One of the biggest speculations since 2014 has been answered by the boss himself. Vince McMahon talks about his stance on bringing CM Punk back to the WWE.

CM Punk left the WWE in 2014 in a very controversial manner. However, WWE fans would always have fantasy bookings and discussions hoping CM Punk will return someday.

Punk was an upcoming prodigy in the new ECW. The expectations kept rising and rising as he won the ECW championship and won the Money in The Bank at WrestleMania.

Soon after WrestleMania, Punk was drafted to RAW and cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Batista to become world champion. In that year, Punk won the Intercontinental and Tag Team titles after losing the World Title to Chris Jericho.

At WrestleMania 25, CM Punk became the first person to win the Money in the Bank back-to-back. He would become a World Champion again and lost it a few months later to The Undertaker.

For a couple of years, Punk was off the main event scene, and was into leading stables. He was the leader of the Straight Edge Society and leader of the New Nexus.

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In 2011, after John Cena was left laying on a broken table senseless, Punk delivered one of the best segments in WWE history. In that segment towards the end, he promised to leave WWE with the biggest title in the company and he did.

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CM Punk defeated John Cena on the last day of his WWE tenure and left. However, after a few weeks, he returned and then stayed for around 3 more years.

During those final three years as well, Punk would always have backstage heat even though WWE would keep him World Champion for over 400 days. In 2014, Punk left WWE on a bitter and ugly note.

After years of other ventures and even trying out in UFC, Punk returned to the WWE fold in 2019. CM Punk came on a WWE talk show called WWE backstage produced by FOX when they became partners with SmackDown.

This sparked rumors of the straight edge superstar coming back to the WWE. However, Vince McMahon has cleared the air.

Vince McMahon reportedly feels nothing is irreparable in the world of wrestling

On speaking about CM Punk’s age and WWE in-ring return, Dave Meltzer suggested that Vince McMahon is not much interested. Check out what Dave Meltzer has to say.

“There is nothing irreparable when it comes to wrestling and when it comes to Vince, especially now. The more things go down, the more something like that becomes enticing. But then it’s also up to Punk and does he wanna wrestle? I know that Vince recently, as in a couple of months ago, was pretty adamant in that no, he wouldn’t bring him back. But he always changes his mind when it comes to things and as the business gets worse, you’re looking for answers. There are no easy answers so you go to the hard ones and that’s a shot in the dark. How many times can they go back to Bill Goldberg? You know what I’m saying?”

The relationship between CM Punk and WWE is so bitter that it becomes very difficult for Punk to return. Post his WWE release in shoot interviews, Punk has said things which if heard by McMahon family will make his return case even weaker.

The age of 41 doesn’t really matter as we have seen superstars and legend close to the age of 60 return. It will be interesting to see who will bury the hatchet first and try and improve relations which could help Punk coming back.

Source: Wrestling Inc