Jul 31, 7:15 PM
CM Punk know he’s a great heel, but says he can’t play one any more
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TAMPA, FLORIDA - MAY 26: CM Punk celebrates ion the crowd during Monday Night RAW at Yuengling Center on May 26, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images) While the wrestling world’s mostly focused on Cody Rhodes’ possibly, finally, officially turning heel as soon as… well, tonight (July 31) on the SummerSlam eve SmackDown, I suppose — I’m in the camp who’d rather see the man he’s feuding with, Undisputed WWE champ CM Punk, break bad during his feud with Rhodes. Fans who missed the start of Punk’s career may not even think of the Straight-Edge Chicagoan as a villain, but anyone who’s seen his Ring of Honor and independent work and/or the first half of his first WWE run know he can do evil as well as he can good. Hell, for most of his pro wrestling career, conventional wisdom was that Punk was a better heel than a face. The reigning WWE champ knows it too, but Punk told Dave LaGreca on WWE Radio’s Busted Open he can’t play rudo these days: “The good guy,