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Are you excited to see CM Punk return? CM Punk WWE Return Confirmed. WWE Survivor Series 2023 Review  https://youtu.be/7aWeAe7j3W4 More wrestling news on https://wrestletalk.com/  0:00 - Welcome... 0:09 - A Brief History of CM Punk’s WWE Return 3:29 - Triple H’s Reaction To CM Punk’s Return 5:21 - Ryback And Matt Riddle Respond 6:25 - CM Punk Backstage Heat 7:27 - Drew McIntyre Storms Out Over CM Punk Return 9:39 - Who Is Nakamura Calling Out? CM Punk WWE Return BACKSTAGE HEAT ALREADY?! WWE Stars STORM OUT! | WrestleTalk #WWE #WrestlingNews #WrestleTalk #WWERAW #AEW  Subscribe to WrestleTalk Podcasts   https://bit.ly/3pEAEIu Subscribe to partsFUNknown for lists, fantasy booking & more  https://bit.ly/32JJsCv Subscribe to NoRollsBarred  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5UQPZe-8v4_UP1uxi4Mv6A Subscribe to WrestleTalk  https://bit.ly/3gKdNK3 SUBSCRIBE TO THEM ALL! Make sure to enable ALL push notifications!  Watch the latest wrestling news: https://shorturl.at/pAIV3 Buy WrestleTalk Merch here! https://wrestleshop.com/   Follow WrestleTalk: Twitter: https://twitter.com/_WrestleTalk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WrestleTalk.Official Patreon: https://goo.gl/2yuJpo WrestleTalk Podcast on iTunes: https://goo.gl/7advjX WrestleTalk Podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3uKx6HD  About WrestleTalk: Welcome to the official WrestleTalk YouTube channel! WrestleTalk covers the sport of professional wrestling - including WWE TV shows (both WWE Raw & WWE SmackDown LIVE), PPVs (such as Royal Rumble, WrestleMania & SummerSlam), AEW All Elite Wrestling, Impact Wrestling, ROH, New Japan, and more. Subscribe and enable ALL notifications for the latest wrestling WWE reviews and wrestling news.  Sources used for research:  Youtube Channel Comments Policy We appreciate the comments and opinions our viewers provide. Do note that all comments are subject to YouTube auto-moderation and manual moderation review. We encourage opinions and discussion, but harassment, hate speech, bullying and other abusive posts will not be tolerated. Decisions on comment removal are made by the Community Manager. Please email us at support@wrestletalk.com with any questions or concerns.

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00:00 So, what do you want to talk about?

00:02 In July of 2014, WWE released CM Punk, firing him on his wedding day. On November 25th,

00:16 2023, nearly a decade after being fired on his wedding day, CM Punk returned to WWE.

00:25 CM Punk, WWE Return, Confirmed

00:30 When Punk went to AEW in 2021, it was promoted as the world's worst kept secret, as WWE sold out

00:36 the United Center in Chicago on the rumour and speculation that Punk was returning to wrestling.

00:42 But when he returned to WWE last night at Survivor Series 2023, it was the best kept secret in pro

00:49 wrestling. After Punk was fired by AEW, there was speculation that he could go back to WWE,

00:55 but this was shot down by various sources, including Fightful who reported last month

00:59 that WWE and Punk had not had any talks or conversations. It should be noted that Survivor

01:06 Series being in Chicago was booked way before Punk was fired by AEW. But WWE themselves were

01:14 making references to Punk on their shows, both Corey Graves on commentary and Shinsuke Nakamura

01:19 using the GTS, Punk's finish, as part of his repertoire. The USA Network Twitter account was

01:24 also making overt references to Punk. But because high expectations were being set of a Punk return,

01:31 WWE shut them down. References to Punk were dropped on commentary, Nakamura stopped using

01:38 the GTS, and WWE planned to announce it was a firm no at the Fastlane post-show press conference

01:44 if anyone asked about CM Punk coming back. So scared with WWE that Chicago fans would have

01:52 their expectations raised too high, they announced the return of Randy Orton as the fifth man for

01:57 Team Cody on the Raw before the PPV, despite Randy not being there to be part of that return.

02:05 Punk himself teased being at Survivor Series, but to be fair he also teased he was the devil in AEW,

02:11 Living Color released a new remaster of his theme song cult of personality the day before the show,

02:16 and fans looked for clues and hints that WWE were telling us Punk was coming back. But none of that

02:24 really added up to his return. Because according to Fightful Select, the deal for CM Punk to return

02:32 to WWE at Survivor Series 2023 was made the morning of WWE Survivor Series 2023.

02:42 Ibu with WrestlePurist also backed this up on Twitter. Fightful Select reported,

02:47 "Top talent were outright told CM Punk wasn't coming in for Survivor Series as were key names

02:53 in creative. The only indication that Punk could come back was that he himself had told

02:58 at least one person that he was speaking with WWE higher ups." There was a report that Punk had met

03:04 with the WWE board the week before Survivor Series, but this was debunked - not the least

03:08 of which because there's no such thing as a WWE board anymore. Even just before the show started,

03:14 the very reliable WrestleVotes tweeted, "Nothing has changed. It was either the greatest kept

03:19 secret in company history or it just wasn't meant to be yet." But why take Fightful or WrestleVotes

03:26 word for it when you can take Triple H's? Speaking at the Survivor Series press conference,

03:31 Triple H essentially confirmed Sean Ross Sapp's reporting of events, saying, "This came together

03:37 super quick. There was a lot of speculation. It really didn't come into fruition until everybody

03:42 stopped thinking it was going to happen. Then, all of a sudden, it was happening." Triple H added

03:48 that any reports of a deal prior to Survivor Series were based on speculation, again confirming

03:54 what SRS had been reporting. Corey Brennan of Fightful reported that moments before Punk's

03:59 return, a section of backstage was cleared out, and Triple H took over producing the show himself

04:05 at that point, called for the copyright graphic, and then also personally called for CM Punk's

04:11 music to hit. I'll be honest, I still cannot wrap my head around this image. Dave Meltzer

04:19 on Wrestling Observer Radio noted it was a multi-year deal, and it was made about 10 days

04:25 ago, headed up not by Triple H but by Nick Khan. Triple H was involved in the decision process,

04:31 though Vince McMahon was not. Sean Ross Sapp tweeted, "WWE staff, reps, creative, had no idea

04:38 Punk was coming back until it happened." He added on Fightful Select that "talent" didn't know

04:45 he was coming back until it happened. Triple H even joked at the press conference that the TKO

04:52 executives didn't know until it happened. Hilariously, Dave Meltzer initially called BS

04:59 on that story on Wrestling Observer Radio, but then asked around and was told it's actually a

05:05 true story. TKO executives did not know CM Punk was coming back. Triple H added in the press

05:11 conference, "Love him, hate him, positive, negative, people talk about him all the time."

05:18 And that is evidence in people on Twitter. Prior to Survivor Series,

05:22 Roy Back tweeted, "If CM Punk returns tomorrow, I will officially retire from pro wrestling."

05:27 This threat of retirement comes shortly after his last professional wrestling match in...

05:35 2018. Mate, I think you're already retired. He right back seized on that one however tweeting,

05:43 "I will not be retiring. He had to return to AEW and that did not happen." That is of course

05:48 Roy Back being Roy Back, he's just being a feed me moron. KENZA tweeted, "I wish he creates another

05:54 finisher and I'm gonna steal his move as my new finisher." Love KENZA. But it was Matt Riddle

05:59 who had far harsher words to say, tweeting, "Hey @WWE you thought I was hard to deal with

06:06 crying with laughter emoji. Have fun with O and 2." But none of those men are in WWE right now.

06:14 So what is the WWE backstage reaction to CM Punk's WWE return confirmed?

06:21 Oh it's not great. Within WWE, Sean Ross Sapp reported via Fightful Select,

06:28 there are numerous talent on the roster in general upset about Punk's return to WWE. He

06:35 adds at least one talent claimed "legitimately" to be upset by the return of Punk. And that would,

06:43 presumably, include Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre. A video of Seth Rollins freaking out

06:49 about Punk's return went viral last night as he looked visibly angry and upset, having to be

06:54 restrained by both Michael Cole and Corey Graves in a video filmed by a fan. And Sean Ross Sapp

07:00 reported via Fightful Select, Seth Rollins was in gorilla position and had to be ushered away

07:05 by Triple H and Michael Cole as he was looking for CM Punk. We're told that Punk "looked confused"

07:13 and it was an awkward scene. For what it's worth, the feeling from both SRS and Dave Meltzer on this

07:19 is that Seth is looking to work an angle to build to a match with Punk. The same, however, cannot be

07:25 said for Drew McIntyre. As well as the video of Seth having to be held back by Cole and Graves,

07:31 a video was posted online of Drew McIntyre storming to the back as soon as the War Games match was

07:37 over. Sean Ross Sapp posted to Fightful Select, Drew McIntyre was said to have been visibly

07:42 upset backstage, leaving the venue, slamming the locker room door and cursing as he left. Those

07:50 he did speak to confirmed he was upset and annoyed about Punk's return and that it wasn't part of a

07:58 work. When asked if this was legit by a fan on Twitter, SRS responded saying he thinks it was.

08:04 Dave Meltzer agrees on Wrestling Observer Radio. Meltzer also adds that Drew is yet to sign his

08:10 new deal with WWE, with his current contract expiring around Mania next year. He added that

08:17 TKO will be throwing very big money at people to get them to re-sign, because WWE does not want

08:24 people leaving for the competition like AEW, New Japan or even TNA. Names like Drew McIntyre and

08:31 Becky Lynch, whose contract also comes up next year, will likely be offered a lot more money

08:37 than they're currently making to stay. Meltzer adds that WWE are basically in the same mode that

08:43 AEW were earlier this year to keep The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega. It's an interesting note then,

08:50 in Sean Ross Sapp's Fightful Select report, that there was one top talent that told Fightful that

08:55 they understood the surprise aspect of Punk's return, but felt like Triple H could lose some

09:00 trust among many people that he worked to build it with. But it's not all doom and gloom, SRS added

09:08 on Twitter that the reactions weren't all like the negative ones we saw at Ringside. Fightful

09:12 Select has told that Punk was also greeted by a few friends when he returned backstage. "While

09:16 there is upset about his return in the locker room, there is an equal amount of excited,

09:21 curious and about every emotion." So what next for CM Punk in WWE? Sean Ross Sapp believes that

09:28 he'll be at Raw this week in Nashville, but that doesn't mean he'll be starting a feud with Shinsuke

09:33 Nakamura. Turns out Nakamura wasn't calling out Punk this whole time, even though Punk's come back

09:39 now. Sean Ross Sapp on Fightful Select reported that Nakamura did not know Punk was coming back,

09:45 and his vignettes where he's calling out his next opponent are not about CM Punk. He added on

09:50 Twitter that when Punk and Triple H spoke on the phone last week, they did not talk about Nakamura's

09:56 promos. Hilariously, he later added, "I mean, they could make it, Punk, but Nakamura certainly

10:02 didn't know." I keep re-watching the clip from our watch party last night of CM Punk's return,

10:08 looking at everyone's faces and everyone's different reactions to Punk coming back, and

10:13 reflecting on my own. I still don't know if it's real. It felt like a collective fever dream,

10:18 but it is real. CM Punk, WWE return confirmed. Business is about to pick up, but for now go and

10:27 watch Oli Davis' reactions to his return by taking a look at his review of WWE Survivor Series 2023.

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