WrestleVotes has pushed back on reports suggesting WWE has no plans for CM Punk, saying his absence from television is simply a well-deserved rest for a performer who has been working non-stop for three years.
WrestleVotes addressed the question directly on WrestleVotes Live.
No. Not true. Don’t know where that came from. It’s a well-deserved rest for that guy that has been going, outside of injury, for three straight years. Just main evented WrestleMania. Get a little time off, him and his wife. He’ll be back in no time, right back on top of the card. It is not true that they have no plans for CM Punk.
Punk has not appeared on WWE television since the April 20 episode of Raw, the night after WrestleMania 42, when he had a face-to-face segment with Cody Rhodes that teased a future program.
False Finish previously reported that Punk is “currently awaiting creative to return to WWE” after his original plans shifted when WWE moved Gunther to SmackDown for a Cody Rhodes program and brought Jacob Fatu to Raw to feud with Roman Reigns. Both Fightful Select and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter have attributed his European tour absence to “scheduling changes.”
Punk returned to WWE at Survivor Series 2023 following his AEW run and has been featured as a top star since.
