CM Punk made his big return to WWE at the Survivor Series premium live event a few weeks ago and since then he’s been a pretty active member of the WWE roster. CM Punk appeared on Raw last week, and he also appeared on this week’s episode of SmackDown where he name dropped a number of current WWE stars during his promo.
Tonight the NXT Deadline premium live event is set to take place from the Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, CT and earlier today CM Punk an Instagram story with a caption claiming that he missed his flight then ended up in Bridgeport.
On Friday Night SmackDown this week CM Punk teased that he could sign with Raw, SmackDown or even NXT. Punk’s post about being in Bridgeport caught the attention of Shawn Michaels who responded by telling CM Punk that they should meet in person.
“.@CMPunk Since you’re in Bridgeport and have some time, let’s forgo the phone call and talk in person.”
.@CMPunk Since you’re in Bridgeport and have some time, let’s forgo the phone call and talk in person. https://t.co/eOtzwkzKQI
— Shawn Michaels (@ShawnMichaels) December 9, 2023
Triple H then joined the conversation when he posted a tweet which said, “I gotta see this.”
I gotta see this. https://t.co/BC7BgIJhvP
— Triple H (@TripleH) December 9, 2023
One way or another it sounds like things are going to get interesting at NXT Deadline tonight. The current card for the show can be seen below. Stay tuned for updates.
NXT Championship
Ilja Dragunov (c) vs. Baron Corbin
NXT North American Championship
“Dirty” Dominik Mysterio (c) (with Rhea Ripley) vs. Dragon Lee (with Rey Mysterio)
Steel Cage Match
Roxanne Perez vs. Kiana James
Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge
Tiffany Stratton vs. Lash Legend vs. Blair Davenport vs. Kelani Jordan vs. Fallon Henley
Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge
Dijak vs. Trick Williams vs. Josh Briggs vs. Bron Breakker vs. Tyler Bate
Axiom vs. Nathan Frazer
Carmelo Hayes vs. Lexis King