CM Punk comments on potentially being in a main event match at WWE Wrestlemania 41

As seen during the Netflix premiere of WWE RAW on January 6th 2025, CM Punk defeated Seth Rollins in his first match on RAW since returning to the company. During the post-show press conference, Punk commented on potentially being in a main event match at WWE Wrestlemania 41…

“While I think you would be foolish to say that it doesn’t matter. I would also feel its foolish to hold me to the same ideas and things that I said 10-12 years ago. A lot of other people think that maybe I need to main-event WrestleMania to solidify anything I’ve ever done. I could have never come back here and had a Hall of Fame career. If that opportunity arises, I’m not going to shy away from it, because it scares the hell out of me, frankly. If your dreams don’t scare you, you need to find bigger ones. Main eventing the first Raw on Netflix is a pretty big deal, though. Nobody else can say they did that. I want people in the locker room to feel the way I did. I want people to look at me and go, ‘That should be me. I want that opportunity. I want that situation. I want that high-pressure match.’ Pressure will absolutely make diamonds and there are too many talented people in that locker room to be complacent.” (quote courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)

Punk declared himself for the 2025 men’s Royal Rumble match and said he was coming after either Gunther or Cody Rhodes.