It’s been almost a decade since CM Punk walked out of WWE which is why the wrestling world was shocked when it was reported that he was backstage at Raw on Monday. Punk spoke with several talents including The Miz, Bobby Lashley, Tamina and he even spoke with Triple H briefly before being asked to leave.
Dave Meltzer recently discussed CM Punk’s surprise visit to Raw on Wrestling Observer Radio and he noted that the feeling in WWE is CM Punk showed up because he wants to return to the company.
“[…] The feeling in WWE is that he was there because he wanted back, whether that’s true or not I have no idea. Obviously, there were talks of him going back late last year but he couldn’t go because he was still under contract (to AEW) and my impression is – this was Paul Levesque in charge, not Vince – my impression was they didn’t have any interest in him at that time.”
“Was it a publicity stunt for him to get publicity? I don’t know, you’d have to ask him. The announcement of him coming back to AEW in theory was gonna be anytime now, the announcement of the new TV show would be anytime now so I’m sure it all ties together in some way and (if) he wants to say what his motives were, what his reasons were, he can say it.”
“The timing of everything is suspicious. Let’s face it, WWE has been doing shows for many, many, many years since he left the company, and choosing to go there right before the announcement AEW is going to make for whatever reason, I’m sure there’s a reason in his head why he did that. It’s not like he was walking down the street.”
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