Nexus leader CM Punk was interviewed on Thursday morning on Minneapolis, MN’s 93X Half-Assed Morning Show to hope Friday’s live event in the area. You can listen to the interview by clicking here. Here are some highlights of what was talked about:

— The hosts asked Punk about his former “Chick Magnet” gimmick (the “CM” in CM Punk). He said when he was younger, he and his friends would watch WWE pay-per-views and would then hold backyard wrestling events. “That’s actually how I got into wrestling, Punk said. “I didn’t know of any wrestling schools or being trained or anything like that… It was the equivalent of me wanting to host a radio show and talking into tape recorder or something like that. I just went out and did it.”

— Punk was asked about the popularity of MMA and whether it takes away from WWE’s business, to which Punk argued that pro wrestling is a different brand of entertainment and will always be popular.

– Punk said that breaking into the wrestling business was not easy. When he first started wrestling, he would wrestle for free at bars in front of two people. “That’s what you do to pay your dues,” Punk said.

— Punk and the hosts talked about how WWE storylines have been pretty good lately and Punk joked that it hasn’t always been this good, which got some laughs.

— Punk put over the Miz and how well he’s “running with the ball” once it was given with him. He also mentioned Santino as being a great comedy act.

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(Source: 93x.com)