{"id":315889,"date":"2026-04-09T13:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=315889"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:37:49","slug":"the-real-reason-why-cm-punk-returned-to-wwe-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/the-real-reason-why-cm-punk-returned-to-wwe-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Reason Why CM Punk Returned To WWE Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_106\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>CM Punk says that headlining WrestleMania can have been the driving force behind his return to WWE. Punk made his comeback at Survivor Series 2023, marking his first appearance with the corporate in nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a recent episode of \u201cWWE Now,\u201d Punk was asked if important eventing WrestleMania would fulfill a goal he set for himself earlier in his profession. He said,<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cYou already know, satisfy, I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s the word, however it is likely to be dangerous because, yeah, because in case you take into consideration this, if I important evented WrestleMania before I left, I don\u2019t think I&#8217;d have come back because I&#8217;d have done it. What am I coming back for?\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>He continued, <strong><em>\u201cIt\u2019s just one among those things. I did it last 12 months, and there\u2019s that moment in Unreal where there\u2019s at all times cameras on us, but I didn\u2019t know they were shooting me at that moment. That moment was just me standing within the ring after the very fact. I didn\u2019t win, and it\u2019s far beyond being about that, and I used to be just standing within the ring by myself, and I used to be just  like all 4 sides of the gang and like people. I could tell there\u2019s people from quite a few different countries, and I\u2019m just type of like looking around all 4 sides, similar to soaking it in. Well, if that is the last time I\u2019m ever going to be in a hoop. I did it.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CM Punk and Penta get candid on Road to WrestleMania: WWE Now\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OI_zZLME_VA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> If you might have any news suggestions or podcast recaps that you simply\u2019d wish to send in for us to post (full credit will likely be given to you), please email me at <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"1240517e736079424541524b737a7d7d3c717d7f\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CM Punk says that headlining WrestleMania can have been the driving force behind his return to WWE. 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