WrestleMania 30 has came and gone without CM Punk. What his future holds is up in the air, he is still under contract with WWE, but it looks like that deal will expire in July and lead to the star seeking a new vocation or activity to pass his time. The ironic thing about Punk was the fact he ended up being one of the biggest names in the build-up to WrestleMania 30 without ever appearing on WWE content since January. His continued silence about the reported fallout with Vince McMahon is a sure way for him to create demand for the CM Punk persona returning. Fans are desperate for Punk to come back to WWE and tell his story, they even chanted his name loudly in the WrestleMania 30 main event. Those calls for Punk went unanswered. WWE and the star himself remain hard faced in their silence. So what is next for the straight edge superstar? A whole host of possibilities and scenarios are open to the star upon his contract with WWE expiring this July. There will be positive directions Punk can take, and some negative consequences too. The only certainty is sooner or later, we will hear and see something of Phil 'CM Punk' Brooks. Even outside of WWE he is a star, which means he has money making potential down several avenues. Here we offer up the 11 likeliest moves for CM Punk after the WWE, analysing just how much success and failure he can expect away from the place that made him a star.
