CM Punk Believes ‘Stupid’ & ‘Selfish’ Wrestlers Will Never Unionize

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CM Punk has a somewhat surprising reason why he believes that professional wrestlers should but never will form a labor union.

Speaking to 670 The Score, Punk commented on rumors that he would be in attendance for WWE Survivor Series in Chicago next month and shared a hot take about worker’s rights.

CM Punk said:

“For professional wrestling, yeah, wrestlers should 100% have a union. I’ll always say this, and I mean it in the most loving way; wrestlers will never unionize because wrestlers are stupid and selfish.

“That’s just the way it is. There is always going to be somebody else around the corner that wants what you have or possibly doesn’t want you to have what you have and they will do whatever the promoter wants you to do for less money.

“That’s unfortunate. The boys never stick together.”

Highlighting the difference between team sports and individual competition, Punk notes that the situation is more complicated for some wrestlers.

Punk said:

“I think it’s a lack of places to work. It’s really a wage gap disparity, it’s a class war.

“When your boss is a billionaire and you don’t want to rock the boat — this isn’t in wrestling, this applies to anything.

“More often than not, people will want to keep their head down, not get in trouble, and just go about their day. For better or worse, people have mouths to feed.

“There are people with kids, families, taking care of other people, and they can’t afford to lose their job.

“Fortunately, for me, I’ve never been that guy. I’m always like, ‘I don’t need the money. This is wrong and I get to tell people it’s wrong.’

“I don’t think the platform I have is worth anything if I don’t speak from the heart about issues that I feel are important.”

Going on to add how the topic is futile to him, Punk said:

“I have researched. Probably not as extensively as I should if I was going to act on this. I’m just me. There is strength in numbers.

“If it were to ever happen, just like it happened any other time people have risen up and created a union or strived for better working conditions for workers, it has to be a group of people.

“People have to stick together, and wrestlers are just never going to stick together. It’s sad.”

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