CM Punk calls Pat McAfee in heated 'Monday Evening Uncooked' section

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WWE star CM Punk torched ESPN broadcaster Pat McAfee within the opening section of "Monday Evening Uncooked" after the previous NFL participant was inserted into a significant feud forward of WrestleMania 42 .

McAfee aligned himself with Randy Orton as "The Viper" goes for the Undisputed WWE Championship towards Cody Rhodes . McAfee’s look on SmackDown and his late entrance into the rivalry with a couple of weeks to go earlier than WrestleMania 42, sparked aggravation from professional wrestling followers on social media.

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CM Punk speaks throughout Monday Evening RAW at Toyota Middle in Houston, Texas, on April 6, 2026. (Craig Ambrosio/WWE)

The previous Indianapolis Colts punter defined throughout his promo on Friday evening that he needed to vary the enterprise for the higher, and expressed his want for the corporate to return to the times of the Perspective Period. He mentioned folks like him have "been forgotten about." He doubled down on his criticism throughout his present on Monday afternoon and took a swipe on the web wrestling group, calling them "dips---s."

McAfee additionally expressed confusion as to why there have been nonetheless tickets out there for WrestleMania.

Punk, who's in the midst of his personal feud with Roman Reigns and can defend the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 42 towards him, devoted the primary 10 minutes of "Monday Evening Uncooked" to Reigns. However then, he had time for McAfee.

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Pat McAfee punts Cody Rhodes throughout SmackDown at Enterprise Middle in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 3, 2026. (Craig Melvin/WWE)

He chided the broadcaster, calling him, "Pat MAGA-Price" in an obvious reference to President Donald Trump’s look on his present final 12 months after which took purpose at McAfee’s agent, Ari Emanuel, who can be the CEO and director of TKO Group Holdings – WWE’s mother or father firm.

"You assume you possibly can come right here to the enterprise, my enterprise, to professional wrestling, and run your mouth. Effectively, you simply wrote a examine that your slim a-- can’t money," Punk mentioned. "You need to speak about ticket gross sales? Do me a favor, name up that agent that was silly sufficient to shoehorn you into this enterprise and this present and inform him to decrease the ticket costs.

"I’ll be damned if I’m gonna have you ever, any individual who kicked a soccer for a dwelling, come to my enterprise and speak to me about promoting tickets and placing a--es in seats. You bought a receipt coming to you."

Fox Information Digital reached out to TKO Group Holdings for remark.

WrestleMania 42 is about to happen on April 18 and 19 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas . Punk and Reigns are positive to be in motion with Rhodes taking over Orton. These matches are the 2 seemingly important occasions for the present.