CM Punk Addresses Full Circle WWE WrestleMania 41 Match With Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins

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CM Punk has addressed his full circle match with Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins at WWE WrestleMania 41, almost 13 years after he introduced them to the WWE audience as The Shield.

At Survivor Series 2012, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose (Jon Moxley) collectively debuted on main roster WWE television, interfering on CM Punk’s behalf during a WWE Championship three-way with John Cena and Ryback.

The Shield were tied to Punk in storyline for the beginning of their WWE tenure, however, Punk has also spoken of his role in the formation of the group behind-the-scenes.

With Punk now officially set to face off with Reigns and Rollins at WrestleMania 41, he appeared on The Rich Eisen Show and addressed the match and the storied history behind it.

Discussing his role in putting The Shield together and eventually “taking out” Rollins and Reigns 13 years later, Punk said:

“I’ll give a bit of an uncharacteristic answer. I think everybody’s always trying to navigate, like, ‘How do you deal with media different from what we present on our television show?’

“In 2012, I was the WWE Champion. I was on this what, at the time, was a historic run with the belt. Four hundred thirty-four days, obviously shattered by Roman Reigns since I’ve been gone, and what I needed was guys to work with.

“I was always looking towards the future. Yeah, there’s the now, there’s me, and there’s Cena. But outside of that, I would look at the landscape and be like, ‘What do we need to do to get money-talent in the position that I’m in now? How do I bring guys up? How do we elevate Superstars?’

“So the idea with The Shield was that simple. I need guys to work with, for good or for bad, whether I like them, whether I hate them, whether I’m going to wind up having personal problems with them. I need talented individuals to work with, or I have nobody to work with in the future.

“Lo and behold, who am I working with at WrestleMania? So, life’s pretty funny the way things kind of work out. I just don’t want those two guys to forget that they were picked for a reason. I brought them into this and at WrestleMania. I get the chance to take them out.”

As revealed by Paul Heyman during the contract signing between Punk, Rollins and Reigns on SmackDown (March 28), Punk will be headlining his very first WrestleMania with the three-way bout in Las Vegas.

For full details on the announcement and an update on the much teased “favor” owed to Punk by Heyman follow this link here.

Transcript via WrestlingNews.co

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• wwe
• WrestleMania
• Roman Reigns
• cm punk
• Seth Rollins
• the shield
• WrestleMania 41

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