CM Punk Backstage at WWE Raw

CM Punk was backstage at tonight's Raw in his hometown of Chicago. PWInsider first reported and every wrestling reporter under the sun confirmed it. CM Punk currently works for All Elite Wrestling. He's rumoured to return soon. This could either put a massive monkey wrench into those plans, or could have Tony Khan seeing dollar signs. It's getting tons of publicity. Maybe ahead of a big United Center announcement. I hope Tony Khan and CM Punk are working together on this.

Punk was told to leave but not before he grabbed a word with Triple H. You may famously remember CM Punk met backstage with Vince McMahon and Triple H when he walked out of WWE the first time. CM Punk told Triple H that he doesn't need to wrestle him and left the company. Since then, CM Punk was on WWE Backstage, a program that aired on FS1. Other than that and the occasional razz from Stephanie McMahon, CM Punk hasn't been mentioned at all.

Usually when wrestlers leave, they're looked back fondly if they were a WWE Champion and a needly mover. As is the case with how WWE treats Bryan Danielson. CM Punk is no fan of WWE, and WWE would say the same. Which makes it so strange that CM Punk would be backstage tonight in Chicago. Add in the fact, that CM Punk may come back to AEW and you get why so many people are talking about this. I'm even getting a massive smile on my face while writing this up because of how absolutely ridiculous this is.

According to Fightful, CM Punk met with the Miz and cleared the air during their brief interaction. You can watch my video report on that here:

Let me know your thoughts on CM Punk being backstage in WWE. Just nuts. Hit me up here or on Twitter. Triple H is set to make a massive announcement tonight. Maybe it'll be a CM Punk announcement! There's no shot it is but could you imagine?

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