Veteran WWE Superstar Billy Graham reacted negatively to a recent CM Punk promo, in which he criticized the legitimacy of Bruno Sammartino’s lengthy WWF Championship run, but The Living Legend himself is not worried…about Punk.
He is, however, concerned about Graham.
“He recently was appalled at CM Punk because he said something about me wrestling in the Garden once a month,” notes Sammartino, who goes into the WWE Hall of Fame Saturday, in an interview with Inside The Ropes. “The things that Billy Graham says, I really have no idea why he says them. He talks about things without really knowing all the facts. I just think there’s something wrong with the man.”
As for Punk, Sammartino is very impressed with his work as a heel but recognizes the downside of his small stature.
“I think his interviews for a villain…I think he’s very, very good. That’s why it surprised me that Billy Graham would say anything when he used to be a villain who would say things to put down his opponents, even myself. I think he does a very good job when he gets on the microphone, how he talks, how he says it. I took no offense at CM Punk, I know he was doing it to be a villain, that’s what he does. But I think he does a very good job when he gets on that microphone as a villain, what he says, how he talks, how he says it. As a villain I think he does a tremendous job and as a wrestler, I’ve seen him a few times and I think he’s pretty darn good. He’s not too bad at all. The only thing is I think if he was in my era, he would be a little bit too small, we had bigger built guys back then.”
