New AEW superstar CM Punk has acknowledged WWE's Roman Reigns as one of the best performers in the industry at the moment and possibly the best in the world.

Punk, who is known for using the "Best In The World" alias, spoke to Brandon Walker on Barstool Rasslin' in a recent interview and named a few wrestlers who could be considered as such. He surprisingly mentioned Reigns, despite the Samoan star being part of the WWE roster.

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“You could say it’s Bryan Danielson. You could say it’s Kenny Omega. There’s an argument for Roman Reigns," he said. "I think now, in 2021, like I said, I think this has been the murkiest it’s been in a very long time."

“There’s a couple years it was Bryan Danielson, and I think if you have your finger on the pulse of wrestling, there always feels like there was a guy that was ‘oh this guy’s the best, and that’s kind of how the evolution of ‘chip on his shoulder’ CM Punk happened is because I was in a company that would never position me as anything, really.

“I had to fight for everything, and to me, it was obvious. Come on guys, this is pretty obvious."

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Punk also pointed out that there are wrestlers plying their trade in Japan who could be considered the best while claiming that AEW getting 20,000 folks into the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York for Dynamite this past Wednesday probably makes them the best in the business.

“There’s guys in New Japan too. Where else can you see AEW talent wrestle New Japan talent or New Japan talent wrestle guys on the indies? There’s that whole ‘forbidden door’ aspect of AEW that should be very appealing if anybody out there wants to find out who in fact is the best wrestler in the world.

“If New York City is the center of the wrestling world and you’re so up your a** about ratings, and buy rates, and ticket sales and all that other stuff, well, AEW is the best wrestler in the world because we just packed 20,000 people in Arthur Ashe Stadium” CM Punk concluded.

H/T Fighterfans.com for transcription