CM Punk On Who He Thinks Is Currently The ‘Best In The World’

AEW’s CM Punk has named a number of wrestlers he believes could be considered the best in the world right now.

On Rasslin‘, Punk was asked who he thinks currently embodies his famous catchphrase. The former WWE Champion stated that arguments could be made for Bryan Danielson, Kenny Omega and Roman Reigns being the top names in all of wrestling.

Noting that NJPW also has its fair share of notable stars, Punk said:

“You could say it’s Bryan Danielson. You could say it’s Kenny Omega. There’s an argument for Roman Reigns. I think now, in 2021, like I said, I think this has been the murkiest it’s been in a very long time.”

“There’s a couple of years it was Bryan Danielson, and I think if you have your finger on the pulse of wrestling, there always feels like there was a guy that was ‘oh this guy’s the best,’ and that’s kind of how the evolution of ‘chip on his shoulder’ CM Punk happened is because I was in a company that would never position me as anything, really. I had to fight for everything, and to me, it was obvious. Come on guys, this is pretty obvious.”

“There’s guys in New Japan too. Where else can you see AEW talent wrestle New Japan talent or New Japan talent wrestle guys on the indies? There’s that whole ‘forbidden door’ aspect of AEW that should be very appealing if anybody out there wants to find out who in fact is the best wrestler in the world.”

“If New York City is the center of the wrestling world and you’re so up your ass about ratings, and buy rates, and ticket sales and all that other stuff, well, AEW is the best wrestler in the world because we just packed 20,000 people in Arthur Ashe Stadium.”

Danielson and Omega wrestled to a time-limit draw at AEW Dynamite Grand Slam on September 22. Last week, Reigns competed on Raw (twice), SmackDown and Extreme Rules, having his arm raised on each show.

CM Punk wrestled Powerhouse Hobbs at Rampage Grand Slam in his first TV match since January 2014.

Transcription via FighterFans.com.

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