CM Punk made his return to WWE television on the November 27 episode of Monday Night RAW, cutting a promo to declare that he is “home” and that WWE is “where [he] belongs.”
On a recent edition of his “Wrestling With Freddie” podcast, former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. analyzed Punk’s return promo on RAW.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On how he thinks CM Punk’s return promo should have gone: “I would have liked to have seen him come out in a suit and tie, and the whole crowd would have been like, ‘What?’ And he’d have gone, ‘This is why I’m back.’ And the last sentence of his promo, which was the only unscripted part should have been the beginning of the promo. That would have put every single fan on notice that this is a different CM Punk.”
On how it could have set up a Rollins vs. Punk world title bout: “He should have said, ‘I’m gonna be handed the World Heavyweight Championship match. I’m not gonna wrestle to earn a title shot. I’ve already been promised a shot, and Seth Rollins is gonna have to deal with it.’”
On why it was weird to see CM Punk be humble: “It was weird to see him come in humble — that’s how you knew it was scripted. It did not feel to me like a normal CM Punk promo … until the very end.”
