The most candid parts of Netflix's WWE: Unreal series are the confessions from former Women's World Champion Rhea Ripley and WrestleMania 41 main eventer CM Punk about having anxiety. Ripley has been especially open about the topic after having a panic attack before her WrestleMania 40 match against Becky Lynch.

CM Punk touches on getting anxious before matches, claims that too much preparation beforehand only increases his anxiety on the way to the ring.

CM Punk opens up about what he's learned about himself since returning to the WWE and speaks about getting makegoods for two PLEs.

Rhea Ripley looked back on her early days as a wrestling fan and how much CM Punk meant to her have him back in WWE. Rhea Ripley opened up about how emotional it was to see CM Punk return to WWE during an interview on Unsportsmanlike with Evan Cohen,

With SummerSlam drawing near, Gunther needed a new challenger and he got just that, with CM Punk winning the gauntlet match after eliminating Bron Breakker, the Rollins disciple who'd taken out three men before Punk got the win -- and then a save from Roman Reigns.

CM Punk says he and Triple H now understand each other much better than before. In an interview with Scott Fishman of TV Insider about his role on the TV series Revival, where CM Punk plays a drug dealer named Anthony “Tony” Check.