11 Things We Learned From CM Punk's Latest Oral Sessions Appearance

11. WWE Backstage Was The "Gateway" To His Wrestling Return

To many wrestling fans, WWE Backstage was brought to a close way, way too soon. And for CM Punk, he credits that show with serving as the "gateway" to his return to the squared circle.

As Punk explained to Renee:

"It was kind of, like, the gateway to opening up the possibility in my head that wrestling could've been an option."

Both CM Punk and Renee Paquette had nothing but good things to say about WWE Backstage and about working with FOX. For the Second City Saint, he was also adamant that he didn't want anything to directly do with WWE, and that he was 100% only interested in working for FOX during this time.

Punk would note how he wanted transparency and honesty from FOX, and that is exactly what he got - with them flying out to Milwaukee to meet with him and explain how they wanted to produce an analysis-based show as part of their pick-up of SmackDown.

Where WWE Backstage is concerned, that show has technically not been formally cancelled as of this writing. Instead, June 2020 saw FS1 announce that production on the series was indefinitely suspended.