After years of speculation and rumors, CM Punk finally made his return to WWE programming on Tuesday night when arrived on the set of WWE Backstage during the Fox Sports 1 wrestling news show’s final moments. The former WWE Champion revealed that he would be on the show starting next week, and both WWE and FOX quickly put out press releases confirming that he would be joining the show as a special contributor and a member of the analyst network, which already features the likes of Paige and Christian. Tuesday night marked the first time Punk had been on WWE television since early 2014, when he walked out of the company due to a long list of grievances.
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Needless to say, WWE fans were utterly floored by the surprise. Even though Punk himself had confirmed the reports that he had gone through screen tests for WWE Backstage, the very idea that a WWE show would blare out “Cult of Personality” again still felt like an impossible dream to many of his fans.
THAT. JUST. HAPPENED. #WWEBackstage pic.twitter.com/TDd5n0qk25
โ WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) November 13, 2019
Check out some of the best reactions to Punk’s return below!
Everybody Dance!
*me opens Twitter
โ Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) November 13, 2019
*see that CM Punk has returnedpic.twitter.com/M2h08BQkQr
The Perfect Response
Me when โCult Of Personalityโ started up on WWE Backstage pic.twitter.com/HAxqNKtNlG
โ Shannon Moorer (@ShannonMoorer) November 13, 2019
Play It Loud!
CM PUNK IS BACK, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS!!! pic.twitter.com/TJTLnU7fgX
โ gab (@tr5nch) November 13, 2019
Definitely Not Me
WWE and CM Punk after #WWEBackstage: pic.twitter.com/h3G8qh4oYO
โ Kyle Lewis (@KeepItFiveStar) November 13, 2019
My How Things Have Changed
#TheECShow on CM Punk, 12/31/2018pic.twitter.com/C3KsbOem0l
โ GIF Skull – We’ve been CM Punk’d #WWEBackstage (@GIFSkull) November 13, 2019
Not Elite
AEW when they see CM Punk back in the WWE pic.twitter.com/vOoBXMbu9Z
โ Randy Cruz (@randyjcruz) November 13, 2019
Yaaaay!
Me seeing Cult of Personality trending knowing exactly what it means #CMPunk pic.twitter.com/hrMWblVdcH
โ Mathew Lascano (@DarkChoco81) November 13, 2019
Montez Ford’s Gif is Already Legendary
When you heard Cult of Personality play on #WWEBackstage @CMPunk pic.twitter.com/OhZs0sR5sl
โ สษฤฑษนสษิ๐ (@Pdogg0711) November 13, 2019
What Time Is It?
It’s clobbering Time !!! #CmPunk ๐คฉ#CultOfPersonality ๐คฉ pic.twitter.com/Tw0DmhSGQR
โ MR. R (@Rutwik2304) November 13, 2019
Those Chants Will Live Forever
showing up at the arena next time wwe rolls through to chant โCM PUNK!โ without feeling guilty about it pic.twitter.com/VcHheopUBQ
โ What a Maneuver! (@WAManeuver) November 13, 2019
