{"id":318657,"date":"2026-04-14T19:52:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=318657"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T14:22:43","slug":"cm-punks-wwe-world-heavyweight-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/14\/cm-punks-wwe-world-heavyweight-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Punk&#8217;s WWE World Heavyweight Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2147271\/breaking-down-belts-cm-punk-world-heavyweight-championship-bron-breakker-gunther\/\" data-post-title=\"Breaking Down The Belts: CM Punk's WWE World Heavyweight Championship\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2147271\">\n<picture id=\"pc951391fdff76adb029b18ceec2e6cb1\"><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/breaking-down-the-belts-cm-punks-wwe-world-heavyweight-championship\/intro-1776116630.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/breaking-down-the-belts-cm-punks-wwe-world-heavyweight-championship\/intro-1776116630.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">WWE<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk is about to tackle &#8220;The Tribal Chief&#8221; Roman Reigns for the title at WrestleMania 42, in what&#8217;s greater than likely the important event of night two. While Reigns will be the betting favorite over &#8220;The Second City Saint,&#8221; likely because of his massive star power, that will thoroughly be what keeps him from winning the gold on &#8220;The Grandest Stage of Them All.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reigns, who notoriously works on a part-time schedule, could thoroughly be off doing press for his latest movie, &#8220;Street Fighter,&#8221; which could keep him from winning the World Heavyweight Championship. Sure, WWE thoroughly could put the gold on him to hold on the red carpet, but it surely doesn&#8217;t seem to be Reigns is all in favour of crossing those two worlds any longer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is also Punk&#8217;s first-ever true WrestleMania important event, something he&#8217;s wanted for years. He&#8217;s said he counts his WrestleMania 41 night one important event against Reigns and Rollins, but this 12 months&#8217;s important event, complete with gold around his waist, has to mean lots more for the &#8220;Voice of the Voiceless.&#8221; I imagine he retains the World Heavyweight Championship at &#8220;The Showcase of the Immortals,&#8221; but who will go on to take the title from him and end his reign?\u00a0And, perhaps a greater query, who <em>should<\/em> be the person to change into the following champion?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Will: Bron Breakker<\/h2>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap \" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2147271\/breaking-down-belts-cm-punk-world-heavyweight-championship-bron-breakker-gunther\/\" data-post-title=\"Breaking Down The Belts: CM Punk's WWE World Heavyweight Championship\" data-slide-num=\"1\" data-post-id=\"2147271\">\n<picture id=\"p7cbf8e0cd59b15da2a2666cf814dd642\"><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/breaking-down-the-belts-cm-punks-wwe-world-heavyweight-championship\/will-bron-breakker-1776116632.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/breaking-down-the-belts-cm-punks-wwe-world-heavyweight-championship\/will-bron-breakker-1776116632.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/breaking-down-the-belts-cm-punks-wwe-world-heavyweight-championship\/will-bron-breakker-1776116632.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2147271\/breaking-down-belts-cm-punk-world-heavyweight-championship-bron-breakker-gunther\/\" data-post-id=\"2147271\" data-slide-num=\"1\" data-slide-title=\"Breaking Down The Belts: CM Punk's WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Will: Bron Breakker\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Bron Breakker cuts a promo into a camera, as Logan Paul and Bronson Reed attempt to hold him back, during an episode of \" wwe=\"\" raw.=\"\"><br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">WWE<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If Reigns doesn&#8217;t win the title from Punk at WrestleMania, it doesn&#8217;t seem to be anyone is currently within the position to take the highest title off the &#8220;Second City Saint.&#8221; One one that could gain momentum after a serious feud, nevertheless, is Bron Breakker, and he could dethrone Punk at SummerSlam. In that case, Punk would have an extended reign as World Heavyweight Champion, which might be his final major title run. If he&#8217;s dethroned on the second night of SummerSlam, his reign can have lasted around 273 days, a considerable period of time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It doesn&#8217;t appear to matter whether or not Seth Rollins wins or loses against GUNTHER at &#8216;Mania \u2014 his next feud is with Breakker. Breakker was the one to put in writing Rollins off television in October when Rollins suffered a shoulder injury, and because of an injury to Breakker in February, the pair weren&#8217;t booked to face each other on the &#8220;Grandest Stage of Them All.&#8221; When the pair finally face-off, they&#8217;re prone to fight in no less than two or three matches, and Breakker should emerge the victor of all the feud. A serious win over Rollins would put him in line for the World Heavyweight Championship, and he could win one other major primary contender&#8217;s match against the likes of somebody like GUNTHER.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Punk and Breakker have previously feuded for the title, with their last match going down on the &#8220;WWE Raw&#8221; Netflix anniversary, where Punk retained the title. At that time, many fans were already invested in Breakker and truly believed he was going to win the championship. That did not occur and their feud cooled off, but reigniting it would not take much with Breakker remaining the heel leader of The Vision.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Should: GUNTHER<\/h2>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap \" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2147271\/breaking-down-belts-cm-punk-world-heavyweight-championship-bron-breakker-gunther\/\" data-post-title=\"Breaking Down The Belts: CM Punk's WWE World Heavyweight Championship\" data-slide-num=\"2\" data-post-id=\"2147271\">\n<picture id=\"p1807ecd82ee99d98b7c5875bd7d449e0\"><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/breaking-down-the-belts-cm-punks-wwe-world-heavyweight-championship\/should-gunther-1776116632.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/breaking-down-the-belts-cm-punks-wwe-world-heavyweight-championship\/should-gunther-1776116632.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/breaking-down-the-belts-cm-punks-wwe-world-heavyweight-championship\/should-gunther-1776116632.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2147271\/breaking-down-belts-cm-punk-world-heavyweight-championship-bron-breakker-gunther\/\" data-post-id=\"2147271\" data-slide-num=\"2\" data-slide-title=\"Breaking Down The Belts: CM Punk's WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Should: GUNTHER\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"GUNTHER holds Seth Rollins mid-beatdown and points toward the WrestleMania sign during an episode of \" wwe=\"\" raw.=\"\"><br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">WWE<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">GUNTHER barely made it on to the WrestleMania card, not due to anything he did, but relatively, WWE booking him right into a corner, and an injury to a different star costing him his place. While it could seem strange to think he should win the title from Punk in any case of that, it will help him get out of that corner, while still also playing into the &#8220;Profession Killer&#8221; gimmick. GUNTHER having nothing to do after retiring three legends in John Cena, AJ Styles, and Goldberg is criminal, but putting the title on him could work, as he might be going into his next career-threatening match.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s no secret that Punk is not any spring chicken, and GUNTHER could play off the &#8220;you are old&#8221; thing that Reigns began, though type of beat into the bottom, against Punk. GUNTHER dethroning Punk would not be a retirement, but Punk could take some well-deserved day without work to rest and recuperate. When that happens stays up for debate, nevertheless, with Backlash feeling too early, but Clash in Italy would go away more room for the construct.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">GUNTHER could take the World Heavyweight Championship into his rumored SummerSlam match against Brock Lesnar. Lesnar hasn&#8217;t been across the title scene in years, and it might be an incentive for him to take the match, even when he is not winning.\u00a0GUNTHER simply needs something to do. The one credible thing for him immediately is to win the title and tackle <em>all<\/em> challengers, not only those able to retire.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk is about to tackle &#8220;The Tribal Chief&#8221; Roman Reigns for the title at WrestleMania 42, in what&#8217;s greater than likely the important event of night two. While Reigns will be the betting favorite over &#8220;The Second City Saint,&#8221; likely because of his massive star power, that will thoroughly be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":318658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21056],"tags":[3620,1097,13738,813,6221],"class_list":["post-318657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe-and-more","tag-championship","tag-heavyweight","tag-punks","tag-world","tag-wwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318657"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318660,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318657\/revisions\/318660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}