CM Punk Reveals Backstage Reaction In WWE When He Started Getting Over In 2006

CM Punk made his return to the world of professional wrestling when he joined AEW back in August, and since then he’s been getting a loud reaction from the fans every time he makes an appearance on AEW programming.

Back in 2006 CM Punk was starting to get over with WWE fans, and people started talking after he got a positive reaction from the Philadelphia fans at Survivor Series in 2006.

The former WWE Champion recently spoke to the Philadelphia Inquirer about the reaction he received at the pay-per-view, and he noted that some people in WWE were not happy about it.

“People were mad because, ‘We don’t understand. Why’s this kid over?’ Then they’ll use the crutch of, ‘Oh, it’s just internet fans.’ Yeah, OK, 18,000 people packed the place and they’re all just internet fans but whatever. It means something to me now because it was validation. Like, ‘Yeah. My hard work is paying off. Yeah. People are seeing me and the things that I’m doing and people like me. Let’s go.’ Now I’m in a spot where if that happens, it’s embraced. It’s not picked apart and told why 18,000 screaming people are wrong. Now we’re just like, ‘Yeah, those 18,000 screaming people were right.’”