CM Punk recently appeared on
The Herd with Colin Cowherd to discuss his new role as an analyst on Fox Sports 1's
WWE Backstage. Asked about being outspoken on the show, he pointed out to the host that just like Cowherd works in conjunction with the league rather than for them, that's similar to him and WWE now.
"So I guess I'm in conjunction [with WWE]," Punk said. "I'm WWE adjacent."
He added that he doesn't worry about upsetting WWE or its Superstars. "I'm not concerned about it, I think honestly that's the appeal of the job. We're [FOX] going to pay you and come here and be an analyst, and you get to critique the old place you work at. I'm not here to play a spoiler, and I'm not here to pour gasoline or anything and set everything on fire."
"I think deep down I loved pro wrestling as a kid and I think it can be better," he continued. "I always voiced my concerns and criticisms while I worked there, and now I don't work there and now I can't get in trouble for it."
As for how he things WWE can improve, Punk added: "Let people breathe, let people be themselves, let people be less scripted. If everyone is speaking from one voice and one person's writing the script and the dialogue's all the same from one person, then it's one voice. Imagine every quarterback in the NFL running the same play every Sunday and every Thursday."
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