The chances of CM Punk returning to WWE are somewhere between slim and none, but his UFC future is equally unclear after a humiliating defeat at the hands of Mickey Gall. Despite that, Punk netted a huge payday and was praised for having the guts to step inside the Octagon; however, when and where his next fight will happen remains to be seen.
In the video below, Punk was asked about what led him to WWE and explained why getting there became his ultimate goal despite how he now feels about them.
"I'm not sure. Obviously, I watched WWF as a kid, but when I made the conscious decision - WWF was never the end goal. I romanticized about Japanese wrestling. There were two companies in Japan, it was called All Japan and New Japan, and that was my thing. I was more about going over there and being a star over there, then coming home and just being completely - you can walk down the street and nobody knows you. That was my style, I liked it. But I worked so long and hard at it that it became so boring, it became the last frontier was WWE. I had to go see if I could conquer that so I gave it a shot."
As for what it's been like to make the leap from WWE to UFC, Punk was quick to emphasise that it's a very different sort of lifestyle, but one he's fully embraced. It's though he'll fight again, but whether it will be on a UFC card remains to be seen as does the chances of it taking place at some point in 2017.
"It's all tough. I was a wrestler throwing myself to the ground 300 days a year, now I'm more focused on different disciplines and I get to sleep in my own bed every night. Isn't that great though? To me, there's something so romantic about that. You walk into a cage and there's a winner and a loser. People can make excuses but at the end of the day, there's a winner and a loser. I think in this world, because in my opinion you only get one time around, if you're scared of something I think it's best to face it head on. I'm comfortable with being uncomfortable."
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