Seth "Freakin" Rollins’ FULL interview regarding huge Netflix match with CM Punk and more

Summary

In a candid and dramatic interview, Seth "Freakin'" Rollins opens up about his long-standing feud with CM Punk. Once a hero to Rollins, their relationship turned sour after Punk left the WWE abruptly in 2014, leaving Rollins with feelings of betrayal. Rollins describes Punk as a ‘cancer’ in his life, continuously affecting his personal and professional life. Despite his deep-seated anger, he admits to initially admiring Punk and expresses a desire for a cathartic fight to resolve their issues, culminating in a hugely anticipated showdown on January 6th on Netflix. The interview delves into themes of betrayal, professional rivalry, and the personal toll of unresolved conflict.

Highlights

• Seth Rollins once idolized CM Punk, looking up to him as a hero and mentor in the wrestling world. 🌟
• Their relationship soured when Punk left WWE in 2014, abandoning Rollins and mutual friends with no explanation or apology. 😠
• Rollins describes CM Punk as selfish and a disruptor, accusing him of trying to undermine WWE from the outside. 🔥
• CM Punk's return has forced Rollins to confront these unresolved feelings and desire a fight to cleanse this negativity. ⚔️
• Rollins is determined to settle the score with Punk in a highly anticipated match on Netflix, viewing it as a personal WrestleMania. 📺

Key Takeaways

• Seth Rollins had a deep admiration for CM Punk, which turned into disdain after feeling betrayed by Punk's abrupt departure. 🚪
• Rollins views CM Punk as a 'cancer' in his life, affecting not only his career but also his personal relationships. 🧠
• Despite the anger, Rollins desires a resolution through a fight, hoping to release the hold Punk has over him. 💢
• The interview highlights a significant professional and personal conflict, set to resolve in an upcoming Netflix match. 🎥
• Rollins sees the match against Punk as a necessity for personal catharsis, to move past years of mistrust and betrayal. 🥊

Overview

Seth Rollins' admiration for CM Punk took root in their shared history and Punk's iconoclastic persona, which Rollins initially found inspiring. However, the relationship eventually deteriorated beyond repair following Punk's sudden departure from WWE. This event left Rollins feeling deeply betrayed, intensifying his disdain and driving a wedge between them that only a direct confrontation seems able to heal.

The emotional toll of this feud is palpable, with Rollins describing Punk not just as a professional rival but as a personal adversary, whose actions he equates to a cancer gnawing at his psyche. Rollins has struggled with these feelings, which have plagued his professional focus and disrupted his personal life. He confesses that even the mention of Punk's name sends him into an emotional spiral, indicating the depth of his unresolved animosity.

In the upcoming face-off, streamed on Netflix, Rollins hopes to resolve these pent-up emotions in what he perceives as necessary catharsis. He yearns to free himself from the angst Punk's betrayal has caused and prove himself as more than just the disciple of a man he once respected. The anticipated match is more than an event—it's a personal crusade against the demons of his past.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction The chapter is a conversation or interview setting where Seth and the interviewer discuss reasons behind Seth's issues with CM Punk. There are references to an attempt to connect with Seth on a previous date and a chaotic event at Monday Night Raw. The interviewer is curious about the root cause of Seth's animosity towards CM Punk.
• 00:30 - 02:30: The Root of Disdain In the chapter titled 'The Root of Disdain,' the narrative explores the deep-seated animosity one character holds towards CM Punk. The source of this disdain is revealed to be rooted in a shared history that spans two decades. The character recalls a time when they sought training from CM Punk, highlighting the long-standing and complex relationship that unfolds throughout the story.
• 02:30 - 03:30: Friendship Turned Sour The chapter "Friendship Turned Sour" delves into the narrator's admiration for CM Punk. They describe seeing qualities in Punk, such as conviction, honesty, and a disruptive nature, that they personally identify with. This 'cult of personality' becomes an attractive trait, making CM Punk a figure the narrator looked up to and wanted to emulate. However, as the title suggests, this admiration might have taken a sour turn, hinting at possible developments or revelations that shifted the narrator's perspective.
• 03:30 - 04:30: Betrayal and Fallout This chapter explores themes of admiration, mentorship, and personal growth within the wrestling world. The protagonist looks up to a senior wrestler as a hero and mentor, aspiring to follow in his footsteps by undergoing training and striving to meet expectations. Both shared a similar journey, starting from the independent wrestling scene in the Midwest and eventually making their way to WWE. The protagonist acknowledges the senior wrestler's challenging path, reflecting on their mutual experiences and ambitions.
• 04:30 - 06:00: Struggles Post-Betrayal This chapter delves into the narrator's experiences of support and mentorship before experiencing betrayal. The narrator recalls supporting a peer, believing that their success would pave the way for others to follow. As the peer succeeded, they advocated for and assisted the narrator in securing a position with WWE. This opportunity was the narrator's dream job, allowing them to travel often and work alongside CM Punk, who provided valuable guidance and help after matches. The title suggests a focus on the difficulties faced after such a supportive relationship turns into betrayal, though the provided excerpt centers on the build-up to that critical point.
• 06:00 - 07:30: CM Punk's Return This chapter, titled 'CM Punk's Return', describes a deepening friendship between two individuals, resembling a student-teacher or mentor-apprentice relationship. However, the situation takes a negative turn, centered around themes of trust and belief in one another.
• 07:30 - 09:30: Personal Impact of CM Punk The chapter 'Personal Impact of CM Punk' captures the emotional betrayal felt by the speaker after CM Punk's departure. The speaker discusses the pain of being close to someone who leaves without explanation and how this betrayal extended beyond just their personal relationship to all of CM Punk's friends in WWE. After leaving in 2014, CM Punk disconnected from everyone in the organization, intensifying the sense of abandonment felt by his peers.
• 09:30 - 11:30: The Fight Must Happen The protagonist reflects on someone who chose to leave, abandoning friends and familiar relationships due to differing decisions about loyalties. Times got tough and this person left, akin to abandoning a sinking ship.
• 11:30 - 13:00: CM Punk's Avoidance of the Fight In this chapter, the narrator reflects on their time as a deckhand, working tirelessly to keep a metaphorical ship afloat for years. This ship could symbolize a company, a project, or a situation that required constant effort to maintain. They lament that during this challenging period, instead of receiving support, there was an individual (implied to be CM Punk) who was not only unsupportive but actively worked against them. The individual is depicted as selfish, taking actions comparable to shooting cannons at the ship, desirously leading it towards destruction rather than aiding in its survival. The chapter explores themes of betrayal and selfishness, suggesting that CM Punk was more interested in the downfall of the 'ship' than in its preservation.
• 13:00 - 15:00: Fear and Self-Doubt The chapter titled 'Fear and Self-Doubt' delves into the psychological struggles of an individual who perceives himself as an indispensable component to a certain endeavor. During his absence, he believed that the operations would stall without him. However, contrary to his expectations, the group not only managed to restore the functionality but also expanded the capacity of the project beyond previous limits. His attempts to influence outcomes from afar proved fruitless, and after a decade, he desires to reintegrate himself into the evolved project.
• 15:00 - 17:30: CM Punk's Influence on Rollins This chapter explores CM Punk's influence on Rollins, focusing on how CM Punk's perception of people around him has remained static, as if 'frozen in time.' Rollins reflects on his growth and evolution, contrasting with CM Punk's outdated perspective. Rollins describes his transition from a 'deckhand' to the 'captain,' indicating he now leads and controls his own path, illustrating his development and departure from CM Punk's shadow.
• 17:30 - 19:30: The Locker Room Welcomes CM Punk The chapter describes a complex emotional dynamic as CM Punk revisits his relationship with a wrestling colleague. Initially marked by admiration and mutual respect, their bond becomes strained by betrayal and hatred. The dialogue suggests that the intense negative feelings could be rooted in a deep, past love and genuine friendship. Despite the present conflict, the speaker admits they started as a fan of CM Punk, indicating a profound connection that once existed.
• 19:30 - 21:30: Defending WWE and Personal Values In this chapter, the speaker discusses their unwavering support for WWE and their personal values around fandom. They express a past allegiance to a wrestler, CM Punk, but acknowledge that their support is not confined to specific times or situations. They hold hope that CM Punk, despite past actions, has evolved and may once again become someone they could root for. The speaker emphasizes openness to change and the belief in the possibility of personal growth and redemption.
• 21:30 - 24:00: Fan Perception and Hypocrisy The chapter explores the theme of fan perception and hypocrisy, focusing on the struggle of a fan who wishes to support someone they've admired but finds it challenging due to the individual's recent actions. The fan expresses skepticism about the sincerity of the person's attempts to change their public image, suggesting it's a facade for image rehabilitation. The narrative acknowledges the individual's difficult past few years, further complicating the fan's feelings.
• 24:00 - 25:30: The Upcoming Fight The chapter titled 'The Upcoming Fight' discusses the return of a controversial figure to WWE. Despite past negative reputation and being underestimated, he returns when least expected and delivers a remarkable performance. There is skepticism about his change in character and whether his apparent maturity is genuine or just a performance to win back the audience.
• 25:30 - 26:00: Conclusion In the concluding chapter, the character reflects on their personal growth, acknowledging that they have become a better person since a past event. Despite this improvement, they are unable to move forward due to unresolved conflicts and emotions. The narrative emphasizes the inevitability of a confrontation that must occur, as the protagonist grapples with persistent feelings of hatred towards another person. They express a deep desire for these emotions to dissipate, highlighting a continuous struggle to release this animosity and move on, despite numerous attempts to do so.

Seth "Freakin" Rollins’ FULL interview regarding huge Netflix match with CM Punk and more Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 Seth, thank you for sitting down with me, I appreciate the time. >> My pleasure, thank you for having me. >> It's always good to chat with you. I tried to talk to you last Monday, but some chaos went down, as it often does on Monday Night Raw. But, I talked to CM Punk, I heard what he had to say, I heard what he believes are the reasons that you carry so much hatred for him. And we've heard from you as well, but I'm just curious what the root issue is for you.
• 00:30 - 01:00 What is the driving force of this disdain that you very clearly feel for CM Punk? >> Ooh, the root, man, that's deep, it's deep rooted. This relationship between myself and Punk goes back a long way, 20 years. He's referenced it many times, I did come to him for training, I was a, look,
• 01:00 - 01:30 Jackie, I was a huge fan of CM Punk, no doubt about it. >> Like many. >> I looked at him and I saw someone that I wanted to be like. He had a ton of conviction, he was honest, he was kind of a disruptor, he didn't fit the mold. And I saw a lot of myself in that and that type of personality, that cult of personality, if you will, that's someone that you can become attracted to.
• 01:30 - 02:00 And so I looked at him as a hero, as someone that I could follow in his footsteps. He kind of laid out this template, and so I go to him for training. I do my best to kind of live up to his expectations. I see what he's doing, we have a very similar path as far as what led us to WWE, making our name for ourselves in the Midwest independent scene. And then finally getting to WWE, it was a difficult road for him the whole time.
• 02:00 - 02:30 And I was there watching, rooting him on, wanting the best for him cuz I felt if he did well, it was an opportunity for everyone else behind him, like me, to follow in those footsteps. And that's what happened, and he vouched for me. He helped get me in the door, WWE, when I was on the chopping block, all that stuff that he said was absolutely true. And then I got up to WWE and it was my dream job, I was on the road all the time. CM Punk and I were on the same shows, he was helping me after my matches.
• 02:30 - 03:00 Everything was as I dreamed it, and we were becoming friends. It was more than just like a student and a teacher, more than an apprentice and a mentor. There was a friendship there, camaraderie because we were kind of cut from the same cloth. And then everything went south, and that's kind of where the root of it is. You trust someone, you believe in them,
• 03:00 - 03:30 you become close to them, and then they betray you with no remorse, no explanation, nothing. And if it was just me, I kind of feel I could have gotten over it, but it wasn't just me that he stabbed in the back, right? It was every single friend that he had that worked for WWE. After he left in 2014, he wrote everybody off.
• 03:30 - 04:00 Not just someone like me who, obviously he didn't care about anyway, but he wrote everybody off. All of his friends, people that he'd known for decades, and for no other reason than because they wouldn't leave this place and go side with him. And I look at it like times got tough and he abandoned ship, right? >> Yeah. >> He jumped off, he left this ship. It was sinking, it was in a rough spot, there was water coming in.
• 04:00 - 04:30 And I was a deckhand, I'm new, I'm sitting here and I'm doing everything I can to get this water out of the ship, to keep it afloat for years and years and years. And during this time, it wasn't like he just sat on an island from far away and watched the thing start to go under, he was shooting cannons. He actively wanted the place to die. And I think because he's so selfish,
• 04:30 - 05:00 he thought that that would make him some sort of missing piece, right? He wasn't here and this thing couldn't go on without him. But something happened in his absence, we put the ship back together. Not only did we put the ship back together, we built it bigger than it's ever been. And then a decade later, after everything he tried from the outside failed, he wants to come back onto the ship.
• 05:00 - 05:30 And he thinks that it's just frozen in time and we all are in the same roles, and he can just look down and talk down to everybody who was in those positions before. But I'm not a deckhand anymore, I'm the captain, I run the ship.
• 05:30 - 06:00 >> I can't help but think, as I listen to you talk about the depths of this betrayal and this hatred. That at some point there must have been a genuine love, friendship, mutual, or what you thought was mutual respect and admiration. Is there actual, maybe love rooted in this hatred in any way? >> I mean, I think 100%. I started as a CM Punk fan, and I'm not ashamed of that,
• 06:00 - 06:30 I'm not ashamed of that at all. He was somebody that I thought I could root for. And at some point in the future, maybe there's a version of me that's a CM Punk fan again. I'm not one of those people that's just, I'm beholden to a specific time and place, I have to feel this way or feel this way. I wanna believe that this guy's a changed man, I wanna believe that he's not the same dude that walked out on this company back in 2014.
• 06:30 - 07:00 I want to believe those things so that I can root for him again. But he makes it really difficult, he makes it really difficult. Everything that he's done has indicated to me that in no way has he changed, that it's just this facade that he's putting on to make people think that he's changed. It's like he needs to rehabilitate his image. Let's be honest, he hasn't had a great last four or five years, it has not been good for him, right?
• 07:00 - 07:30 He's burned a lot of bridges, his reputation has been kind of smeared in specific areas. And I'm not gonna go into details on that, you can look that up yourself. But he comes back into WWE when it looks like all is lost and he puts on this show, right? He's very good at that, he puts on the show, he's mature, he's a different guy, but I just don't buy it. And I think even if it's true, even if everything that he's doing is not a show and he is a changed man and
• 07:30 - 08:00 he's a better person than he was when he left, I can't move on. The fight has to happen, right, it has to happen, there's no way around it. I want this feeling to go away, I want this hatred that I have for him, I want it gone. I want it gone, and I have tried, To let it go time and time again.
• 08:00 - 08:30 But every time I see his face, it's just in here. It's just this pain that's in here. Because I struggled for so many years after that betrayal, and I never got an apology. You could have even just said, hey, man, I need some time, I need some space. I would have understand. But he just never. He never gave us that. And then he came back, and everybody was just supposed to
• 08:30 - 09:00 accept him with open arms like he was the prodigal son who had returned. And I just couldn't stomach it, man. I couldn't stomach it. And Sami Zayn said something to me a few weeks back on Raw. He told me that CM Punk makes me the worst version of myself. It makes me like I'm not Seth Rollins anymore.
• 09:00 - 09:30 And when he kinda said that to me, it really struck a nerve, because it's true. Every time CM Punk has been brought up in the past decade, whether it be interviews or conversations, there's this switch that just goes off in my mind, and I can't seem to find a way to turn it off.
• 09:30 - 10:00 And it affects everything that I do. CM Punk makes me a worse person. And I realized when I went home that week, he makes me a worse friend, he makes me a worse husband, he makes me a worse father. He makes me hate myself because I'm so consumed with this hatred. And I don't want that. I don't want that for myself. It's not healthy. It's not healthy for my life, for my career, for my family.
• 10:00 - 10:30 I've gotta get rid of it. And it takes me back to an interview I did some years ago where I was asked about CM Punk returning to WWE, and I called him a cancer. I said he was a cancer. And at the time, what I meant was that he was a cancer to the locker room. And I didn't want him in my space, I don't want him ruining everything that I built this beautiful ship. I don't want him coming in and sinking it again.
• 10:30 - 11:00 But after the time has passed, I think what I realized is he's like a cancer of the mind in my mind. And the only way to get rid of a cancer is to cut it out. And so this fight with CM Punk, I need it. I need this catharsis. There's just no way for him and I to coexist in the same space,
• 11:00 - 11:30 moving around each other in this orbit. It just doesn't work. And so I've gotta go through him. I've got to go through him. >> It's clear now, and I think you could argue that it's been clear since he came back at survivor series in 2023 that you wanted a fight with this man. >> Yeah. >> But for CM Punk, this is a fight that he's tried to avoid.
• 11:30 - 12:00 He has said he doesn't want it. He said he's not focused on you, but the fight's gonna happen. Why do you think CM Punk has tried to avoid this? >> It's hard to tell if it's just a tactic of his, right? The line between what's true and what's not when it comes to what CM Punk says and does is very blurry.
• 12:00 - 12:30 And I think one, either it's a tactic that he uses to try to put himself on a pedestal so that myself or the audience watching at home sees him as this prize, or two, there's a genuine fear. I mean, he's been gone a long time. He's not the same dude he was when he left. I've grown. He's regressed because he hasn't been in the game for as long as I have.
• 12:30 - 13:00 In the time that he's been gone from wwe, I've wrestled well over a thousand matches in a WWE ring. I've won titles, I've main evented wrestlemanias. I am a younger man. I am in better shape than he is. And I think there's a fear that if he faces me, everything that I'm saying about him might be the truth. And he might have to face that at the end of the match. He might have to face those truths.
• 13:00 - 13:30 >> You talk about the line between truth and fiction with CM Punk is blurry. Do you think he's a phony? Do you think this is a facade, a sort of PR presentation for CM Punk? >> I think he believes everything
• 13:30 - 14:00 he says to a degree. I think there's self doubt in him that wasn't there 10 years ago. The conviction that he had 10 years ago, I think has been systematically kind of beaten out of him over the last decade.
• 14:00 - 14:30 He's had some struggles. You look at his time in the ufc, didn't go well for him. You look at his time outside of WWE, in other companies, you didn't go well for him. And there is no joke. People were chanting his name for years. That's the truth. They were. When he came back, those expectations are through the roof. And I think there's this idea of CM Punk that exists out there. And I think he wants to step into that idea and
• 14:30 - 15:00 be able to fulfill that for people. I don't know if he thinks he can. And I think that's the fraud in him. That's the fear in him. He doesn't know if he can be the CM Punk that people believe that he is. This larger than life, sort of like martyr that can save everything and lift everybody up.
• 15:00 - 15:30 I think there's part of him that wants to be that, but he doesn't think that he can. >> CM Punk has mentioned a few times now where this relationship began. The fact that you were a quote, unquote fan of his, that you wanted to train with him, that you came to him at a really young age, all of that stuff, and that you tried to fill his shoes while he was gone. But do you think it's possible that maybe he
• 15:30 - 16:00 actually does see parts of himself in you and that's what he doesn't like? >> I think if you are at the top and everybody underneath you is trying to take that from you, as they should in this industry, I think there's certainly some pushback, as there should be. I. I appreciate that part of his game because
• 16:00 - 16:30 I like the fact that he's not just gonna step aside. And I think he would be silly to not realize that there are so many similarities between us, whether that contributes to why he doesn't want this fight. It's possible, I think, in the sense that if January 6th doesn't go his way,
• 16:30 - 17:00 then I feel like in his mind and maybe in the minds of everyone watching around the world, that is a changing of the guard. And like, he can't hold that forever. This battle between the present and the past or the future in the past, he can't hold on to that forever. And maybe there's part of him that feels like that slow slipping away, and that's why he's putting up such a protest. It could very well be.
• 17:00 - 17:30 I mean, look, if it doesn't go his way on the sixth, he's really got to reevaluate his stance on pretty much everything. So, I do think there's some fear there, for sure. >> I only have a couple more left, but you talked about the amount of burned bridges, certainly over the last handful of years before returning to WWE. Are you surprised that the majority of the locker room, from a perception standpoint, seems to have welcomed him back pretty
• 17:30 - 18:00 gracefully with open arms, save for maybe Drew McIntyre? >> Nah, man no, I'm not too surprised. I think if he and I didn't have the relationship we did, look, there's no doubt about CM Punk. He's good for business. There's no doubt about that. No doubt about that. I understand from a business perspective why you would want him around. And a lot of these guys and girls in the locker room,
• 18:00 - 18:30 they just don't have the relationship with him that I had. They don't feel that way about him. They didn't feel that way about him 10 years ago. They didn't know him 20 years ago. And so, I think the nature of our relationship is kind of keeps this fire in me, you know? And I'm not gonna say, sit here and be like, I love this more than anybody else. That's not the case. We all love WWE.
• 18:30 - 19:00 We love this job, this business. But I was so ingrained in it for the time that he was gone. I was so ingrained in it, and I took it so personal when people outside this is my home, man. This was my home, I love this place. I loved it. And you can say, like, warts and all, right, I loved. There's certainly things we would love to have fixed during that period of time. There's certainly pieces we would have loved to have cut out or
• 19:00 - 19:30 done different things. But this is what we've got, man. This is our house. You don't just abandon your house and your family and your people and then go somewhere else and try to tear that place down. That's crap behavior. That's narcissist behavior. That's garbage, dude. And so when I was here, I wanted to protect this place. I believed in it. I believe in the locker room. And I wasn't shy about standing up when there was pushback on the outside.
• 19:30 - 20:00 This is the best place in this business. We have the best roster. We have the best people. We are gonna make this thing great. You just gotta stick with me, have some patience. And tough times don't last, tough guys do- >> Yeah. >> Punk's not tough, he dipped. He's not tough. I stuck it out when it was garbage. When I was getting dumped on over and over by everyone inside the company and
• 20:00 - 20:30 outside the company, I stayed here. And so I took all of those attacks from everybody outside of here and from him, very personally. Because sometimes it felt like I was the only one who would stand up and say anything. I was the only one that would stand up and have pride in my house that I built and that I fostered. And so, I took all that very personally. And it was hard for me to just see him walk back in here. Not everybody had that relationship with the company.
• 20:30 - 21:00 Not everybody had that relationship with CM Punk. I think it's very unique to me, and that's why it's harder for me to let this thing go. >> And it sounds like this is as much about your personal relationship with CM Punk as it is about protecting the thing that you love, which is WWE and the business as a whole, which I think actually a lot of people watching this will probably relate to, because these fans, they were there, right? They were watching the time that CM Punk was gone, and they were chanting his name,
• 21:00 - 21:30 hoping he would come back. But you were there, willing to go down with the ship, as you call it. >> Yeah. >> Go down fighting for it anyways. >> You know, the thing is, it's like I've tried to sort of explain how I felt about CM Punk many times over the years. I don't wanna say, like, I'm talking into the wind, but the people that chant his name, there's no changing their minds, right?
• 21:30 - 22:00 >> Does it bother you when they do it when you're out there? >> If you were to ask me that question and say, like, 2017, 2018, 2019, I would tell you absolutely. Absolutely that >> [CROSSTALK] >> Yeah, because he didn't want to be here. He got sick satisfaction sitting at home on his stupid social media hearing that people hijacked a show in Chicago by chanting his name all night. He got a sick satisfaction out of that but would he come back then?
• 22:00 - 22:30 Absolutely not. He didn't even entertain the idea when people wanted him to come back. You know, when he entertained the idea, when everything was well and good, when nobody was chanting his name anymore, right? Because he needed this place and it didn't need him. And so that level of hypocrisy it just eats at me. It really just eats at me. It's hard for me to just let that go in a year's time.
• 22:30 - 23:00 Like, okay, yeah, you're back everything's great. You stack that on everything else. You stack that on the last 20 years and what we've built to. As I'm running it out of my mouth, it just disgusts me to say it. It makes me so angry, that worst version of me. This is it and I got to get rid of it. I got to be done with this. >> When you talk about getting rid of it by cutting it out, by fighting through it and how this fight has to happen for you as a personal catharsis.
• 23:00 - 23:30 So, January 6th, Seth Freakin Rollins, one on one versus CM Punk in front of the entire world on the Netflix premiere of Monday Night Raw. And it is gonna be an absolute fight. What does cutting him out look like? What can we expect from. I don't even wanna call it a match because it doesn't feel like the right word. >> Not to fight. It's gonna be a fight. There's no question about it.
• 23:30 - 24:00 It's gonna be a fight. I mean, this is the biggest fight in our sport right now. This the biggest fight in our industry. And a lot of people will say, Seth, maybe. Maybe you pushed this to WrestleMania. But nah, man, this is my WrestleMania and I need it now after Survivor Series this year and I saw him hand in hand with Roman Reigns, that was like enough for me. Enough is enough. I let it go on for a year. We were on a collision course, he gets sidetracked.
• 24:00 - 24:30 I go in a different direction. We come back to it and I just like that visual of him next to Roman. Roman's finger in the air and Punk doing this stupid little go to sleep thing. I just wanted to throw the remote through the TV. I was so viscerally internally destroyed. I was like, that's it I can't wait. I don't wanna wait anymore.
• 24:30 - 25:00 I want the world to see it. I want them to see it. This is perfect. This Netflix, the debut, the world will be watching this match. And to answer your question, I don't know what it's gonna look like. You're gonna see a side of me that no one's ever seen. No pun intended, it's gonna be raw, it's gonna be visceral, it's gonna be violent. I've got to extract this demon from my soul, I've got to get it out of me.
• 25:00 - 25:30 I've got to cut this cancer out of my brain or I'm going down and I can't handle it. >> The way you're talking right now, it sounds like you're ready for this fight to happen right now. [LAUGH] We're gonna have to wait until January 6th on Netflix. But Seth, truly, I wanted to hear your side of the story. I wanted to know how you felt about this and you were very honest. So I appreciate you doing that. Thank you for the time. >> Hopefully, I'm almost done talking about it, Jackie. >> [LAUGH] >> I'm so sick of it. >> January 6th is not that far away, man. >> Let's get it done.
• 25:30 - 26:00 >> [LAUGH]