CM Punk Speaks for the First Time Ever in AEW | AEW Rampage: The First Dance, 8/20/21

[Applause] we are back live in the united center in chicago illinois where cm punk has arrived at all elite wrestling [Applause] you guys really know how to make a kid feel like britt baker in pittsburgh i'm winging this you know we're winging this we that's a very important distinction we'll get back to it but i didn't plan on what i was gonna say because i didn't know what to say because i didn't know how i was gonna feel but i knew that i needed to feel it i feel you chicago and i hear you chicago [Applause] that's what i've heard for seven years i heard you i heard you and we got a lot to cover there's good news and bad news the bad news is we're not gonna get to it all right here right now but the good news is as i got the time wednesday friday for sundays or saturdays a year i got the time and i ain't going anywhere wait one second possibly for me the most important thing i'm gonna say right now and this is for everybody at home this is for everybody who bought a ticket this is for everybody in the back if at all through my journey any of my personal choices or decisions related to my life made you feel disappointed or let down let me just say let me just say i understand if you all try to understand that i was never gonna get healthy physically mentally spiritually or emotionally staying in the same place that got me sick in the first place [Applause] can i tell you guys a story it's hot in here hang on one second can i tell you a story you see i felt before like i had to leave i didn't want to but i knew i couldn't stay and that was when i used to work for a place called ring of honor august 13th 2005 was my last last match in ring of honor and i famously came out with tears in my eyes and walking out here today i now know why i was crying and it was a lot of reasons but what it boiled down to was i had made a place where people could come work get paid learn their craft and love professional wrestling [Applause] and i cried because i knew i was leaving a place that i love and it was a home and i knew where i was going it wasn't going to be easy for a guy like me because i'm one of you so i look at it like this august 13 2005 i left professional wrestling [Applause] august 20th 2021 i'm back and i'm back for you i'm not gonna lie i'm back for me too but i'm back because there's a hell of a lot of young talent that i wish i was surrounded by 10 years ago so in saying that i sit back and i say well hell they're there now so why aren't you here i am i'm back because i want to work with that young talent that had the same passion that i had stamped out i'm back because there's a couple of scores to settle in that locker room i'm back for the young guys darby allen [Applause] i've seen you you're good i've seen you jump out of airplanes i've seen you wrapped up in a body bag and chucked over the top rope i've seen you kick down a flight of stairs and you always come back just like each and every person here in chicago you're tough but i'm here to help and you're the first on the list i'm gonna help you because you're a daredevil and you like danger well darby allen there is nothing you could do that is more dangerous than wrestling cm punk except wrestling cm punk in chicago i will see you and i'll see sting and i'll see all of you september 5th and all out live on pay-per-view i'm back damn well that's huge cm punk back on pay-per-view he's all atw september 5th and the chills are running up down my spine [Applause]

Channel: All Elite Wrestling

Views: 6,934,780

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Id: KrZXDqREmaU

Length: 9min 7sec (547 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 20 2021

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[u/chipsandflips]

Thanks for posting. This energy is insane!