5 Reasons why CM Punk could return to WWE

#2 AEW may no longer be interested in working with CM Punk

That ship has sailed

According to a recent report, Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, alleged that AEW would never work with CM Punk. This is reportedly in response to comments Punk made during an interview with ESPN. During the interview, he claimed with regards to an offer from AEW,

"The last thing I got -- I got a text from Cody [Rhodes]. And again, I almost don't even know how to reply to them sometimes, because if I reply, they do interviews and are like, "Oh yeah, I just talked to Punk." I'm kind of damned if I do, damned if I don't. I always think if somebody wants to do business with me, they can come talk to me. Texting offers isn't really a way to do good business, at least."

Cody Rhodes disputed these claims during an interview on Collider Live, saying that he made them look like, "Dumba**es."

In his report, Dave Meltzer commented further on why AEW is not interested in working with CM Punk.

"Even though AEW has told me that they would never work with him, and I believe that they believe that on this day... they told me that after the Marc Raimondi article. They were very - I said like. I mean my thought was you never say never, but, no no... it would be difficult. But, yeah yeah, it was pretty much told to me that they would never - they felt very disrespected by what he said, and they should have if you know what the real story was and I can’t go into too much detail, but I do know it, and, you know, it’s Punk.”

Adding more fuel to the fire, Cody Rhodes took to Twitter to let fans know that he wouldn't be surprised if CM Punk ended up returning to WWE:

I think he was misquoted. I know 1 of us had met with him in person, and yes I texted him plenty when we couldn’t connect on the actual phone, but not a contracted offer. I wouldn’t be surprised if he went back to wwe. Regardless, great wrestler & guy. Door is open if he wants it https://t.co/3ityuurGGy

— Cody Rhodes (@CodyRhodes) July 26, 2019

The evidence seems to suggest that AEW might not be interested in signing CM Punk anytime soon. While Cody Rhodes has said "the door is open" in the future, it doesn't look like the company wants to work with him right now.