More details have emerged on CM Punk’s status with WWE amid rumors of backstage tension and a possible departure.
CM Punk’s last WWE appearance was at the post-WrestleMania 42 edition. Monday night Raw On 20 April. Punk, who lost his World Heavyweight Championship to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania, had a brief conversation with WWE Champion Cody Rhodes in the ring. The latter said to Punk about a future title match, “Just tell when”.
Punk’s absence has led to much speculation regarding his WWE future, with one rumor suggesting that he had asked for his release. It has also been reported that Punk has been kept off television simply because WWE creative has not made any plans for him, although this is reportedly not the case.
In an update, Dave Meltzer reports on the latest version Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t wrestlinginc.com) that Punk will remain in WWE for a long time, given that he still has a lot of time left on his contract:
Meltzer said, “He’s not leaving and he’s not going back, OK? I mean, I don’t want to say never because you never say never, it’s not happening anymore. It’s not even a thing to worry about.” “In four years when he turns 51 or whatever it’s going to be, could he have a feud with WWE? Yes.”
Meltzer also addressed the speculation that CM Punk could return to AEW. Although Meltzer said that some people in WWE dislike Punk, he does not think it is realistic for the 47-year-old Punk to return to AEW any time soon:
Meltzer said, “Would he want to go to AEW at that time in his life if he didn’t have that much money and AEW was doing really well, because if they weren’t you wouldn’t go to AEW, there’s a lot of bad blood there.” “They’re not going to release him to come back and there’s still a lot of time left on that deal.”
“There are people in WWE that don’t like him and it’s not like I don’t hear things about him, maybe once a month, who knows right?…There’s always little things, there’s people that are still mad at him for things in the past but they’re all going to work together because it’s your job to do that and at the end of the day, he’s a money player and that can’t be denied.
AEW fired CM Punk at the All In pay-per-view in September 2023 after a legitimate backstage altercation with fellow wrestler Jack Perry. He returned to WWE on November 25 at the Survivor Series: WarGames 2023 pay-per-view.
CM Punk will reportedly move to ‘SmackDown’ upon his return
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Last week, Meltzer also revealed that CM Punk would be involved smack down When the brand will return to WWE programming. If so, this would likely end his feud with the aforementioned Roman Reigns.
smack down Right now, two top stars are down, Randy Orton (recovering from a back injury) and Drew McIntyre, who are out shooting a movie. hill film. Therefore, it makes perfect sense for Punk to go to the blue brand and challenge Cody Rhodes for his WWE Championship.
