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Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome CM Punk.
>> Now, ladies and gentlemen,
you see CM Punk making his way out to the ring tonight.
The right arm in a sling.
Pat, there has been rumors all over social media over the past 48 hours of an injury
sustained by CM Punk this past Saturday night of the Royal Rumble match.
>> And we saw an incredible performance from CM Punk final two,
only losing to Cody.
So whenever I heard the rumors and read the rumors that he was injured,
I thought to myself, how could that be with how he performed?
Now we see the sling, Col.
I'm no doctor.
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>> CM Punk entered number 27 in the men's Royal Rumble match this past Saturday.
He lasted over 21 minutes before coming out of the final two in
the American Nightmare.
Cody Rhodes, as Pat mentioned, Rhodes would eliminate Punk to win the Rumble.
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>> I came real close Saturday night, and I felt like I had it in the palm of my hand.
And I'm not mad at anybody, really.
I'm not mad at Cody Rhodes.
I actually would like to take this time off the top,
to say congratulations to Cody.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> A lot of the times in this business,
it's not about what you deserve, it's about what you've earned.
And he's earned it, he's busted his ass.
I hope he goes to WrestleMania in Philadelphia and he finishes his story.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Going
back-to-back in the Rumble is a hell of an accomplishment.
It's kinda like your Tampa Bay lightning going back-to-back, winning the cup.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> And
while I came close, close don't count in this business.
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
And I've never believed in luck, But
fill a little bit unlucky.
In the course of the Rumble, I tore my right tricep.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> And
as much as I tried and I asked, maybe I can just tape it.
Maybe I can make it to elimination chamber and I can try to win that and
I can get my main event at WrestleMania, But it's just not in the cards.
And I don't want anybody to feel sorry for me.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Because
when I think of this situation and how much it bums me out.
And how much I have talked from the highest mountains about how my goal and
my dream ever since I was a little kid was to main event WrestleMania,
maybe it's just not ever gonna happen.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> And
I don't want anybody to feel sorry for me because, realistically, is this a problem?
I have a friend named Chad Gable who I think about a lot.
Every day, I think about this kid because I love him to death.
And he's got cancer and he's had it real bad for a long time.
He's got a beautiful wife, a beautiful daughter named Lily.
And I'll go visit him and I'll sit with him while he gets his chemotherapy.
And he's always in a good mood, and he's never down about it,
and it's soul crushing.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> That's a fight to me.
This is just a flesh wound.
When I say best in the world, it doesn't mean because I always win.
I lose more often than I win.
You guys see me fight in the UFC?
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Yeah, not great.
But I had a dream, and I had an opportunity, and
I was asked, do you wanna do this?
And I said yes because it scared the crap out of me.
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>> It scared me as much as coming back after ten years.
After ten years and
not being in a place that I never wanted to leave in the first place, but I had to.
It scared me.
WrestleMania scares me.
It's a goal that might haunt me for the rest of my life, but
this is just a bump in the road.
Best in the world is those people who fight things like cancer.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> People who put their lives on the line,
like Matt Flanagan in Chicago, who's a firefighter, people who help other people.
Now me, I just happen to entertain you.
And for some reason, you people love me.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> And
I promise I'm gonna keep doing it until the wheels fall off.
This is a bump in the road.
It is adversity, and I have overcome adversity countless times in the past.
I do not focus on those who are negative.
I do not focus on those who tell me I can't.
I'm not tall enough, I'm not big enough, you got stupid hair,
you got the wrong tattoos, none of that matters.
Because each and every single one of you, every single day,
wake up and you're teachers and you're garbage men, and
it doesn't matter what you do, because you wake up and you keep going.
You put food on your family's table, and by God, that's exactly what I'm gonna do.
WrestleMania 40, I guess it's not in the cards, ladies and gentlemen.
But I'm a Chicago Cubs fan, and this isn't the first time, and
it won't be the last time I say this, there's always next year.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> I'm gonna bust my a,
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>> Not what I was expecting.
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>> He was expecting to say the word ass.
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He's gonna bust his ass to get back.
What a phenomenal message.
>> Incredible, emotional message by CM Punk.
The announcement that he has torn his right triceps will not be ready for
WrestleMania this year.
>> That obviously knocked his butt.
>> And now Drew McIntyre, the Scottish warrior, on his way to the ring.
He's been very vocal about what he thinks about CM Punk.
At the Royal Rumble this past Saturday night,
McIntyre was actually eliminated by the man standing in the ring.
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McIntyre was never pleased that CM Punk came back to WWE.
He made everybody aware of that.
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>> First night, first time he saw,
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Left the building in frustration.
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>> I've said some terrible things about you since you returned to
WWE, And I meant them.
You were a terrible person to me in the past.
I think you're a poison to the locker room.
But I'm listening to you now, and I can relate to everything you're saying.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> I've had my dreams
taken away from me as well.
I was fired from this place.
And when I was listening to you talk about your buddy Chad,
I can relate to that as well.
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>> I don't know what I believe in.
I've went through some changes recently myself.
I've never been much of a spiritual person,
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>> But I want you to know this.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> I prayed for this, and it happened.
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>> When I got into that Rumble,
I targeted you.
I violently assaulted you, I could not let you win that thing.
Our champion, he's went down.
He's taken the title as far as he could till his body broke.
He's in a great job.
Who's gonna take it to the next level?
I couldn't let it be you.
And you eliminated me.
I couldn't sleep that night, and I was so angry with myself.
Then I heard the news the next day, and I slept like a baby last night.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> You
won the battle, but you didn't win the war.
Mission accomplished, I exorcised the demon CM Punk.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Now I'm gonna find
a way into the world title match at WrestleMania, and
I'm gonna to the main event and I'm gonna leave CM Punk dream again.
>> Cheese.
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>> Punk, don't roll those eyes, look me in the eyes when you speak to me please.
>> My heart hurts more than my triceps does, I'm gonna go rehab it.
And when I come back, I will main event WrestleMania.
But the first checklist is you.
I'm coming right for you.
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>> And McIntyre tried to take a cheap
shot at a one arm, CM Punk.
And a glasgow kiss drops Punk.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> No.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> What typo,
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>> You gotta be a real star but
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>> Punk is helpless.
Sami Zayn, who's got his own issues with McIntyre heading to the ring.
And Sami Zayn trying to take out McIntyre as he retreats.
Drew McIntyre, vile, disgusting, pathetic excuse for a man.
>> Sami Zayn, hero in Tampa right now for
saving CM Punk from an all out onslaught on his torn tricep.
What is Drew McIntyre thinking?
You gotta be a real, real scumbag.
>> The only thing he's thinking about is himself.
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