So today we’ll be getting into some stories with CM Punk explain what his WWE return would
look like, Big E on turning down a WWE request and much more
Let’s start things off with CM Punk
It was reported that AEW had been going after CM Punk since the early days of their existence
back in 2019
Like everyone jokes about, Tony Khan and AEW just seem to have unlimited funds which allows
them to go after pretty much anyone they want
That’s what led to them going after CM Punk in 2019, who had still been retired for a
handful of years
CM Punk even mentioned in several interviews that he didn’t take the negotiations with
AEW that serious at first
They were going back and forth for a bit but nothing really came out of those talks since
they weren’t too serious
AEW picked up a lot of big names from that point on, but they never really stopped their
journey for CM Punk
it was then reported in mid 2021 that CM Punk had signed with AEW and was officially returning
to wrestling
Everyone, understandably, didn’t believe the reports at first
After years and years of so many bogus CM Punk return reports, it was expected for fans
to be skeptical about a report like this
But like we saw in late Summer of 2021, CM Punk returned to wrestling and debuted for
AEW in his hometown of Chicago
CM Punk took some shots at WWE before talking about how he was back full time to wrestling
and couldn’t wait to wrestle everyone in the back
The most controversial thing that has been the conversation amongst the fans in recent
weeks is of course CM Punk’s usage in AEW
There’s even this running joke online amongst some fans that all CM Punk ever does is one
of two things, he either does an interview or he’s on commentary
And that’s has been one of the most talked about things involving CM Punk
He’s had 5 matches in AEW for a perfect 5 wins and Zero losses record, but a majority
of those wins were all one-off matches and he has yet to really be a part of any actual
feuds or storylines
He’s just involved with a handful of random matches.
And the matches are great, no doubt about it, but story is really important as well
and that’s what fans are struggling to find here with CM Punk in AEW
You can argue that CM Punks’s story and direction is to face as many opponents as
possible
That is what he said he was going to do during that first night in AEW, he said he wants
to wrestle everyone, so maybe his direction right now is to face as much AEW talent as
possible and keep building that win / loss record up
And maybe once he has a big undefeated streak of 15 or 20 matches then maybe we can start
to see some more storylines where that streak will be on the line
The undefeated streak obviously seems to be going somewhere, so maybe that will play a
key role in the future of his story
It’s because of all this AEW usage talk that some fans have been talking about how
special CM Punk’s return to WWE could’ve been
Those fans saying that his return to WWE would’ve been more than just random matches, commentary
appearances, and random interviews
Well CM Punk basically responded to those fans during a recent interview with Josh Martinez
CM Punk explained what his return to wrestling would’ve looked like if he went back to
WWE, he had this to say: quote
“I literally want to wrestle everybody, but I'm telling a specific story here of coming
back, kind of restarting, rekindling my love for pro wrestling.
If I went back to WWE, what would I do?
There's a formula.
There's a track record and a formula.
This is what they do.
Batista comes back; he wins the Royal Rumble, he main events WrestleMania.
Edge comes back.
He's in the Royal Rumble.
I think he was in it twice.
"He might have won; I don't know.
He goes on the main event, WrestleMania.
There's a formula, and I was bored of that 10 years ago, so I'm bored of it now," end
quote
So this was a nice response by CM Punk for all of those critics that are out there judging
his AEW usage so far
Punk does have a good point there when he talked about WWE’s formula for big returns
as well
A big Royal rumble return followed up by main eventing Wrestlemania is basically their default
go-to option for huge returns
Like Punk explained, we saw it with Batista, we saw it with Edge, we saw it with John Cena,
we’ve just seen that same return story a countless amount of times
Maybe that’s what they even do with Brock Lesnar’s return after this current suspension
But CM Punk is saying that had he returned to WWE, that’s probably the same old generic
return story that he would’ve got over there
He would’ve returned at Royal Rumble, won the whole thing, and then went onto main event
Wrestlemania and that doesn’t really interest him
He also explained his AEW usage and direction.
Punk is coming into the company as a big name, but it’s basically a fresh start for him
He wants it to be like a blank canvas and full fresh start
So he’s not debuting in AEW and entering the world title scene right away…no, not
at all
His story is to start new, start from the bottom of the card and work again all the
way to the top of the card
That’s Punk’s explanation for his usage right now and it’s a great explanation,
that’s the story he’s telling
He’s basically looking at himself as a new talent, as if everything he did before AEW
doesn’t exist, and he has to prove himself here from the bottom to the top
So for everyone asking about what Punk’s story is, that seems to be the answer from
the man himself
He’s starting over, starting new, starting from the bottom and trying to climb back to
the top and prove himself once again
So we’ll see how Punk’s story continues to unfold and if he will make it into the
title scene in the future
Are you enjoying CM Punk on AEW right now?
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Big E has made it to the top of WWE as WWE Champion
and once again, he’s a fresh face in the world title picture, so that’s always nice
to see
It’s actually been few fresh faces as WWE champion over the last year and a half
We had Drew McIntyre as a fresh world champion, Bobby Lashley, and now Big E
So three fresh faces in the world title picture one after the other, so that’s a great trend
to see and hopefully it continues
We now officially know that Big E’s first real rival as WWE champion will be Seth Rollins
Seth is an absolute perfect rival for Big E, the perfect heel to go against the new
WWE champion
Seth Rollins is obviously a pretty dark heel, we saw what he put edge through, entering
his home and all that, so he’s just this perfect bad guy for Big E to take out during
his first actual feud for the title
It’ll be a great story no doubt about it, we saw the great story they told between edge
and Seth, so we could expect to see another great story here, but it should be a fairly
easy win for Big E
he should come out of this feud successful and walk out of it still WWE champion
Speaking of E, he was recently a guest on the popular Breakfast Club Power 105.1 radio
show in New York
Big E discussed a handful of topics, even including a story on how he turned down a
pretty ridiculous pitch from WWE
Big E had this to say about what he turned down, quote
“Nothing too crazy.
Years ago, they asked me if I could do a pec dance.
A dude called Chris Masters used to pop his pecs rhythmically, and I do a lot of silly
nonsense, but I was like, ‘I ain’t trying to do all that.”
So Big E is a fun all-around character, but even that was pushing a bit too fair for him
and he turned that pitch down
But he’s now at the start of his WWE title reign, so we’ll see what WWE has planned
for him this time around
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