EVP of Talent Relations & Interim General Manager of Raw John Laurinaitis does his absolute utmost to congratulate CM Punk on his recent WWE Championship win.

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Moments after defending his title against Alberto Del Rio, WWE Champion CM Punk spoke with WWE.com about his victory, his critics and whether or not he’s a role model.

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WWE Champion CM Punk def. Alberto Del Rio (WATCH)
The Mexican Aristocrat didn’t think CM Punk was going to go down that easy, did he? Barely one week into his reign as WWE Champion, The Straight Edge Superstar defended his title in a bout where he would have lost the championship had he been disqualified. Attempting to take advantage of this stipulation, Del Rio removed a turnbuckle pad and brought a steel chair into the ring. But the WWE Champion had his opponent scouted and tossed the foreign object before sending the underhanded Superstar headfirst into the exposed turnbuckle for the cunning win.

WWE.com posted the official wallpaper for the TLC PPV, featuring CM Punk & his ice cream bar.

View the wallpaper here & visit the official TLC site at WWE.com.

This is a summary of CM Punk’s appearance on the The Hot Click podcast. You can listen to the interview here.

CM Punk appeared on the The Hot Click podcast and did not hold back his opinions on The Rock, Vince McMahon, The Miz, his near exit from the WWE and a slew of other topics. Highlights from the interview are as follows:

On not sleeping: “We just did a European tour. I would honestly say on the European tour if you want to average it all out, I slept two hours a night… Eventually it gets to you. I know when I start seeing things that I really need to try… It’s not like I’m forcing myself to stay awake. It’s a thing. I got in late last night. I met up with my buddies, H20, the band and we went out. I got back to my hotel maybe at two in the morning and I had to meet in the lobby at 6 AM so I got a 5:30 wakeup call and next thing I know it’s 3:30. I’m reading comic books in my hotel room.”

How hard it is being straight edge: “It’s not hard at all. A lot of people ask me that. I almost think it’s a really weird question. How hard is it for you to wear glasses? How hard is it for you to have back hair? I was born this way so, no, it’s not hard at all.

“I just turned 33 so I’m assuming I’m what you call an SEOG: Straight Edge Old Guy. There are not a lot of us. I know everybody that was straight edge when I first claimed straight edge, when I was like 15-20, everybody fell off; everybody sold out. There’s like me and my friend Natalie back in Chicago. It’s like you find somebody else who’s straight edge and you stick together.”
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CM Punk is an action figure, a video game character, and WWE champion.

He’s also the most controversial and debated wrestling personality since Steve Austin gave Mike Tyson the finger.

But a few months ago, he was ready to give up this superstar lifestyle, go home, and try to live the life of the anonymous, a life he hasn’t known in over a decade.

“This wasn’t a contract negotiation. I wasn’t playing hardball or holding out for more money or anything like that,” Punk tells me as we meet in Manhattan just days before he won the WWE Championship inside Madison Square Garden, a win he celebrated by stage-diving into the first row, caught by his chant-happy fans.
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The new edition of WWE Magazine includes a back-cover poster for the 2011 Tribute to the Troops special. The tagline reads: “The most patriotic show on TV.”

The two-hour special is scheduled to air Tuesday, December 13 at 9:00 p.m. EST on USA Network. A one-hour version not mentioned on the poster will air Saturday, Dec. 17 on NBC.

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