Felix Upton on January 7, 2026
CM Punk’s had enough of the internet trying to tear down everything—and everyone.
Speaking on Busted Open Radio on January 7, 2026, the WWE World Heavyweight Champion went after the culture of overreaction, where fans flip between calling something “the best ever” and “the worst ever” with zero in-between.
“Everything nowadays is either, ‘This is the best thing ever,’ or, ‘This is the worst thing ever.’ It’s like, ‘I don’t like it, so you have to not like it too.’”
He pointed to Jey Uso as a prime example. Despite being wildly popular with live crowds, Punk said some fans online still try to tear him down just for being over.
“Jey Uso, in every arena, is like—I’m battling with John Cena and Jey Uso for who sells more T-shirts on any given night. Everyone’s going crazy for his music. They’re yeeting. They want him to run it back. But if you go on the internet, it’s like, ‘Oh, he’s the worst wrestler alive.’ Is he? Or are you just extremely hyperbolic?”
Punk made it clear that he chooses to stay away from that negativity, encouraging people to enjoy what they enjoy without letting others ruin it for them: “Like what you like. Champion that. I try to stay away from the negativity.”
The Second City Saint also touched on the pressure public figures face in today’s world, with critics constantly watching for any reason to pile on.
“We just live these lives that are so public that everybody wants to point fingers and laugh if we slip on a banana peel or make a mistake.”
These comments are similar to what Punk said earlier on My Mom’s Basement, where he called modern fandom “a little mental” and took aim at fans who let online rumors shape their expectations.
“People just seem to want to be angry about everything because it didn’t happen the way they fantasy booked it in their head. That’s a slight mental illness. Somebody that probably knows less about what they’re talking about than you do—just made some [expletive] up and passed it off as journalism, and you’re getting mad at that.”
Whether it’s wrestling matches, surprise returns, or Netflix finales, Punk’s message is simple: stop obsessing over what didn’t happen and start enjoying what did.
Do you agree with CM Punk’s take on the current state of online wrestling fandom? Or is this just part of the job for a top guy? Drop your thoughts in the comments below.
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