CM Punk has high praise for his WWE SummerSlam opponent, World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER. In a new interview with ComicBook Nation, Punk spoke about his excitement for their upcoming match.
“Just being able to lace my boots and face him is more important to me than anything. The goal would be to win and that’s the cherry on top, but I’m surrounded every day by such talented people and I don’t think I’ll have the time to be able to work with all of them, especially to the extent that I want to.”
He then named GUNTHER as the top name on a list of wrestlers he hopes to compete against.
“So, I’m not trying to do a speed run and share the ring with everybody. But Gunther is on the top of the list and he’s a guy who I look at as the future of the business, Bron Breakker, Chad Gable, Damien Priest, there’s all these guys I look at like, oh man I want to get in the ring with them, and I immediately start cooking up ideas.”
Punk will challenge GUNTHER for the World Heavyweight Championship on night one of SummerSlam this Saturday.