CM Punk teases return to WWE SmackDown

WWE fans haven’t seen CM Punk since the Monday Night Raw after WrestleMania. But Friday night, he dropped a hint that implied he might be returning to WWE television shortly. 

Punk spent his evening doing commentary for Cage Fury Fighting Championships at the Hard Rock Casino in Rockford, Illinois, a short drive from his hometown of Chicago. As his fellow announcers were plugging a future event, they asked Punk if he would be there, noting it was not in Chicago.

“Is that a Friday? I don’t know,” Punk said. Upon confirmation that the event was on Friday, Punk replied, “It’s a Friday? I don’t know if I can make it.”

WWE SmackDown, of course, airs on Friday nights. 

Punk’s colleagues at CFFC then asked the wrestler if he had any “big news they could go viral with.”

“I gained 20 pounds recently,” Punk replied. “It’s not good weight. This suit’s a little tight, ladies and gentlemen.”

Punk’s last appearance in WWE was at WrestleMania Sunday, where he lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Roman Reigns, and then the next night on Raw, when he teased a future challenge to Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. 

Rhodes typically wrestles on SmackDown. Should he survive his triple threat match against Sami Zayn and Gunther at Night of Champions tomorrow, he will need a new challenger for SummerSlam.

Punk was apparently in a joking mood all night. Earlier in the evening, CFFC’s John Morgan noted that they couldn’t get Punk to go on the road anymore, so they brought the organization to him. 

“I don’t travel anymore,” Punk said. “My horse is sick.” This was a reference to an old wrestling story about Terry Funk backing out of being one of Jerry Lawler’s masked knights at Survivor Series, leaving a note for Vince McMahon that simply read his horse was sick.