CM Punk's love for living colour started long before his wrestling career.
The WWE World Heavyweight Champion recently spoke to Morning Mosh, promoting the upcoming Elimination Chamber PPV. He talked about things such as the latest presidential controversy, absurd fan signs, and more.
During the interview, he was also asked about his current theme song, Cult of Personality by Living Colour. CM Punk revealed that he actually first heard the song when he was just 11 years old:
Well, I was on a little league team in 1989, and that was the team song, believe it or not. That's the genesis of that. And just an amazing band, amazing group of guys. When I was still wrestling on the Indies, I used that song.
I Didn't Want To Re-sign: CM Punk
Explaining how he got the theme in WWE, CM Punk recalled one of the pivotal years of his wrestling career in 2011. The Straight Edge star revealed that he had actually asked Vince McMahon for it in hopes that the former WWE Chairman would decline his request:
How I got it in WWE? Vince McMahon was notoriously against spending money on licensed music. He didn't like spending money, you know? And it was one of the things I requested if I was going to re-sign in 2011.
So I cooked up a bunch of requests, a bunch of asks that I assumed he would say no to, because I didn't want to re-sign. I just wanted to kind of take a break for a minute. And then he went and said yes to everything. I was kind of like, 'oh damn,' and that was, that was one of them. You gotta license this song.
The former AEW star will be defending his title against Finn Balor at the PPV tonight from Chicago. The show could also feature the debut of one of his good friends. You can check out more about it here.
