Paul Heyman recently spoke with The Wrap to promote Sunday night’s WWE WrestleMania 32 pay-per-view event. When asked about a possible CM Punk return to WWE, Heyman said,
“I don’t think he’s asked to be welcomed back, and I don’t think WWE is of the opinion that Punk wants to come back. And I think Punk’s attitude at this moment is to validate their theory. He’s focused on getting that first fight in. He really wants that first fight.”
During a recent interview with Yahoo! Sports to promote the weekend EVOLVE live events, Matt Riddle discussed a potential debut with WWE. When asked about possibly debuting with the company, Riddle said,
“If I do make WWE — because in my head, until it’s official, it’s not a thing — I think if they brought me in, it would be very short lived at NXT, and I’d be on main roster extremely quick. Because what do you do with a guy who won his last four fights in the UFC, won his last fight after the UFC, then dominated on the indies? And not only dominated, I’m pretty sure I made every top-10 list for good wrestlers, and I’ve only been doing it a year. But you never know what they’ll do. If your goal is to not be on main roster, I don’t know why you’d be there. If you’re a wrestler in the WWE, then your goal is to be the headliner, main event of WrestleMania.”
