CM Punk has been one of the top stars in professional wrestling for decades now and throughout the course of his career the Second City Saint has made his fair share of enemies. A few months ago CM Punk crossed paths with Grayson Waller at a NXT event, and the two stars got into a heated confrontation.
While talking about the moment on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Grayson Waller made it clear that while CM Punk has many fans within WWE, he is not one of them.
“Nah, he likes the kids to go, ‘CM Punk, can you take a photo with me? Oh my gosh!’ He loves that. He loves the kids that look up to him like they’re all fans. Fair play to him he helps out at NXT a lot and he’s helped a lot of these kids, but I’m not a fan; I’m on the same level as you. I need to hold myself that way. So I don’t know if you know the NXT hierarchy now; it goes Matt Bloom, Rob Stone, Shawn Michaels, Grayson Waller. I run NXT. I’m the champion now. So he should have texted me and asked for permission to be on the show. Chad Gable, same thing. He didn’t text me. So they’ll learn over time that if you’re going to come to my house, let me know, wipe your feet, show me the respect that I deserve. I’m the champion of that brand.”
When the subject of Waller going head to head in a promo battle with CM Punk came up, Waller said, “I’m going to. It’s happening. Every time I come on this show. I keep saying it. I’m going to talk it into existence, but just know it’s coming.”