk).
You're [Vince McMahon] one of the biggest bullies I have ever met in my entire life-- (CM Punk)
I do not love this [wrestling] anymore... (CM Punk)
I don't know as a BUSINESS what we're doing anymore... (CM Punk)
I have zero passion for this [wrestling].
I sold more shirts than John Cena, until I turned heel [bad] for you [Vince McMahon]... (CM Punk)
All's I wanted was the main event of Wrestlemania (CM Punk).
But the fact that Dwayne [The Rock]-- (CM Punk)
--Miz being in the main event-- (CM Punk)
--of Wrestlemania next year and I'm not makes me sick! (CM Punk)
Nobody could tell me any good reason... (CM Punk)
I needed the experience of a main event at Wrestlemania with somebody who was equal or better than me, so I can learn -- so I can become an asset to the product (CM Punk).
There's always been one main event and I deserved it (CM Punk).
It was an old, out-of-touch man [Vince McMahon]'s decision (CM Punk).
I do NOT want to be here [WWE]... and I do not want to be anything less (CM Punk).
You [Vince/WWE]... have shackled me... (CM Punk)
You [Vince/WWE]... have creatively stifled me... (CM Punk)
You [Vince/WWE]... have made this a very toxic environment (CM Punk).
I no longer WANT to be here [WWE]... (CM Punk)
I will go somewhere else... and I will get more over [popular]... because I know I can (CM Punk).
He [Triple H] never liked me! (CM Punk)
Me and him [Triple H] in a room together? Never any good vibes -- always negative (CM Punk).
I'm outta here [WWE]... (CM Punk)
And I walked out... (CM Punk)
When it's all said and done -- when I'm finished, everybody is going to have to respect me because I have come here [UFC] to fight (CM Punk).
He's gonna learn pretty hard -- and pretty fast that this was a gigantic mistake on his behalf (Michael Bisping).
I think everybody that steps in an octagon and plans on fighting has to be a little bit crazy... (CM Punk)
Everybody [UFC fighters] respects you and talking about how hard you work (Dana White).
I don't know if CM Punk has an opponent... (Mickey Gall)
But I'd love to fight that man -- CM Punk (Mickey Gall).
Ladies and gentlemen... (Bruce Buffer)
Referee Keith Peterson has called a stop to this contest... (Bruce Buffer)
At 2:14 in the very first round... (Bruce Buffer)
Declared the winner by submission due to a rear-naked choke... (Bruce Buffer)
Mickey... Gall... (Bruce Buffer)
I will be back -- believe it or not... This is the most fun I've ever had in my life (CM Punk).