CM Punk briefly opened up about his medical status during WWE’s Clash at the Castle post-event press conference, and Triple H expanded on that, and revealed how excited he is to get to work with him again.
During the press conference, Triple H was asked about his relationship with CM Punk ever since the superstar made his return to the company last year. The WWE CCO and head of creative first mentioned that Punk would be back “soon,” and then went on to reveal that he was extremely happy to have Punk back in the fold.
“There is a change and there is a new era, a new atmosphere, all those things. Absolutely, in some ways, they are things he was asking for and started a long time ago,” Triple H said. “At a time that, maybe he and I, for a lot of reasons, just saw things differently from each other. We saw eye-to-eye, but it was angry eye-to-eye. It was opposition eye-to-eye. I cannot tell you how happy I am to have him back. I cannot tell you how exciting it is for me to see the Phil Brooks that I wanted to see then.”
Triple H went on to acknowledge that friction between him and Punk in the mid-2010s, but despite those issues, the WWE legend is happy about the future and what he and Punk can do together.
“While maybe my efforts to get that were taken wrong and it’s what led to friction, I always knew the Phil Brooks that I see today was inside there. Just couldn’t express it in the right way. As much as this has changed, he has changed,” said Triple H. “I have got to tell you, it’s amazing. I am excited for the future and I’m excited to not just work with him, but to be around him. He’s a pleasure to be around in the locker room, a pleasure to be around as a performer. He’s a pleasure to be around, helping other guys to grow to change, to impart what he has learned, not only as a performer, but also as a person that was on the wrong side of things but maybe figured it out along the way. That is valuable information that he can share with another generation that is coming behind him. I’m thrilled and excited to have him here, and I’m thrilled and excited to not only work with him in a talent role but work with him to create the WWE that both he and I always wanted it to be.”
