The interview with Duke Roufus goes on to flatter Punk both as a dedicated student of the game and tenacious fighter in the cage, but the renowned trainer was also careful not to over-promise or oversell him. This may explain some of the terrible flailing we saw that passed for sparring early into CM Punk’s MMA journey, and I’m sure this gives hope to those praying for Punk to pull off a win on Saturday night. So once he got the surgery we were like, ‘wow this guy is a completely different guy now that his back is fixed.’ That was the turning point to this whole situation when he got his power back.” The pain threshold is one thing that people understand from that industry they have to go wrestle every day. Guys in the WWE, they have to drive from venue to venue. The guy’s back was so fried and his pain threshold was so high. “Well the shoulder surgery was a bummer for sure, but the back surgery was incredible because when he first came to us we were like, ‘wow this guy is not that strong from being in the WWE and lifting these big dudes up.’ Well that wasn’t the case. According to his MMA coach Duke Roufus, CM Punk returned from his back surgery a new man. The most serious issues we know about are with his back and his shoulder, both of which have been operated on since the former WWE superstar announced he’d fight in the UFC.īut that’s not all bad news. Few wrestlers make it out of the business without a laundry list of serious injuries and concussions, and Punk was no exception.
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One of the biggest concerns regarding CM Punk’s sudden addition to the UFC roster was the amount of damage his body took over 15 years of pro wrestling.