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CM Punk has been active in WWE since November 2023, and he has been doing a tremendous job ever since returning to the promotion. He left WWE in January 2014 after he felt that he was robbed of the opportunity to main event WrestleMania multiple times. After leaving WWE, he remained out of action for nearly eight years.
In September 2021, he returned to professional wrestling with AEW and spent a couple of years there. But his AEW career could not turn out to be a fairy tale as he decided to leave the promotion in 2023. He finally returned to WWE in the same year, and it seems he is active in the promotion. He is being treated as a legend, and he also maintains his main event status.
CM Punk is happy about his present status in WWE
Not every fan was optimistic about his second WWE run after whatever happened with him in AEW. But he is doing an amazing job ever since he returned to WWE, and there is no complaint from backstage either. CM Punk himself is also quite satisfied with whatever he has done in WWE so far. Speaking with KSL in Salt Lake City recently, he said the following about his happiness with his present run;
CM Punk returned to WWE in November 2023
“From the first note, you know who is coming out and that something is about to happen. I like Rhea Ripley’s entrance, too; it’s kind of like mine. We don’t need all the pyrotechnics and all the other stuff. It’s just a badass song, and here comes a badass.”
“Every single match will be high stakes, high drama. People always talk about who’s the main event. But on a card like this, I almost want to be the opener; I want to get done with work and sit and watch the rest of the show. These matches are all hot.”
He won his first World title since returning at Summerslam 2025
“I’m fortunate that I’m continuing to level up in this business. I just turned 47 the other day, and some people would say that’s a detriment; I think it’s one of the more positive things about me. I’m ‘this old’ and operating on this level, doing what to me is the best work of my career.”
CM Punk became a main eventer by 2008 after he won the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 24. He became a concrete main eventer by 2009, and he started feuding for the World Championship regularly. When he left WWE in January 2014, he was already a multi times World Champion. Thankfully, WWE has maintained its main event status ever since his return.
