Roman Reigns punched his ticket to WrestleMania back in January when he won the men’s Royal Rumble match, and shortly after he confirmed that he would be challenging CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship on the Grandest Stage of Them All. Punk and Reigns have been taking shots at each other in recent weeks and Punk has often referenced the fact that Roman Reigns doesn’t appear on WWE programming as often as he does.
During a recent interview with Corey Graves ahead of WrestleMania, CM Punk made it clear that he respects Roman Reigns for making his family his priority, but questioned why The Tribal Chief can’t find more of a balance when it comes to his family and WWE.
“I think anybody would be a fool to look at Roman and not respect the fact that he puts his family above everything else. I love that. I love the fact that he can say, ‘My kids will never know what not having their father around is like.’ I think that’s great. He has his priorities right.”
“But it’s real hard to sit back and look at a man who will do that and be part time, and think that’s ok. Because there’s a responsibility that comes not only with being a WWE superstar, with being a champion. This is about pro wrestling vs. cinema.”
“I don’t want to say anything nice or positive about Seth Rollins, but Seth seems to balance things perfectly fine. My good friend Cody Rhodes seems to balance everything super fine. Why can’t Roman? He’s a part timer who wants to come in here and act like he calls the shots, and I will not let him. I’m the champion, this is my show. I will call the shots.”