This is the busted open podcast.

How are you?

I'm fantastic.

Yeah, I'm great.

Good.

Let me ask you the time that you were away, not from the w w but from pro wrestling what did you miss the most

I'm just the boys hanging out in the locker room you know

it's a it's a crazy, but it's still a job, you know, so there's people that you see while you're at work, their work acquaintances, and when you're not at work, you don't see them.

It's hard to keep in touch with

everybody so just kind of reconnecting with people. Seeing a lot of people

they haven't seen in 10 years has been a real treat and getting to see them every

week again has been fun.

I have to thank you because whenever we talk CM punk it's usually our biggest

ratings are about you and unfortunately this is true across the board for everybody.

Yes.

But did you realize while you're away how much the fans wanted you to come back?

And did that matter to you?

Oh, of course it mattered.

Yeah, I realized it. I mean, it's the whole reason everybody in Chicago got free ice cream. You know, it's a thank you for me to the fans for waiting. More surprises in store if you plan to attend on any shows in Chicago in the near future,

wink wink, nudge nudge.

But yeah, you know, I think I'm greatly misunderstood, you know, I always love the fans.

Very vocal about the bad ones though, so I think those are the stories that people tend to

...