CM Punk has in fact retired from the WWE, according to his former girlfriend Natalie Slater.
Slater says she remains friends with Punk and that the star wrestler has a tough time with fans hounding him everywhere he goes.
“My friend can’t go to Target. He can’t go to Great America, the grocery store or any mall anywhere. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen him escape a restaurant without getting Instagrammed by diners at nearby tables. People mob him in the airport and tweet angrily when he doesn’t stop to sign autographs because he has a flight to catch,” she wrote on Chicago’s Red Eye blog.
“My friend is famous, and it sucks.
“When we first met, he told me he was going to be a pro wrestler and I couldn’t wait. Pro wrestlers were ballers -- they rode in limousines, wore sequined robes and married fine ladies with big hair. Most importantly, they were famous, and to a girl who grew up in a town with gravel roads and no sidewalks, fame and fortune meant instant happiness.
“Five years later, he was making enough money wrestling to quit his ”real job.” He was still carpooling to shows with other wrestlers to save on gas money, crashing on couches and eating fast food, but he wasn’t wearing a name tag or sitting in a cubicle. And that was about as much as he'd ever hoped for -- he was ecstatic.
“Now, he’s the recently retired seven-time World Champion, and he’s one of the most isolated people I’ve ever known. A few weeks ago he found a young fan and his mom cramming Easter candy into the mail slot of his front door. Just before that, he walked out of his back door to throw out the trash only to be met by fans camped out in his alley for hours just to see him.”
There has been a lot of speculation about Punk’s future after he suddenly stopped wrestling earlier this year.
Punk himself hasn’t officially said anything after he left, leaving fans to wonder whether he’s gone for good.
In other Punk news, he was featured in one of the ads for the Gracie Expo in Rener Gracie’s newsletter.
