CM Punk is back in WWE, and while some fans were expecting Punk to shoot on AEW in his return promo this past Monday night on Raw, that wasn’t the case. Instead, Punk cut a promo about how he has changed as a man, wants to prove he is still the best in the world, and is back home.
Reality
The reality of the situation is that while wrestlers in other promotions will take shots at WWE and WWE executives, mostly Vince McMahon and Triple H, in WWE, they view things differently, as why should the top promotion in wrestling take shots at promotions below them. Instead, they act like they don’t exist publicly.
There’s also another element with Punk to consider when referring to his time in AEW, which is him having a lot of issues with several people in the promotion, such as The Elite and Jack Perry, considering the brawl at All Out 2022 and his backstage altercation at all In.
The agreement
In the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that Punk can’t legally talk about AEW or those in the promotion.
Meltzer wrote, “For those wondering or disappointed that Punk said nothing about AEW, it’s because both he and others have signed several NDA’s regarding talking publicly about the other.”
