CM Punk addresses Paul Bearer’s death being part of a storyline with The Undertaker for WrestleMania 29
While speaking to Complex News, CM Punk addressed William Moody aka Paul Bearer’s death being part of a storyline with The Undertaker for WWE WrestleMania 29…
“It was heavy because while I knew Percy [Paul Bearer], I didn’t know him or have a connection to him like a lot of people in the company did, like Undertaker did. So I was careful to make sure, and his family members — I think his son signed off on it — because I was like, I don’t want to do this unless everybody’s okay with it.
Because at that time, you know, my deal was being a bad guy and trying to just get people to pay to see me beat people up. So I wasn’t sure if they were going to be agreeable to everything, because once you give me the green light, I’m like, ‘are you sure about this? It’s going to be pretty heavy.’
And I was told by people that were super close to him that he would have loved it, you know, so I can just go by their word. But yeah, that’s one of those things. It’s like it’s a privilege and it’s an honor to be respected enough to be handed this gift, almost. It’s a shame that he died, obviously.
To me, that’s the magic of what we do — we can pivot and use real-life stuff and kind of blur the line. I was grateful that I was allowed to be able to do that.”