CM Punk Praises Injured WWE Star As His MVP

CM Punk has praised an injured WWE star as his MVP for 2025 so far and looked back at her work since signing in 2014.

Punk made the comments about Liv Morgan, who suffered an injury on the June 16 episode of WWE Raw at the start of her match against Kairi Sane.

During a live recording of Kevin Hart’s Cold As Balls at Fanatics Fest, CM Punk opened up about Morgan and her MVP status, saying:

“Shoutout to Liv Morgan who recently got injured, she was like my MVP for the year.

“I look at people like Liv who probably started right after I left, 2014-ish, and just from the time I’ve been around her and been able to see her work, just the way she’s developed this last year and just broken out of her shell and turned into this little worker, it kinda warms my heart.

“I missed her the first part of the journey, but to be here, see her grow into who she’s become…it’s disappointing she got injured, but it’s part of the process, nobody gets out alive is what I like to say, when you do this, it’s just part of the job.”

Liv Morgan returned from a shoulder injury at the Royal Rumble in January 2024, getting down to the final two before being eliminated by Bayley.

She would go on to feud with Rhea Ripley, steal her way into the heart of Dominik Mysterio and Judgment Day and become the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion as well as holding the Women’s World Champion.

Before her injury, Morgan went on a brief hiatus to film a role in a major motion picture directed by Takashi Miike.

Morgan’s injury was described as a “freak occurence“, with no timetable established at the time for her in-ring return.

Transcription via The TakeDown on SI.