Current:Home > News'I'm home': CM Punk addresses WWE universe on 'Raw' in first appearance in nearly 10 years-DB Wealth Institute B2 Expert Reviews
'I'm home': CM Punk addresses WWE universe on 'Raw' in first appearance in nearly 10 years
View Date:2024-12-23 20:23:27
CM Punk is home.
Those are the words the returning and polarizing star said in his first message back in WWE, taking the mic at the end of Raw and giving the message of what he plans to do in his return to the company.
"Looks like hell froze over," Punk's first words were.
"I didn't know how I was gonna react and I didn't know how it was gonna go but this made me feel like my old self, because this is where I belong," he said. "In over 10 years, you people never forgot me even when maybe I wanted to forget me. That's powerful. You are all powerful."
Monday was Punk's first appearance on Raw since January 2014, with his last match coming against Billy Gunn. Punk said since coming back he's been welcome by "almost everybody" in the company, a sly reference to the viral footage of Seth Rollins' frustration on Saturday and the annoyance on Monday.
Punk said people are afraid of what "the most dangerous and controversial, feared man" in the industry could do back in WWE, but made his goals for his comeback clear.
"The best in the world is back and the best in the world is standing in the middle of the ring," Punk said. "I'm not here to make friends. I'm here to make money."
Punk made his grand return to WWE on Saturday following the conclusion of the men's WarGames match at Survivor Series. After Cody Rhodes and his team secured the win over The Judgment Day and celebrated in the ring, "Cult of Personality" blared through the Allstate Arena speakers and the crowd went into a frenzy seeing their hometown star return.
The return also came nearly three months after Punk fired by All Elite Wrestling with cause after Punk was involved in a backstage altercation following the “All In” pay-per-view in London. Since then, there was major speculation about Punk coming back to WWE. He was rumored to be the fifth member of Rhodes’ team in the WarGames match before the returning Randy Orton was announced as the final member of the group.
Several outlets reported Punk wasn't going to be at Survivor Series nor sign with WWE in the immediate future, but the major surprise came after WWE chief content officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque said "it didn’t come to fruition until everyone thought it wasn’t going to happen," adding it was "one of those lightning-in-a-bottle moments."
veryGood! (29)
Related
- Sting Says Sean Diddy Combs Allegations Don't Taint His Song
- Auto sales spike in August, thanks to Labor Day lift
- The Daily Money: Is the 'starter home' still a thing?
- Krispy Kreme offers a dozen doughnuts for $2 over Labor Day weekend: See how to redeem
- NATO’s Rutte calls for more Western support for Ukraine, warns of Russian alliances
- Patriots to start quarterback Jacoby Brissett in Week 1 over first-round pick Drake Maye
- Typhoon lashes Japan with torrential rain and strong winds on a slow crawl north
- Texas must build hundreds of thousands of homes to lower housing costs, says state comptroller
- Amazon's 'Cross' almost gets James Patterson detective right: Review
- Scooter Braun jokes he wasn't invited to Taylor Swift's party: 'Laugh a little'
Ranking
- Saks Fifth Avenue’s holiday light display in Manhattan changing up this season
- In New Orleans, nonprofits see new money and new inclusive approach from the NBA Foundation
- Caitlin Clark sets WNBA rookie record for 3s as Fever beat Sun and snap 11-game skid in series
- Ford becomes latest high-profile American company to pump brakes on DEI
- Whoopi Goldberg calling herself 'a working person' garners criticism from 'The View' fans
- California advances landmark legislation to regulate large AI models
- How many points did Caitlin Clark score today? Fever star sets another WNBA rookie record
- 4 children inside home when parents killed, shot at 42 times: 'Their lives are destroyed'
Recommendation
-
Bears fire offensive coordinator Shane Waldron amid stretch of 23 drives without a TD
-
CIA: Taylor Swift concert suspects plotted to kill 'tens of thousands’ in Vienna
-
Patients will suffer with bankrupt health care firm’s closure of Massachusetts hospitals, staff say
-
US swimmers haul in silver, but an accusation of cheating becomes hurtful
-
In an AP interview, the next Los Angeles DA says he’ll go after low-level nonviolent crimes
-
The starter home launched generations of American homeowners. Can it still deliver?
-
US Open favorite Alcaraz crashes out after a shocking straight-sets loss
-
Texas must build hundreds of thousands of homes to lower housing costs, says state comptroller