When asked whether he feels the business is better off without McMahon, Punk explained that there was no other answer than “yes.” Punk’s time with WWE prior to his 2014 departure was spent working under both Vince McMahon and John Laurinaitis, and he famously went against the pair on TV, blurring the lines between reality and storyline with scathing promos leveled against them. Punk said that whil he wasn’t aware of any malpractice while he was with the company, he wasn’t entirely surprised, comparing the situation to Chris Benoit’s murder-suicide in 2007.

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“I was friends with Chris Benoit, and I don’t know if it’s just how I process things, but I’m famously on camera weeping saying goodbye to Chris, because at the time we didn’t know that he had murdered his wife and son,” Punk said. “So like, coming to terms with, that’s my friend, he did this horrible thing, obviously f*** him, f*** that. But then, I don’t have memories of Chris Benoit traveling with me and murdering people at the gym. So there was never any instances where I would be in a room with Vince and he’s s***ing on somebody or sexually assaulting somebody … But there’s that part of me that goes — just like Benoit — okay, I can see that.”

Punk echoed the sentiment that Becky Lynch shared during her own address of the allegations, understanding that McMahon had developed a father relationship with a number of staff over the years. But he admitted that he’s glad to see truth emerge.

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“He ruined his life. He ruined his life ruining other people’s lives,” Punk concluded. “So there’s very much a part of me that’s like, ‘Good, we got him.'”