CM Punk hasn’t been seen in WWE since his victory over Drew McIntyre in a Hell in a Cell match at Dangerous Blood, however some wrestling reporters are predicting Punk will play an enormous half at Survivor Collection: WarGames, the premium reside occasion the place he returned to WWE final yr. Each Fightful’s Corey Brennan and PWInsider’s Mike Johnson consider that Punk will be part of the unique Bloodline’s WarGames staff, as an alternative of the heavily-implied Seth Rollins (who faces the fifth member of the brand new Bloodline’s staff, Bronson Reed, on “WWE Uncooked” Monday evening).
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On X (previously generally known as Twitter), Brennan famous that Punk taking the spot “would make [infinitely] extra sense” than Rollins becoming a member of the unique Bloodline’s staff. In the meantime,on a PWI Elite podcast, Johnson defined why he thinks Punk is the fifth man for the babyfaces, saying Paul Heyman — who Roman Reigns failed to achieve by telephone Friday evening — is the important thing.
“I am telling you, the fifth man goes to be CM Punk,” Johnson mentioned. “There’s a motive why Paul Heyman is such an essential lynchpin of this story proper now, proper all the way down to that wonderful finish on ‘SmackDown’ this previous Friday the place Paul Heyman’s quantity was disconnected … I believe Roman goes to Paul, ‘Clever Man, I would like your counsel, Clever Man, I would like your assist, Clever Man, I would like your recommendation. And the unique Paul Heyman Man — cannot depend Brock proper now, clearly — is CM Punk … Punk will probably be teaming with the OG Bloodline.”
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Punk and Heyman’s final interplay got here on June 21 on “WWE SmackDown,” when Heyman warned CM Punk of an impending New Bloodline assault and requested Punk to go away and “take me with you.” Heyman himself hasn’t been seen since being put by means of the announce desk by The New Bloodline per week later.