Summary

CM Punk says headlining WrestleMania still carries the same weight for him, even after already reaching that stage once before.

Punk is set to defend the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 42 later this month. While discussing the match, he said the WrestleMania main event remains the highest standard in pro wrestling, and that doing it in consecutive years still feels like a major accomplishment.

That latest comment also follows his recent Raw promo before WrestleMania 42, which kept him in the spotlight heading into the show.

Quote from CM Punk

Speaking with SHAK Wrestling, Punk said:

"WrestleMania is and always will be the pinnacle, top-shelf show in pro wrestling. Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, those are the guys that we’re always talking about and hovering around the main event when I was watching. I kind of developed that same attitude, like, ‘Oh, so the best guys main event the biggest show.’ So to do it once? Sweet. Do it back-to-back years? It’s like being on the cover of the video game for a second time, it’s still a big deal to me."

What CM Punk's WrestleMania 42 spot says

Punk framing WrestleMania 42 this way reinforces how central he is to WWE's top title picture right now. If he is talking about back-to-back main events as a career marker, that tells fans WWE is still presenting him as one of the defining names on its biggest show.

It also adds a little more weight to the match with Roman Reigns. With the WWE World Heavyweight Championship involved, Punk's comments make this feel less like a routine title defense and more like another chapter in his late-career run at the very top of the card.

Sources

As reported by Fightful.