{"id":362762,"date":"2026-07-08T04:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T22:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=362762"},"modified":"2026-07-08T04:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T22:50:19","slug":"cm-punks-shocking-wwe-championship-win-addressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/cm-punks-shocking-wwe-championship-win-addressed\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Punk&#8217;s Shocking WWE Championship Win Addressed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_91\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>CM Punk made a serious return on this week\u2019s episode of WWE RAW in his hometown of Chicago, IL. This was Punk\u2019s first appearance on TV because the RAW after WrestleMania 42. Last night on the flagship show, The Second City Saint replaced Cody Rhodes and went on to face Sami Zayn for the Undisputed WWE Championship. What got here as a shocker was Zayn losing the World Title in only nine days to Punk.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent episode of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/3AqVhlMIPAC1zCUOY9FalH?si=SvelKCQmT9C6wzzsyTElAQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Busted Open Radio<\/a>\u201d podcast, Tommy Dreamer addressed Punk\u2019s return to win the Undisputed WWE Championship. He said,<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cAmong the best cinematic entrances without it being cinematic. I\u2019m talking Triple H\u2019s return to the garden, I\u2019m talking John Cena\u2019s return. It was certainly one of the loudest.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing testament for perseverance. Triple H has to get numerous praise for mending fences that were form of unmendable. This throws such an enormous curveball into the long run and into SummerSlam.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: RAW Reaction: CM Punk Returns &#038; Wins WWE Championship\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3AqVhlMIPAC1zCUOY9FalH?si=43kEe0u8T4Cwz0_TIayTWg&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Reportedly There Are No Issues Between WWE And Punk<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For the past few days, there have been rumors about alleged issues between Punk and WWE since WrestleMania 42. Nevertheless, Sean Ross Sapp cleared the air on the matter. He <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">noted<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cWe have already got. We spoke on those rumors a pair weeks ago. Those are those that he\u2019s talking about. It\u2019s just we\u2019ve gotten no person to verify that. No one on the creative team, no person in WWE, no person that even disliked him.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cI reached out to those that I knew disliked him to see in the event that they even heard that hot goss. That they had not heard that.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cLike, it was news to them once I brought it up. Like we approached the pay cut rumors, all that stuff. Just no person was buying it. So if it\u2019s true, people in WWE just had not heard it. It\u2019s all the time possible. 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