CM Punk Discusses Trolling Over Royal Rumble Appearance, Says WWE Wishes He Was There

Since leaving WWE in 2014, wondered when CM Punk would return to the company, posting memes online hinting about a surprise return, often around the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania.

Punk returned to wrestling in 2021, but not for WWE, instead he joined AEW.

With Punk back in wrestling and ahead of the 2022 Royal Rumble, he had some fun with the memes himself.

Guys. pic.twitter.com/bxAPafb8B9

— player/coach (@CMPunk) January 28, 2022

Speaking to Abe Kanan, Punk said about his trolling, “From my perspective, when I left, that’s what it was every year. This is the first year they had the Royal Rumble that I have been back in wrestling, but I work somewhere else, and people were still making shit up and saying I was going to be in the Rumble or Cody (Rhodes) was going to be in the Rumble or (Jon) Moxley was going to be in the Rumble. I get it, people want to be excited about it, but if you want to watch us, watch AEW. That’s what Twitter is for. It’s a cesspool and garbage and I want to delete it off my phone, but every once in a while it’s a ray of sunshine and fun stuff.”

Punk began joking about a possible Rumble appearance earlier in the month when he asked Dave Meltzer if he was going to be in the Rumble.

Working on my calendar, am I in the rumble?

— player/coach (@CMPunk) January 18, 2022

He said about the tweet, “I wanted to test the waters and see if I was going to be in it. They wish.”

Punk then said he’s happy to be in AEW and that a lot of stuff done in AEW, specifically relating to his feud with MJF, wouldn’t be done in WWE. He also noted that comparing AEW to WWE is apples to oranges.

Punk is set to face MJF on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite. Fightful will have live coverage of the AEW Dynamite beginning at 8 p.m. ET on Wednesday.

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