In an interview with The Miami Herald to promote Sunday’s RONIN Pro Wrestling event in Miami, Colt Cabana was asked about how CM Punk is doing. Here are highlights:
On his “Art of Wrestling” podcast: “I started my podcast in 2010. At that point, I thought maybe in 2011 this explosion was going to happen. Luckily, I got basically a four-year jump on everybody. I saw it happening. I knew it was going to happen, but didn’t expect wrestling to take so long. I’ve always known wrestling to be five minutes behind the times, but didn’t expect it to take this long. However, it’s the same with anything and any kind of concept. I think it’s great that if they need an outlet. I needed an outlet. WWE had fired me. Ring of Honor fired me. TNA brought me in for a tryout and didn’t see anything in me. I needed an outlet because I thought I did have something to say and did have an audience and found that audience through podcasting. If there are other people, and that’s the way they need to find their audience, I think it’s great. Just like anything, the cream will rise. It’s also not just the cream. I’m not fighting to get the most listeners. I’m fighting to get the right listeners. I really just want people who understand me and like me and enjoy me. This is my way to talk to them. Hopefully, that is what the other podcasts are doing. Hopefully, they find the people that appreciate them.”
On CM Punk: “When Punk wants to talk, he will talk. That’s not for me. I enjoy seeing him being happy right now. So that’s where I’ll leave it. I know he is very happy. Things are going well for him. When he wants to talk, I’m sure he will do it.”
On WWE changing the names of indy talent: “As a wrestler’s wrestler, I think of course you should keep their names. The ones they built up through the years of hard work. As a corporation, I can understand how they want their own guys. I think they are going about it the right way. Compared to times in the past, where you say Low Ki is Kaval, and that’s all he is. I like how they presented these guys where it’s now, ‘Hey, Prince Devitt is coming. Kevin Steen is coming in. Hey, Kenta is coming in. Kenta was this in Japan. Now he is going to be moving forward and creating his own legacy in WWE.’ For so long WWE pretended things in the past didn’t happen. I think it is important, and I think now they are at least acknowledging that they have a past and stuff outside of their universe.”