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"The Second City Saint" became the figurehead of "hell freezes over" after "The Voice of the Voiceless" CM Punk made his jaw-dropping return to WWE nearly a decade after walking out of the company.

Bully Ray revealed the first thing he thought when he saw CM Punk and Cody Rhodes face-to-face on WWE Raw, with his mind instantly going to AEW.

While Punk and his New Nexus members were teaming together, a fired-up John Cena entered the ring and cleared the Nexus. CM Punk entered the 2010 Royal Rumble at number three and started strongly.

CM Punk appears to have drawn the attention of a female WWE Superstar just days before Royal Rumble. RAW's backstage interviewer Cathy Kelley recently expressed her desire to get in the ring with ...

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Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Blake Oestriecher is a columnist covering WWE, AEW and pro wrestling. CM Punk reportedly wanted back in WWE after leaving AEW last month ...