WWE Breaking News: CM Punk Speaks Candidly for GQ Interview

According to Kevin Eck's wrestling blog Ring Posts, CM Punk sat down with GQ magazine to discuss his current situation and future plans.

This interview was conducted recently as Eck reported, "CM Punk pulled no punches in a fascinating interview with GQ that was conducted this past Tuesday."

If Punk answered honestly, then this whole storyline is based on more reality than we know.  Punk was asked several questions, from how real his possible WWE departure is, to his recent apology for homophobic slurs.

In response to how real the current storyline is Punk responded:

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“How much is real? That's 100 percent real. That's not to say that there are still not negotiations. It's not like I'm leaving and they're like, ‘Good. Go f*** yourself.’ I think that's why this whole thing works. I'm not doing my job if people are like, ‘What you do is fake.’ And literally people on the street are confused, generally, for the first time. That's a great thing.”

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Punk was also asked if he had plans once his contract expires; he replied:

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“I'm looking forward to not setting an alarm, not flying anywhere, not having a schedule. I think everyone's dream is to do nothing. I want to have time off and not be injured. I want it to be summer vacation, where I don't have anything to do for three months.”

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Finally, Punk addressed the situation regarding using a gay slur to insult a fan:

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“When I saw that TMZ picked it up, because what a salacious story, I was legit embarrassed. My best friend Chez, ever since I have known her, has tried to curb anyone around her from using any gay slur. It's something that slipped out, more in reference to the guy's faux-hawk. It's not like he said anything that made me mad. It was just a back-and-forth that everybody was enjoying until I slipped and said something that could potentially damage somebody. I wasn't proud of it. I have gay friends, and sitting there in Australia, I was immediately thinking, ‘What are they going to say? Are they going to be disappointed?’ Before I even talked to anybody in the office, I went to Twitter, and I apologized. It wasn't a public relations statement. It was just that I f***ed up.”

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Punk appears to be speaking from the heart, so Sunday night could be interesting if no agreement is reached by then. However, he is also a paid professional, that was hired to help promote the WWE. So Punk could simply be adding some more buzz to help get some extra pay-per-view buys.

Either way, Punk has definitely upped his game and has become the talk of the wrestling world. In fact, I think it's safe to say that this is the most main-stream media that a wrestler has received over a story-line, since the Billy and Chuck's almost gay marriage in 2002.

To read the rest of the GQ interview click here.