A few years ago on my lamentably infrequent "Loser Leaves Town" podcast, CM Punk did me a solid by doing a show with me and Rob Naylor (now co-host of co-host of Good Will Wrestling with GoodHelmet and an announcer for Dragon Gate USA and CZW). To keep things from getting too...precarious, we largely stuck to old indy stories, though a bunch of WWE stuff was still thrown in. We had a blast and it's well worth listening to, especially with everything going on this weekend and the memories/emotions in brings up.

Here's the original writeup I did at the time:

Rob Naylor co-hosts a Thanksgiving weekend spectacular where we interview one of of the World Tag Team Champions, former World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk! A great show (with them carrying me at times) where Punk discusses his past as an independent wrestler, his matches with John Morrison, burying the hatchet with Teddy Hart, having a bunch of merchandise, and much more, including a hilarious Tony Garea story that includes a fine vocal impersonation. Plus, Punk hands the phone to his good friend François Kevorkian (who may or may not be the same one who mixed for Depeche Mode) for a fascinating and enlightening discussion. Almost 80 minutes of the most (self?-)important Loser Leaves Town Podcast EVER!

Other subjects covered include:

Punk's now famous WWE TV debut at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

Being the first person to take John Morrison's Starship Pain.

Me coming way too close to ruining the guest appearance by "François Kevorkian" because I'm too amused to say anything clever.



Lots of fun indy stories.

Jealous critics.

Much, much more.

You can check out the original post of the show (including a web-based Flash player) or you can just directly open or download the MP3 file here.

An interesting look at the past and hopefully something we can revisit soon.