Top WWE Star Comments On CM Punk’s Return

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Top star and former 14-time WWE World Champion Randy Orton has commented on CM Punk’s return at Survivor Series 2023.

At WWE Survivor Series 2023, CM Punk made his return to the company for the first time in nearly a decade in front of his hometown of Chicago.

The massive reaction for Punk stole the show and headlines following the event, but it wasn’t the only return on the night.

Before Punk’s return, Randy Orton made his return for the first time in nearly two years to help Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, Sami Zayn and Jey Uso get the win over The Judgment Day in the Men’s War Games match.

On the latest edition of WWE’s The Bump, Randy Orton commented on CM Punk’s return and what it means to WWE. He said:

“Funny little side story to that day. For a month prior, there was all these rumors online that I was coming back, but there was also rumors that CM Punk was coming back.”

“Instead of it being a surprise that it was me, instead of Punk, they let everyone know a week prior, Randy Orton is gonna be the one joining Cody’s team in War Games.”

“Kinda let the wind out of my sails a little bit because I’ve been gone for a year and a half, there’s all this anticipation, people have been expecting me to return for the past six months because I’ve been out so long.”

Orton continued on to note that his maturity helped him in this situation, saying:

“I can tell that I’ve matured a lot, because part of me wanted to be irate that this was taken from me, this reaction from the crowd that I’ve been looking forward to for 18 months.”

“But after all was said and done, I came out, got a great reaction. Punk came out, got a great reaction, and I realised after the fact that nobody stepped on anyone’s toes, it was really just a really fun night for the fans.”

“They got Randy Orton back and they were very happy about that. They weren’t even thinking about Punk, and then here comes Punk.”

“So that reaction, there were two different reactions, two different people, everybody was excited to see us both.”

“Personally, on a personal level, I was happy to have him back, he’s a hell of a worker, a hell of guy, but it was funny because here I am after 18 months, ready to go and their like, ‘oh no, we’re going to announce your return’, and then he comes back anyway!”

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CM Punk will compete in the 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble match at the titular event on Saturday, January 27.

Meanwhile, Randy Orton will challenge Roman Reigns in fatal four way match with AJ Styles and LA Knight for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on the show. For the full lineup for the event, click here.

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