CM Punk Calls Out John Cena For Skipping Qualification In Elimination Chamber

CM Punk behind-the-scenes
CM Punk behind-the-scenes | Credit: WWE

Top WWE star CM Punk spoke with Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen on Good Guy/Bad Guy about various topics, including 16-time World Champion John Cena’s inclusion in the Men’s Elimination Chamber Match without even qualifying.

Punk said, โ€œHeโ€™s John Cena, he can call his shot. Heโ€™s busy doing other stuff, but he is spending more time here giving back on his way out and if that lines up with what he wants to do, I would feel fortunate if he picked me to do anything with him. Promo segment. There is history there, there is a story to tell there, and selfishly, I just like being around John. I try to hang out with him as much as I could backstage at the Rumble just because I know this is fleeting, Iโ€™m not going to get the time to spend with him, so I tried to spend as much time as I possibly could with him. Iโ€™d be a liar if I told you I didnโ€™t want to do anything with him. Iโ€™m crossing my fingers that we get to hook up on a PLE and have a match, at least on a big Raw on Netflix or something. Itโ€™s a big deal to me. If I win the Elimination Chamber, I main event WrestleMania. Even that is not a guarantee. Iโ€™m looking at the Chamber like, โ€˜Oh, Cena has a bye? He just gets to be in it?โ€™ Okay, Mr. Budapest, Iโ€™m filming Matchbox Cars in Budapest. Iโ€™m gonna just disappear and I get a gift. I want to qualify for the Chamber so I could slap the shit out of John Cena. That might be my last opportunity to do so. Mania is obviously a big deal, Iโ€™m not putting that on backburner, but heโ€™s already in it and he got a gift because heโ€™s John Cena? Iโ€™ll qualify and come after him.โ€

You can check out Punk’s comments in the video below.

(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)