CM Punk Talks Wrestling Being ‘Overscripted To Death’, Who The Safest Wrestler Was.

As we noted prior, CM Punk will be making his long awaited octagon debut at UFC 203 in September. Punk made the transition from the WWE to the UFC a couple years ago now. When he left he was one of the most popular stars in the company. He recently did UFC Unfiltered with Jim Norton and Matt Serra where he talked about his upcoming UFC debut and also his WWE past. Here were some of the highlights:

Punk says that Bret Hart was a very safe worker. He did a great job of making it look like he was hurting someone but keeping them safe at the same time:

“In wrestling, you’re trying to make it look like you’re smashing a guy without actually touching him at all. And somebody who was super, super good at that was Bret Hart. He always made it look like he was killing a motherf***** and he never was” (Source; UFC Unfiltered, H/T WrestlingInc).

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Punk also comments on the WWE being too scripted and some guys like him would much prefer some creative freedom instead of random writers doing everything for them:

“I think the good ones, the interviews and the promos people remember, those are improv. Now, wrestling’s just overscripted to death. It’s almost like they have a chokehold on it. Some guys need to operate that way and I feel like some people need to let loose and be themselves. You’ve got a whole room of guys writing for you. They don’t know you. They don’t know where you’re coming from. They don’t know your perspective or your character and stuff like that. And if you’re out there being disingenuous and saying words that three other people wrote, I always felt that the crowd could tell and then they’re going to pay attention to their phones or s*** on whatever segment you’re in. So yeah, I was always a fan of just kind of doing my own thing” (Source; UFC Unfiltered, H/T WrestlingInc).

You can check out the full interview here.

I think he makes some good points about promos. Some guys work way better doing their own thing. Look at guys like the Rock. Imagine trying to script his words and charisma? You can’t. Just let them be themselves and trust your performers.

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