Tyrus Blames CM Punk & The Undertaker for Costing Him His WrestleMania Moment

Tyrus didn’t sugarcoat anything when revisiting a painful turning point in his wrestling career — and he’s placing the blame squarely on CM Punk and The Undertaker.

During an appearance on TMZ’s Inside The Ring, the former WWE star said that his long-awaited WrestleMania match — the one he called his “coming out party” — was pulled at the last minute after Punk and Taker went long on time.

“When Taker and Punk went 15 minutes over at Mania, my match got cut. And that was my big match, where I was up and it was supposed to be my coming out party. And it got cut. And I never really—mentally—I was frustrated for a long time after that. And I felt really… it was a big point in my life.”

Tyrus admitted the emotional fallout stuck with him well after the event and permanently shifted his relationship with WWE.

“It dramatically changed my relationship with the WWE after that. I felt slided, wronged—however you want to call it. But ultimately, it led to the path that we’re sitting here now. So I look at it… had it happened, who knows?”

Despite the bitter loss of that WrestleMania spotlight, Tyrus flipped the script on his career. He eventually went on to capture the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, kick off a national comedy tour, and publish bestselling books — all without the boost he once expected from WWE’s biggest stage.

Still, he made it clear that moment — and what could’ve been — is something he’ll never forget.

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