WWE Star Says CM Punk Saved His Career

Big E has always had a ton of potential as a singles performer. While he has spent the last six years as part of the New Day, he began his career as a singles wrestler. Now, he gives credit to CM Punk to saving his career in 2013.

He recently spoke with the My Mom’s Basement podcast where he mentioned how much Punk meant to his career. Here is the full quote, courtesy of Fightful:

“My NXT run, I loved and there are elements of that, that I do miss. Being a powerhouse and having something unique like the five count. I tried when I came up and that wasn’t something that we were going to do on the main roster despite having this great theme. There was no explanation, I didn’t do it. I thought I came up in a good spot with Dolph Ziggler and AJ to where I could branch out and do my own stuff, but it didn’t work out that way.

I had the IC Title run, and I have to give credit to Punk, he pretty much saved my career by putting in a good word for me. Got to work Punk, win the IC Title, and I was established then. There’s a good amount of people who give me feedback and say, ‘You can be World Champion,’ and I believe that as well. And I’m prepared for it. I’ve never felt like I need to turn on Kofi and Woods and leave New Day behind to accomplish that goal.”

Big E also recently talked about how he doesn’t want to see the New Day broken up. This comes despite WWE having ideas to break them up in recent years.

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