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From Colt Cobana's "Art of Wrestling" podcast :
Punk opened by saying "I wouldn't say Vince convinced me, but I talked myself into giving it the old college try," said Punk, about when he re-signed in 2011. "Now people are saying 'You can't make change sitting on your couch in Chicago', and I disagree, because that's exactly what I'm doing now. It almost took that. When I split in January, they changed everything. Part of me thinks they changed a lot of stuff to spite me. And that's fine, because a certain people who deserved certain things at those certain times got those things."
Punk said that while he's the happiest he's ever been, he considers it "OK to be bitter. I wasn't the nicest guy to deal with or the easiest guy to deal with either."
Punk said that the top reason that he left the company after the Royal Rumble was due to injuries, notably broken ribs sustained at the hands of Ryback. He also worked through a concussion, and fever all while his checks got smaller.
He suffered a concussion early in the 2014 Royal Rumble match, and still worked over 40 minutes. Despite suffering a concussion, he still passed a concussion text while paying little to no attention to hit. He scoffed at the test, saying it was "bullsh*t."
Punk said that the company asked him to sign visas and take drug tests instead of listening to his requests to help him. He'd decided then that he was going home. Punk said that he remembered ripping Triple H for cutting into his hot angle in 2011, and told he and Vince that it was ridiculous that they weren't considering Daniel Bryan for the WrestleMania 30 main event. He said Vince has embraced him while in tears, and said that he was family.
Among other grievances, he pointed at Brock Lesnar's sponsors. Prior to Lesnar's deal, Punk had requested sponsors as another means of revenue for himself and other wrestlers, and the idea was shot down. He also claimed that McMahon shot down his idea to walk to the cage with UFC fighter Chael Sonnen because someone could "die in the cage." Weeks later, Triple H was walking Floyd Mayweather to the ring during an event.He said that really only he and John Cena would ever question Vince's decisions, and on occasion Randy Orton.
Punk considers his wrestling career a failure since he didn't get to the main event of WrestleMania, but he's okay with that and he's moving on with life. He said Vince McMahon was old and out of touch, and that even though he had the top match at WrestleMania 29, he didn't make the money the bigger names did.
Punk says that he didn't quit the company, he was actually fired. Two weeks after leaving, he was sent a text message by Vince McMahon saying he was suspended for two months. When the suspension ended, he wasn't contacted by the company.
He asked where his owed royalties were, and wasn't given an answer by the company. On his wedding day, he received termination papers that said he had breached his contract. He then hired a ruthless lawyer to fight the breach and ended up with a settlement that he said gave him "everything he asked for and more."
Punk made it clear that he would never have a working relationship with WWE again. Punk thinks that after having Punk as an independent contractor for a decade, he could ruin their business model by taking them to court. They were also afraid he would go to TNA, but he said he despises wrestling now and won't wrestle again. UFC was also listed in Punk's "no-compete" deal.
Punk said Ryback broke his ribs and took decades off of his life. He also accused Ryback of abusing steroids. He said that during both of his feuds with Ryback he sustained injuries. He said that he suspected that Ryback was doing it on purpose because it happened so much.
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