The WWE return of CM Punk is a huge “f*** you” to the management of AEW, at least according to NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion EC3.
Punk made his return to WWE at Survivor Series: WarGames 2023, less than three months after his release from AEW following a week-long investigation into the All In 2023 incident.
On a recent edition of the “Insight” podcast, EC3 weighed in on Punk’s return to WWE and admitted that he wasn’t shocked to see it happen. He said,
“I would have expected that, especially with the way it ended [in AEW]. A guy like that isn’t gonna go silently into the night — he will get the last ‘f*** you’ any way he can. He did have to go away if he ever wanted to main-event a WrestleMania, and that very well could happen. I think too, with Vince [McMahon] not as hands-on, there was a lot of butting heads … I think Vince had an interpretation of him and Phil has an interpretation of himself that didn’t align. I think [Paul Levesque] is way easier to collaborate with.
“I think there will be a compromise where everybody wins and it will probably be really good business.”
Punk will have his first televised match for WWE in a decade later this month when he competes in the Men’s Royal Rumble match.
