23 Exclusive Photos From WWE WrestleMania 40 Weekend

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CM Punk was a hot topic in the last hours before WrestleMania hype kicked into overdrive thanks to his interview with Ariel Helwani (and the impending response from AEW airing Wembley footage on the post-Mania Dynamite), and he was constantly in the mix for the show itself from then on.

Appearing on each night's live Kick Off events as well as taking his place for commentary in a spot that lead to an enormous angle on Night Two, he was everywhere over the biggest weekend of the wrestling year.

More on that later.

 
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