CM Punk says he believes WWE 'dangled' the WrestleMania main event in front of him during his first run to manipulate him:"I think that's just about being a goal oriented person. I made such a big deal about it before, and everyone knew that was my target. I almost think it was used against me in a way, it was dangled like a carrot because they knew this was something I wanted, so they knew they could manipulate me based on that."If I did it before, because there was so much bad blood and not the greatest exit, if I had already done it, I don't think I would have bothered to look back. It would have been a closed book, a been there done that, experienced it, don't need to do it again."To me it's all about the experiences, I want to be the best I can be, and you have to surround yourself with better people, better wrestlers, better players, smarter, coach is a coach for a reason. "I'm always in pursuit of trying to be, even if it's just that 1% better, every single day, so I need those new experiences and I need to operate and perform at the highest level, under the brightest lights, with the most pressure, so that's why I always chased that Mania main event."I really do think if I had it prior to me coming back, I would have been less inclined to come back."