WWE Raw star shades CM Punk over unwanted backstage accolade

CM Punk has caught some shade from another top Raw superstar (Picture: Eric Johnson/WWE via Getty Images)

WWE superstar Roxanne Perez has called out her mentor CM Punk for one key quality.

The former NXT Women’s Champion, who has been causing a stir on Monday Night Raw in recent weeks with Giulia on Netflix, didn’t hesitate when she was quizzed on the men’s and women’s locker room.

Speaking exclusively to Metro in Las Vegas, she branded Punk as the wrestler with the worst fashion sense.

‘Oh my gosh. I’m sorry, Punk, but sometimes you gotta match a little bit more,’ she laughed. ‘I’ll help you out. Gotta match the shoes with the shirt, I’m sorry!’

It wasn’t the only time she called out Punk in our interview, as she also named him the ‘biggest s**t talker’ in the locker room.

She’s learned a lot from the Second City Saint, who is poised to speak on tonight’s Raw for the first time since WrestleMania 41, although she joked she’s outgrown his advice.

Roxanne Perez couldn’t resist some cheeky digs at her mentor (Picture: Michael Marques/WWE via Getty Images) The Second City Saint has been branded the worst dressed on the roster (Picture: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

After admitting it’s ‘awesome’ having him around, she quipped: ‘I feel like sometimes he talks too much, and I feel like I know what I’m doing now, so I don’t need him as much.

‘But I definitely learned a lot of s**t talking from him!’

At just 23 years old, Roxanne is already shining in WWE and making waves on the main roster after helping define the last two years of NXT, and her appearance in this year’s WWE 2K25 is already her third video game since 2023.

‘I feel like I never imagined myself doing anything else,’ she said. ‘I started pretty young, 13 years old. For some reason I just had a feeling that it was gonna happen if I just get going.’

WWE 2025 is already The Prodigy’s third video game appearance (Picture: 2K) Roxanne has stood toe to toe with the likes of Rhea Ripley (Picture: Craig Ambrosio/WWE via Getty Images)

Roxanne – who was trained by WWE Hall of Famer Booker T – smiled: ‘I feel like I manifested it, I envisioned it, and now I’m living it.’

She’s truly living the dream, and in January she left quite the impression as she finished runner up in the Royal Rumble, narrowly losing out to Charlotte Flair.

‘It just shows how WWE views me,’ she said. ‘I was chosen to be last two standing with Charlotte. So I think that that just shows what the future is going to look like. And pretty soon.’

She and Giulia have been taking Raw by storm (Picture: Craig Melvin /WWE via Getty Images) They laid out Women’s World Champion Iyo Sky last week (Picture: Rich Freeda /WWE via Getty Images)

The so-called Prodigy oozes confidence, but she confessed that the bravado ‘definitely didn’t come naturally’, even after signing her first WWE contract.

‘I definitely was not as confident as I am now. I was definitely nervous to be surrounded by all the people that I looked up to,’ she said.

‘[But then] I realised that they’re my equals, I could be them one day, and I could do more than them one day. So I think that’s the mentality that I had to have, and I think that’s got me pretty far.’

WWE 2K25 is out now. Netflix is the home of WWE in the UK. Tickets for the Road to Clash in Paris tour across UK and Ireland go on general sale on Friday, May 16.

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