5 times AEW's newest signing CM Punk broke the internet

#2. CM Punk's interview with Colt Cabana broke the internet

CM Punk had a fiery interview with Colt Cabana on The Art of Wrestling Podcast

In late 2014, CM Punk appeared on Colt Cabana's Podcast 'The Art of Wrestling' to practice his favorite hobby, breaking the internet. Punk's interview with Cabana was explosive. For the first time, The 42-year-old wrestler broke his silence to speak about his WWE departure:

"I don't want this to be a shoot interview. I'm sure somebody would have paid me handsomely for this story but that's not what it's about. Money is not everything, ladies and gentlemen. That will be a big theme in my story. So I'm going to talk as openly as I wish to about the circumstances of me leaving WWE," Punk said before telling his story.

6 years ago this month, CM Punk went onto Colt Cabana's Art of Wrestling and spent 2 hours explaining why he left WWE in 2014, including overlooked injuries, frustration with never main eventing Wrestlemania and being fired on his wedding day.It's still a compelling listen! pic.twitter.com/3Q0ibXjuhD

— Shane @ The Pixel Empire (@SteadySphere) November 11, 2020

Punk's introduction was followed by heavy criticism of WWE, WWE management and Vince McMahon himself. Just like in the Pipe Bomb promo, Punk did not hold back.

The current AEW star insisted that he was fired from WWE and did not quit. Punk also admitted that he failed to fulfill some of his goals in wrestling:

"Well, there's tons of people that are going to say it and I say it probably 85-percent of the time: I failed at wrestling. I failed at my goal of the main event of WrestleMania. Even though I've come to terms with it and I look back on it like that f****** match with 'Taker was better than anything on the show," Punk said.

On this day in 2014, Colt Cabana's Art of Wrestling podcast released an episode featuring his longtime friend CM Punk, who revealed details of his public walkout from WWE in January. The aftermath of the podcast led to multiple lawsuits and the end of their friendship. pic.twitter.com/1oWmHtXhGe

— The Signature Spot (@SignatureSpot) November 27, 2020

CM Punk's fiery interview with Cabana drew unbelievable traffic. It led the show's server to crash and necessitated a move to SoundCloud.