by Chris Roling

November 27, 2023

in Pro-Wrestling

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Saturday night at Survivor Series: WarGames, the renowned fixed hit of CM Punk was possibly the most impactful of the numerous throughout the years.

With this one, Punk went back to where all of it began in WWE, knocking the door on the All Elite Wrestling period of his profession and resuming one just enabled by the contemporary Triple H age of WWE.

Make no error, the return had The Game’s finger prints all over it, with his love for showing the program copyright before a possible fade-to-black of an occasion targeted at fooling audiences before the huge surprise.

And what a shock it was:

One might argue semantics– possibly this does not occur if WWE had not combined with UFC and the overarching business seeing the huge worth of a reunion with Punk.

The real execution– and reasonable enjoyment over what comes next– is all Triple H and this brand-new golden period of WWE.

There was no much better method to do this return. Dropping little breadcrumbs for the report mill recommending Punk wasn’t going to return and in some way keeping this a trick belonged to the radiance too (regardless of web sleuths continuously pointing at the tips and going take a look at this!.

Extracting the launching any longer didn’t simply suggest it would not have actually occurred in Chicago. It would have suggested more chants at future programs and possible derailments of occasions such as the Royal Rumble.

In the post-show presser, Triple H even called it among those proverbial “lightning in a bottle minutes.”

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Rather, a good, fast surprise that produces an all-timer of a minute while likewise leaving fans questioning simply what Punk may be as much as in WWE as an instant fight.

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Due to the fact that the cautious, long-form storytelling of the Triple H period up until now implies no stone will go unturned in Punk’s upcoming discounts and fights. Yes, his instant fight may be with Shinsuke Nakamura, addressing those obstacles and providing him a great welcome-back competition.

After that? The possibilities feel unlimited, all the method approximately his winning a Royal Rumble and getting combined in with The Bloodline and Roman Reigns.

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That’s the leading end and since of the history, not even the most tasty thing Punk might do.

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A fight with Seth Rollins for the leading Raw title would be fantastic, offered the WWE world heavyweight champ calling Punk a”cancerin an interview with Nick Hausman of Wrestling Inc previously this year. That and … they might work a program around the truth that neither of them has technically main-evented a WrestleMania and now they can in this two-night age.

And in the instant consequences of Saturday’s occasion, it sure appear like Rollins was currently working the angle once again:

Most importantly, however, may be a fight with Cody Rhodes.

While some may complain The American Nightmare not getting the possibility to complete his story, if Reigns is hectic with The Rock or a more practical family-based ‘Mania fight, Punk would produce one heck of a penultimate chapter.

The AEW story there composes itself. Rhodes had his factors for returning to WWE therefore does Punk. It would offer him a story-based platform to describe his factors behind the extremely public fallout with AEW.

Plus, naturally, a capability to attend to anybody who may recommend his return is hypocritical. That’s another testimony to the Triple H period– the business Punk left, embittered and even in a legal fight with, is definitely not the business he’s going back to now.

Where Rhodes’ return painted AEW in a favorable light, Punk’s does more damage for WWE’s direct competitors since if the storytelling is best and all works out, a lot of his claims and fan mindsets towards the more recent promo will get some validation.

That’s getting ahead of things. Fights with Rhodes, Rollins and more, plus the must-see discounts (we can just wish an encounter with Paul Heyman) can wait. The old expression of never ever state never ever in professional fumbling has actually once again come to life, possibly more so than ever previously.

This brand-new golden age of WWE can no much better be summarized through the Punk return and another of Triple H’s remarks in the presser: “For me, if our fans desire it, if the WWE universe is delighted to have it, then let’s go.”