CM Punk spent seven long years sitting on the sidelines, but he finally returned to the ring at AEW All Out in 2021. Since then CM Punk has wrestled quite a few matches and he’s currently set to compete on Saturday when he enters the 30 man Royal Rumble match.
The Second City Saint is currently 46 years old which means he has more matches behind him that in front of him, but he’s not ready to hang up his boots just yet.
Recently CM Punk spoke to Jackie Redmond about his future inside the ring and he made it clear that he’s not setting any limits when it comes to a strict retirement date.
“I feel great right now. I definitely don’t feel like there is a looming doomsday clock over my head or anything like that. Saying that, I also do realize, based on what happened in the last Royal Rumble, that this could all end in a heartbeat. I never know when my last match is going to be, and you see guys like John Cena doing a full blown retirement tour. I look at myself like I’m on the same road as John, maybe just not egotistical enough to announce to everybody, ‘Hey, this is it.’ I’m not setting a limit on anything, I’m just doing my best to bulletproof myself on a daily basis, work as hard on recovery as I do in the gym and in the ring, and not make this twilight of my career extended beyond what people expect of me. I don’t want to twist in the wind and be some old guy.
I think I get criticized an unfair amount, but it’s because I don’t dye my beard, I don’t dye my hair, I 100% embrace it. To me, these grays, I’ve earned them. They just tell stories. It’s the roads I’ve traveled, it’s the bumps and bruises I’ve taken and the injuries I’ve survived. My face is a road map. I would not remove a scar. I would not dye my hair or beard. This is me. I was me when I first wrestled a 15-year-old, and I’m me at 46, and I will always 100% be truly, unapologetically, one of one, CM Punk.”
H/T Fightful