Barstool Sports’ Rone Recalls Talking With CM Punk About Podcast In Late 2023

Barstool Sports’ Rone about says he spoke with CM Punk a while back about potentially hosting a podcast. Rone noted in a new YouTube video about the matter, noting that there were talks with Punk about it in December of 2023. You can see highlights below, per Fightful:

On first meeting Punk: “I met CM Punk at my friend Jensen’s star-studded bachelor party. That bachelor party also included appearances from Paul Scheer and John Mayer. At that bachelor party, I even had CM Punk sign a napkin for then co-worker Jared Carrabis, who later the contents of that signed napkin tattooed on his right shoulder.”

on trying to get Punk to do a podcast: “Anyway, a few years later, Jensen and I were talking about how sick it would be for us to host a podcast from one of the biggest names in wrestling history. I brought that idea to Dave but nothing materialized at the time. Flash forward to December 2023 and talks were picking up steam again, as it seemed like CM Punk was, once again, shopping his podcast. This time, Big Cat was also involved and meetings were set up and we were talking about revenue shares and what would happen with merchandise but, once again, things fell through and nothing fully materialized so Barstool was left with only one star wrestling podcast, Rasslin’ with Brandon Walker.”