SI.com: You’re fighting, I mean, wrestling Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam.
Punk. I think you had it right the first time. We’re fighting.
SI.com: OK, fighting. Are you happy with thebuildup for the match?
Punk: I think we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing. We’re sellingticketsand we’re selling pay-per views. I thinkbehind the scenesa lot of peoplewant to seethis match and I’m excited for it. It’s not every day you get to wrestle somebody that can push you and make you better. I think there’s a lot of eyes on us that normally wouldn’t be because peoplewant to seewhat I can do. It’s an interesting dynamic.
SI.com:What are thechallenges in facing a guy like Lesnar?
Punk: There are always going to be detractors who will say I don’t look like I’ll be able to hang with Brock Lesnar. But Brock’s a freak of nature and I don’t know anybody who looks like they can “hang” with Brock Lesnar. But anyone can be choked out in seven seconds.
SI.com: You wrestled the Undertaker at WrestleMania. Were you happy with the match?
Punk: I think everybody is always selling me short and then I always prove them wrong. It keeps me pissed off and that’s where I need to be, I guess. I’m sick and tired of pullingmainevent matches and not being in themainevent at WrestleMania. Eventually it’s just gonna get to the point of, “OK, I deserve to play with this toy, you’re not gonna let me play with it, then I’m gonna find some other toys to play with.” It gets me down when I really think about it and analyze it, but in the end it keeps me sharp and like I said, pissed off. But I don’t think I’m the guy you want pissed off forever.
SI.com: Do you voice these concerns to Vince McMahon?
Punk: Absolutely. All the time. We have conversations about it. Hell, if you’re in this business and don’t want to be in themainevent at WrestleMania you shouldn’t be in this business. This past WrestleMania, I proved it to the one person that I needed to prove it to, that I should’ve been in themainevent. I’ve shattered every negative stereotype people had about me. I proved to the one person that mattered that last year’smainevent should’ve been mine and that person is me and I don’t give a sh-t about anyone else.
SI.com: Who would you like to wrestle down the road?
Punk: I’m in a very unique position. I can have a viable WrestleManiamainevent with anyone. I can do it with John Cena. I can do it with Daniel Bryan. I can do it with The Undertaker. I can do it with Stone Cold Steve Austin.
SI.com:Do you thinkAustin will ever wrestle again?
Punk: Yeah, my gut tells me that he will. Whether he makes the right decision or not to wrestle me is up to him.
SI.com: That seems like amoneymatch for the WWE. You’d think they’d get that going.
Punk: You would hope. They tend to miss the mark on a lot of common sense stuff sometimes.
SI.com: There’s a new realityshowabout the WWE Divas on TV. Would you ever do a realityshow?
Punk: Realityshow? What the hell is reality TV any way? It’s as scripted as anything. I wouldn’t want my life acted out on television in some weird drama. If somebody wants to follow me around with a camera, I do think my life is prettyentertainingon its own without trying to spice it up. But it doesn’tsoundlike anything I’d sign up for. I do like the small sliver of privacy I’m afforded.
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