CM Punk says the current WWE locker room “is everything the business is supposed to be”

As previously noted, CM Punk’s torn triceps injury at the 2024 WWE Royal Rumble PLE was among several circumstances to cause a “sharp turn” in WWE’s creative plans for Wrestlemania 40.

In a video blog series posted to WWE’s YouTube channel, CM Punk said the following while backstage at the January 29th 2024 edition of RAW…

“Just certain looks from certain people I get, and then I start crying again. And Cody [Rhodes] is one of them. He’s a great dude. This locker room is everything the business is supposed to be. It’s everything the business was sold to me as being and it’s remarkable, and that’s why I’m so sad. I’m not sad I hurt my arm, I’m sad I’m temporarily out of this amazing situation.”

Punk commented on his wife AJ Lee’s reaction to his injury…

“I mean, she (AJ Lee) just says, ‘come home, I want to give you a hug.’ You know? She said that I’m sad. She’s sad that I’m hurt. You have this weird guilt thing where, like, I’m apologizing to her and I’m like, ‘hey, sorry I’m putting you through this again’, you know because she’s just constantly been there through every surgery, I wake up and she’s there. I don’t want to ever make her worry or put her in a situation that makes her feel sad. So, ‘we’ve been here before’ is what she said. She’s like ‘you know, me and Larry got your back, we’re gonna do everything we can to help you, nurse you back to health’ and she’s like ‘this is this is who CM Punk is. This is who you are. You don’t let stuff stop you. You always come back bigger and stronger’. She’s going to make sure that happens again.” (quotes courtesy of Corey Brennan)