{"id":159200,"date":"2023-05-22T10:11:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T15:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=159200"},"modified":"2023-05-22T10:11:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T15:11:43","slug":"steve-austin-talks-about-recent-text-message-to-cm-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/05\/22\/steve-austin-talks-about-recent-text-message-to-cm-punk\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Austin talks about recent text message to CM Punk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3391849693\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Steve Austin says he recently sent a text to CM Punk, but that he is not aware of the current situation and happenings around him and AEW. In a new interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/alfredkonuwa\/2023\/05\/20\/steve-austin-on-new-ae-show-why-he-texted-cm-punk-recently\/?sh=41ed606956d1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>, Austin talked about his relationship with Punk and whether or not he seems himself as Punk&#8217;s mentor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Man, I just sent Punk a message last night,&#8221; Austin said. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t know he had torn his triceps. I haven&#8217;t been following anything. I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on with that. Me and Phil trade messages every here and there. We rarely talk, probably once or twice a year. I love the guy, and I don&#8217;t even know if I mentored him because Punk&#8217;s probably a lot smarter than I am.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Great promo guy, great worker, he&#8217;s got his own thing going and we&#8217;re just friends. So I think I remember there&#8217;s a picture of myself and him from Chicago,\u00a0my favorite town to work in, my favorite building. And I guess he had come down to where we were all hanging out. Maybe he looked up to me back in the day, but I don&#8217;t know if I so much mentored him because I think he paid his own dues. He learned it the way he did and he got over on his own merits. The fact that maybe I could have been somewhat of an influence would be flattering if that were the case. But he&#8217;s made his own career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But, I don&#8217;t even know what&#8217;s going on with the current situation or what they&#8217;re doing because right now I rarely watch any of the product. I watch all the pay-per-views and major pay-per-views, but he&#8217;s certainly carved out a hellacious career in his own right by his own right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/05\/19\/keller-so-what-happens-if-punk-doesnt-come-back-to-aew-does-collision-have-a-chance-to-succeed\/\">CM Punk<\/a> has been away from AEW since the All Out PPV event last September. Punk reportedly will return to the company for the newly announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/05\/18\/cm-punk-planned-for-aew-collision-announcement-removed-due-to-ace-steel-issues\/\">AEW Collision show<\/a>, but was not mentioned by the company or the television network when the reveal of the official news happened last week.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/05\/22\/aew-officially-announces-fight-forever-video-game-release-date\/\">AEW officially announces Fight Forever video game release date<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2162796953\"><div id=\"pwtor-2844851660\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Steve Austin says he recently sent a text to CM Punk, but that he is not aware of the current situation and happenings around him and AEW. 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