The rumours of CM Punk coming back to WWE have received a fresh lease of life since news broke that the company can bring up the former world champion for a possible backstage show on FOX. Punk possibly working on the show for FS1 that premieres next month has been a hot topic over the last several weeks and even Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative Triple H is not ready to rule out the possibility.
“That’s a ‘could be’. Vince will say it all the time: ‘We’re open for business’. The past is passed, today is today and you never say never in WWE,” Triple H said in a recent interview which aired on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show.
Even Punk did not squash the rumours as he has hinted at a possible return to the WWE and in a recent interaction, he said that it will take a big paycheck to bring him back. “Oh, of course I’m going to be asked that, no need to apologize! It’d have to be a very big bag!,” Punk wrote during a Reddit AMA.
The so-called ‘Wednesday Night Wars’ between WWE and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) kicked off with both promotions airing their weekly shows at the same time slot. There was a lot of anticipation with NXT changing its format to two hours and some AEW wrestlers taking shots at the rival company. When Hindustan Times asked Triple H about the ‘war’ earlier, he had a clear message for the fans and the competition.
“Because of the genre, I get the comparisons but I am not really concerned about anybody else’s product. I am concerned about what NXT does. If I was concerned about the other products, I would try to make it more like RAW or SmackDown because they are considered to be the big-level shows. But, I want to continue doing what NXT does and I want to just do it better in the upcoming days,” he said.
{{/usCountry}}“Because of the genre, I get the comparisons but I am not really concerned about anybody else’s product. I am concerned about what NXT does. If I was concerned about the other products, I would try to make it more like RAW or SmackDown because they are considered to be the big-level shows. But, I want to continue doing what NXT does and I want to just do it better in the upcoming days,” he said.
{{/usCountry}}“I cannot control what other people say. In today’s day and age, social media will drive you insane if you can’t understand that. Everyone have their opinions and I really can’t control them from posting it on social media. So, I concentrate on what I can control and that is the product that we have. The other things are out of my control and I do not want to waste my time thinking about them,” he concluded.