In a recent interview with The SI Media podcast that took place prior to WWE SummerSlam, WWE superstar CM Punk discussed several topics, including All Elite Wrestling’s decision to air backstage footage from the AEW All In: London event.

“It’s kind of like, I have to wrestle Drew McIntyre right, just this garbage person that I don’t want in my life, but this is the fight game, it’s the s*** talk business, it’s just like fighting in the UFC, you see these guys ripping at each other, ugly press conferences, getting personal and it’s just like, I don’t necessarily enjoy that energy, but the payoff is I get to go in a ring and I get to blacken eyes and chip teeth and make Drew sob and do whatever else in my head that I hope to do to him.

It felt really ugly, but then I was just like why, showing that footage isn’t going to help them or hurt me, so I was just like whatever, being the top draw in two different companies is pretty wild, like thanks guys.”

The full interview is available at this link.