Champion pro wrestler CM Punk goes viral for delivering a powerful Pride message inside the ring
straight-edge persona, is a multi-time heavyweight champion and exceptional performer. But when he returned to the ring Saturday night, he spouted maybe his most important message yet.Support LGBTQ+ youth.Headlining All Elite Wrestling’s (AEW) “Collision” event at Chicago’s United Center, Punk, who’s spent the last several months sidelined due to injury, spotted a fan holding a sign with the aforementioned message.
After the show went off the air, Punk approached the fan, and brought the sign into the squared circle. The legendary grappler proceeded to talk about backlash he’s received for promoting an ice cream bar, Pretty Cool Ice Cream, that supports transgender youth.
Punk said he can’t understand why people possess such animus towards marginalized people. “I got a lot of hate for reposting that message.
Somebody in particular, don’t know who it is, a nameless, faceless, person on the Internet said, why do you support that trash?” he said. “I thought about replying, but you can’t argue with stupid, okay?
