10 Fascinating WWE Backstage Facts About CM Punk
6. He Almost Returned To WWE Before Debuting In AEW
CM Punk's March 2024 interview with Ariel Helwani is must-see stuff.
Your mileage on everything he says may vary based on what you think about Punk himself, but he's at very least committed to his own version of the truth at all times. Including revealing a fascinating nugget about how his recent history could have all been very different.
Noting that his 2023 return was a lot to do with an existing relationship with Nick Khan, he explained that Khan getting his WWE role in 2020 resulted in the two discussing Punk returning to the market leader then - or at very least when audiences returned in 2021. The timelines are odd, but certainly not implausible. Punk was at pains to say he worked for Fox rather than WWE during his 2019-2020 spell as a host on Backstage, and always tried to speak truthfully about what he liked - not much - and what he didn't - a lot - during his time as an analyst.
When he did return, it was to AEW, and with more than a little venom directed towards WWE and Vince McMahon. This raises questions, but all of them can be answered with the simple reminder that he's in wrestling to make money more so than he is friends.
Speaking of which...