
Ahead of her title defence at WWE NXT Battleground, NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez has recalled “eye-opening” CM Punk advice.
Upon his return to WWE in November 2023, CM Punk started showing up at several NXT events and offered his advice to the next generation of WWE stars. One name that has been vocal about the influence of Punk and his wife AJ Mendez is the current NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez.
Speaking with Adrian Hernandez, Perez recalled one of the first instances that she received advice from CM Punk. She said:
“There’s so many, especially when you bring up like all of those names. I do remember one of the first times that CM Punk ever got to watch me live.”
“I had asked him if he could give me some feedback for my match and he said he would in a second. He was sitting right next to me watching another match.”
“As soon as it finished, I’m like, I’m scrolling on Twitter and he like leans back and he sees what I’m doing on my phone and he goes, stop looking at that, stop looking at that.”
“It doesn’t matter what they say. It doesn’t matter if they love you. It doesn’t matter if they hate you.”
Perez further explained how eye-opening this advice was for her, saying:
“You keep on going out there and doing what you do and proving to everyone why you are in this you are in the spot that you are in.”
“That literally was just like very eye-opening, especially coming from someone like him that has done so much in the wrestling business.”
“Clearly he doesn’t give a damn about what anybody thinks about him. At 22 years old it’s obviously a little hard to to not like, kind of social media is everything for us right.”
“I have him to be able to to give me that advice and and steer me in the right direction.”
Roxanne Perez is scheduled to defend the NXT Women’s Championship against TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace at tonight’s NXT Battleground event. For the full lineup for the show, click here.
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