{"id":352960,"date":"2026-06-18T21:29:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=352960"},"modified":"2026-06-18T21:29:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:59:47","slug":"cm-punk-makes-surprise-return-amid-mysterious-wwe-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/cm-punk-makes-surprise-return-amid-mysterious-wwe-hiatus\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Punk makes surprise return amid mysterious WWE hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Absent from WWE television for a number of months now, fans last saw CM Punk appear on the Monday Night RAW following WrestleMania 42. Punk’s last appearance dates back to a confrontation with Cody Rhodes, where he teased going after Rhodes’ World title.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, since then, Punk has remained absent from WWE television without an evidence. Despite his absence, he has been usually spotted within the gym, figuring out. Now, as his absence continues, Punk made a shocking UFC return, not physically but virtually.<\/p>\n

Ahead of his rumored WWE return later this yr, Punk appeared in a promotional UFC video, looking massive and jacked<\/a>. \u201cThe Second City Saint\u201d appeared in an Instagram promotional video for UFC Rivals. A particularly short clip, the video focuses on Punk asking the audience to comment and increase the video’s engagement by talking about probably the most shocking UFC rivalry.<\/p>\n

Punk left WWE in 2014 and made his solution to UFC, where he infamously did not win each of his matches. Nonetheless, he later retired from UFC motion and moved to a more verbal MMA role for Cage Fury Fighting Championships. Interestingly, before his virtual UFC return, Punk was also spotted attending Ronda Rousey’s MMA comeback fight on Netflix.<\/p>\n

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More on CM Punk’s WWE return<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While nothing confirmed has been shared or reported on CM Punk’s WWE return, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter opened and addressed Punk’s rumored comeback.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan straight away is for him [CM Punk] to return on Smackdown, which is essentially a balancing act. The idea is with Raw having Reigns, Rollins, The Usos, Fatu, Femi, Logan Paul and Breakker that Punk made more sense on Smackdown with a top tier of Rhodes, Gunther, Ripley and shortly to be Punk, Orton and McIntyre. Plus Rhodes vs. Punk has been a direction. The return date of seven\/6 Raw in Chicago is sensible, although that may be a Raw date, not Smackdown, but that\u2019s really not material within the sense Chicago does make sense for him to seem.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Absent from WWE television for a number of months now, fans last saw CM Punk appear on the Monday Night RAW following WrestleMania 42. Punk’s last appearance dates back to a confrontation with Cody Rhodes, where he teased going after Rhodes’ World title. Nonetheless, since then, Punk has remained absent from WWE television without an evidence.<\/p>\n