Former WWE Star Didn’t See The Hype In CM Punk Until They Wrestled

One of the things WWE’s version of ECW got right was it allowed new stars to be introduced to the WWE audience. One of those stars was CM Punk in 2006. However, another of those new stars didn’t see the hype behind Punk at first. That was former WWE star Mike Knox.

Knox recently spoke with Sportskeeda where he discussed wrestling Punk and understanding how good he was. Here is the quote, courtesy of Inside the Ropes:

“I remember the first time that we wrestled. I missed like two or three planes, and it was just one of those nightmare days… I thought I was never going to get there. I was changing in the car as they were driving me to the arena because the music was on and he was already out in the ring, and I had to jump out of the car and run. Yeah, we ran to the ring and did everything out there. You know what I mean? The lost art (calling it in the ring). Everything single thing, including the finish.

Before, when I was in Deep South, I was kind of like, I saw him on tape, and I was just like, I don’t get it. What’s the big deal, man. I don’t think he’s that good. I don’t understand why everybody’s talking about him. Then I went out there, and we did our first match, and I was a fan of his ever since. Ah, Oh, that’s what it is! Okay, duh, alright!”

Mike Knox and CM Punk had a brief rivalry in 2006 while they were both in ECW. Both ended up being moved to Raw in 2008, although Punk had more success than Knox.

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