Lock the doors, cut the mics, and brace for nuclear heat—this is the no-holds-barred reckoning WWE and AEW don’t want you to hear. For the first time ever, the wrestlers who stood toe-to-toe with CM Punk—the Straightedge Savior, the Voice of the Voiceless, the Most Divisive Man in Wrestling—are tearing open the script to expose the brutal reality of working with the industry’s most polarizing icon. Was Punk a revolutionary genius… or a locker room time bomb?
His fellow wrestlers in this episode drag you into the bloody trenches of Punk’s meteoric rise and explosive implosions. Hear uncensored stories from WWE’s Summer of Punk that Vince tried to bury, AEW’s "Brawl Out" disaster that fractured a roster, and the backstage landmines Punk detonated (and survived). Relive the infamous pipe bomb, his vendetta against The Elite, and why legends like Ryback, Hangman Page, and Colt Cabana still flinch at his name.
With never-before-heard confessions, dissections of Punk’s "cult leader" psychology, and a forensic breakdown of his career-ending feuds, this isn’t a podcast—it’s a therapy session for wrestling’s trauma survivors. From Chicago’s hero worship to Tony Khan’s panic button, "Straightedge Sabotage" asks the question every fan secretly wonders: Is CM Punk wrestling’s martyr… or its most brilliant villain?