After wrestling at a non-televised NXT event in Detroit along with Bayley, CM Punk addressed the rumors which started this week where it was reported that he is the favorite to take over Shawn Michaels’ spot in NXT.

Talking to fans in the middle of the ring, Punk said that there’s a lot of rumors that because he’s 48, he’s “wrapping this shit up” and he was there to tell them that he’s not.

“Rumors are always rumors. I don’t necessarily like addressing certain things because it gives them life. Let’s put that to bed right now,” he said. “Y’all stuck with me for at least five more years.”

He added that he will go as hard until the wheels fall off because he’s a very fortunate man and while he doesn’t like to say that he’s blessed because he’s not religious, he said it’s a “gift to be completely exhausted and beat to shit” by something that he loves with all of his heart.