Following the main event of Saturday’s Survivor Series premium live event where The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio) Drew McIntyre & JD McDonagh lost Seth Rollins, Sami Zayn, Jey Uso, Cody Rhodes & Randy Orton in the Men’s WarGames Match, CM Punk returned to WWE.
The reaction
Rollins had to be restrained by security as Punk was out by the stage area. He was flipping off Punk and cursing at him. This led people to wonder whether Rollins’ reaction was storyline-related or his real emotions. Punk and Rollins have a seemingly bad history, so it wouldn’t be out of the question to think Rollins had issues with Punk returning.
As previously reported, several talent in WWE were upset by Punk’s return. Talent was pulled aside before the WarGames match and told about the comeback.
The latest
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted Rollins’ reaction was just an angle based on Rollins’ past comments about Punk.
“That was 100% angle because, playing off the fact that months ago when somebody asked Seth Rollins, it’s like, ‘he’s a cancer, we don’t want him.’ Later, by the way, he said, ‘if the company wants him, and it’s the right thing,’ he doesn’t have a problem with it. But because he made that statement, they figured they could do a shoot angle with it. And it makes sense.”
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