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00:00 Is CM Punk turning heel?

00:02 How does Tony Khan feel about Punk's WWE return?

00:05 And will AJ Lee be joining him in WWE soon?

00:10 CM Punk is back in WWE, here's his first promo… explained.

00:23 The post-Survivor Series episode of Raw saw the unthinkable come true.

00:27 Pixie Carter visited Nick Aldis and Cody Rhodes backstage.

00:31 Women's Raw Rumble No. 30 entrant confirmed.

00:34 And also CM Punk had his first promo in a WWE ring in almost 10 years.

00:40 I must admit, after feeling a little bit hollow when he made his return at Survivor Series,

00:44 watching Punk make his entrance on Raw felt really good.

00:48 Goddammit, I'm so fickle.

00:49 If anyone ever asks you how long do Oli Davis' principles last, you can tell them… well,

00:54 about 48 hours.

00:56 Quick, get me Saudi Arabia on the phone.

00:59 Hello Saudi Arabia, let's talk… sports washing.

01:02 Oh god, CM Punk's going to wrestle on the Saudi Arabia show.

01:06 Anyway, back to the promo, he came out with a huge smile to deafening CM Punk chants.

01:12 Apart from this one sign on the hardcam that read 'Cry me a river', a reference to

01:16 Jungle Boy mocking Punk in AEW, which caused the incident that got him fired over there.

01:22 Punk delivered his opening line 'looks like hell, froze over'.

01:26 I guess WWE is hell in this situation.

01:29 He continued on what, on first impressions, came off as a babyface promo.

01:34 He referenced all the wrestling legends who've mentored him over his career, the American

01:38 Dream, Dusty Rhodes telling him to 'speak the truth', or the wise man Paul Heyman

01:43 who said he'd have to leave and come back to get what he really wants from this company

01:47 - perhaps the WrestleMania main event he constantly lobbied for in the early 2010s - and he told

01:52 us all that he's been feeling more like himself again since he returned at Survivor

01:56 Series.

01:57 CM Punk has changed.

01:59 This is the truth.

02:01 This is where I belong.

02:03 I'm home.

02:04 That's the amazing thing about Punk.

02:07 So cult leader-like in his charisma, he can lie directly to your face without you realising.

02:12 Because the whole content of this promo - I'm home, everyone loves me, it's been nothing

02:17 but hugs with my WWE family backstage - was flipped on its head on the very last line

02:23 of the broadcast.

02:25 Off mic, but loud enough so the camera picked it up, Punk said "I'm not here to make friends.

02:30 I'm here to make money."

02:33 That's after spending the whole segment saying everyone's his friend and he's here for us

02:37 fans.

02:38 It's an interesting choice of phrase, too, as it has a very specific wrestling context,

02:43 being a verbatim quote from Scott Hall.

02:47 Making money, not friends, was the guiding principle of his 90s behind the scenes group

02:52 The Click.

02:53 You know who else was in The Click?

02:56 Current WWE Head of Creative Triple H. Imagine, after a decade of shoot feuding, Triple H

03:04 and CM Punk become a new two-man heel power trip.

03:08 Corporate machine, Punk.

03:09 This wasn't the only heel line Punk had.

03:12 He also brought up his rival Blackhawk's hockey team to the Nashville crowd, getting

03:16 him booed.

03:17 And earlier in the episode, Seth Rollins told the crowd to get their CM Punk chants out

03:21 the way because he didn't want to spend any more time on that hypocrite than necessary.

03:27 And in Punk's main event promo, he did that exact same hypocrite thing, saying he's home

03:32 for us fans, but then revealing it's for the money.

03:35 Seth reportedly started their kayfabe feud at Survivor Series, where he was filmed screaming

03:40 at Punk after the show went off air.

03:42 Punk himself seemingly referenced this in his promo, saying everybody in the locker

03:46 room is happy to see him.

03:48 Well, maybe not everybody, presumably setting up a feud with Seth over the World Consolation

03:54 Weight Championship.

03:55 He never mentioned AEW, but he did name drop his shoot wife AJ Lee to a huge pop, potentially

04:00 teasing her WWE return too.

04:03 Hopefully not for the Women's Royal Rumble match, because she'll just get overshadowed

04:06 by Dixie.

04:07 But Facebook is reporting that the backstage reaction in WWE to Punk's return has been

04:11 more muted than one might think.

04:14 While some wrestlers have said they don't want to work with him, others are expecting

04:18 to talk to WWE officials to get "assurances" about Punk and his role going forward.

04:24 His former employer, AEW boss Tony Khan, was asked about Punk's return while promoting

04:28 All In 2024 tickets going on sale, to which he replied "Can't talk about that, nor

04:34 do I think it's the time or the place.

04:36 Not to dodge your question, it's just not something I can legally talk about."

04:41 Fightful has reported, though, how he is feeling behind the scenes, claiming Khan was said

04:45 to be more concerned about losing Shibata, who's had to return to Japan, than Punk's

04:50 WWE return at Survivor Series.

04:53 Presumably his first reaction was the same as WWE's when Punk debuted in AEW.

04:58 Well he's their problem now.

05:00 But AEW has problems of their own.

05:03 AEW original QT Marshall, who was a Vice President, Manager of Talent Relationships

05:08 behind the scenes, has revealed he has officially resigned because the company has changed a

05:13 lot since 2019 and is heading in a different direction.

05:17 QT is very close with Cody Rhodes, having run the Nightmare Family training school where

05:22 Jade Cargill was improperly trained.

05:24 That's Triple H's words, not mine.

05:26 Make sure to keep checking WrestleTalk.com for updates on these stories.

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06:00 Thank you Turbo Jack, and now it's time for my review of last night's episode of

06:29 Monday Night Raw...in about 5 minutes.

06:32 This show began with Randy Orton being full on old babyface Orton, high-fiving fans, being

06:36 super energetic and thanking everyone for his return.

06:39 He cut a pretty standard but good babyface promo, saying he has unfinished business with

06:43 the Bloodline, and he has receipts for every single member.

06:45 And when he says every single member, he means every single member.

06:50 With a Jey Uso hanging around on Raw, that's pretty intriguing.

06:53 Rhea Ripley interrupted though and said he shouldn't be worrying about the Bloodline,

06:56 Judgment Day is the most dangerous force on Raw right now, and if it wasn't for him, Priest

07:00 would be World Heavyweight Champ right now.

07:01 He's made Judgment Day his enemy.

07:04 Orton was then attacked by JD McDonough and Dominik Mysterio, and of course JD got RKO'd

07:08 once again because that's what he brings to Judgment Day these days.

07:11 This set up a Dominik Mysterio vs Randy Orton main event.

07:14 Alpha Academy, The Creedz and New Day were backstage, and they were joined by recording

07:17 artists Jelly Roll and R-Truth, and they said some things and did some comedy.

07:22 What came next was a tag team turmoil match, aka a gauntlet match, which started off with

07:26 Alpha Academy being represented by Otis and Akira Tozawa against DIY, which DIY won by

07:31 pinning Tozawa after a decent quick match.

07:34 DIY then faced Indu Cher, who were rolled up quickly by Gargano.

07:37 After that came DIY vs The Creedz, which was a very fun little affair with The Creedz putting

07:41 away DIY, and thus began the next leg of the story.

07:45 The Creedz faced New Day next and beat them after a great match, pulling out some impressive

07:49 power spots and some great wrestling, and last up for The Creedz was Imperium.

07:53 They had another very fun bout though, and despite an unfortunate slip for a botch that

07:57 would have been a very impressive spot, it still carried its momentum and followed through

08:01 to make The Creedz look great with the win at the end, making them the number one contenders

08:06 to the tag team titles.

08:07 It was unfortunate for a lot of the match because I felt like they deserved a better

08:10 crowd than this one, but they thankfully woke up towards the end.

08:13 Also pushing The Creedz gets a thumbs up from me, I think they're great.

08:17 Age Damien Priest is upset because he knows Ripley, Balor and Dom have something to say

08:21 to him, he knows he made himself the leader and it didn't go their way so go on, spit

08:25 it out already.

08:26 But Ripley and Balor are shocked they tell him that look, yes, you were the leader and

08:29 things didn't go our way, but it's okay, it's one loss, we're a family, no sweat,

08:33 we'll move forward.

08:34 But that's exactly what people who were secretly upset about the loss would say.

08:37 I also loved a little moment at the start of this promo where Balor walked in and said

08:41 guys, I just got done watching The Creedz, and they're the real deal, we shouldn't

08:45 underestimate them.

08:46 It's small, but it's a very effective way to put them over even further, when the

08:49 champions take their next challenges seriously and like a threat.

08:53 This was a very good segment.

08:54 Cody Rhodes came out next and said that he won in War Games which was his dad's match

08:58 and that meant a lot to him, but there's only one place he's going to go next, so

09:02 he's going to be the first person to announce himself for the 2024 Royal Rumble match.

09:07 I'm really glad they're getting the Rumble hype going so early, I'm a big fan of that.

09:10 But then Cody was interrupted by the lights going out for it to be revealed that this

09:13 whole time Shinsuke Nakamura was talking about him.

09:16 I'm sure that's what everyone wanted out of this.

09:19 Shinsuke's video promo ended and the real Shinsuke was in the ring and he misted Cody

09:22 to end the segment.

09:23 It's a filler feud for Cody before the Rumble and hopefully it'll be a good match, but

09:27 I wish Shinsuke got into a feud where he could win for once.

09:30 Bronson Reed faced Ivar next in a big meaty men match that ended with a double countout.

09:35 Boo.

09:36 The match itself was pretty decent, with Ivar missing a big moonsault and a nasty looking

09:40 Death Valley Driver into a barricade, but it really heated up after the match had finished,

09:44 with Ivar using a chair, the two brawling into the crowd, throwing security guards at

09:48 each other and Ivar hitting a huge senton off a big crate onto Reed and security, and

09:52 the crowd got really into it by the end.

09:54 I need a rematch with the two and I think we're getting one.

09:57 Also if I was Luke in this situation, I'd say that there was a PT Williams sighting

10:01 so it's a 5/5 show, but I'm not that shallow.

10:03 There was a Jason Jordan sighting though so it's a 5/5 show.

10:07 Next they played a compilation of people reacting to CM Punk's return from all around the

10:10 world and hey, that's me.

10:13 Pete Quinnell to WWE confirmed.

10:15 The Judgment Day backstage are annoyed by R-Truth, who's managed to get sugar and

10:18 cream everywhere in their clubhouse.

10:20 Nia Jax beat Zoey Starling to keep Stark's momentum going after facing Rhea at the pay

10:24 per view, nice job all, and backstage Miz says he wants to face Gunther again, and Gunther

10:28 said, lol, no, you fought well at Survivor Series so you can claim to belong in that

10:32 ring, just not in a ring with me.

10:33 Don't do a rematch please.

10:35 Seth Rollins came out next and was drowned out by CM Punk chants, which he encouraged

10:39 people to do, told them to get it all out of their system because he doesn't want

10:42 to spend another ounce of energy on that hypocrite, so instead of spending time on someone that

10:47 doesn't matter, why not talk about his World Heavyweight title.

10:50 I'm hoping this is a nice little tease of something to come.

10:53 Rollins says he spoke to Adam Pearce about his next challenger, but he's interrupted

10:56 by Drew McIntyre before he can announce who it is.

10:59 Drew says that Judgment Day had a plan to get him Jey Uso in a cage, and he didn't

11:02 get that, they let him down, and in babyface style he wanted to congratulate Rollins on

11:06 the win and hope for a rematch for the belt.

11:09 He needs to put Jey Uso on the backburner.

11:11 Seth said he's earned a rematch, there's just someone who's earned one a little bit

11:15 more, Jey Uso.

11:17 Drew snaps and loses it, headbutting Seth and screaming off mic that he beat Jey two

11:22 weeks ago, he knows he's ahead of him in the line, this is personal, which he's absolutely

11:26 right about by the way, and Jey comes out to stand tall.

11:29 I love this battle with Drew's light and dark sides, and it's Jey Uso that always

11:33 sends him over to the dark side.

11:34 Sami accosted Drew backstage, saying this isn't him, and yes he's had disappointments

11:39 in his career, but so has everyone.

11:41 Every disappointment Drew has had, Sami's had ten times over, but he always picks himself

11:45 up and dusts himself off and moves forward because he knows his end goal is the world

11:50 title.

11:51 Drew agrees, reverting to light side Drew, but then said he needs to build his way back

11:55 to the title, and he'll start that next week with a match against Sami.

11:59 All great stuff.

12:00 Piper Niven pretty much single handedly retained the Women's Tag Bucks against Natalya and

12:04 Tika Nox next, which was fine, and then backstage Randy Orton and Jey Uso make up.

12:09 Oh.

12:10 I thought Randy said that the bloodline stuff.

12:13 Oh.

12:14 He said that as long as Jey's not in the bloodline he's fine.

12:17 Okay.

12:18 I mean, that makes sense, I guess.

12:21 I was just looking forward to the, you know, the dissension and the drama.

12:24 Becky Lynch backstage says there's a couple of fights coming, one more pressing than the

12:27 other, whatever that means.

12:29 And we had our main event of Randy Orton vs Dominik Mysterio, where Orton overcame JD

12:33 McDonough Interference to win, hitting the RKO on Dom.

12:37 This was a perfectly fine showcase match for Orton, and gave him a feel-good win on his

12:40 Raw return.

12:41 And then we had CM Punk cut his promo to go off the air, which Oli did a full dissection

12:45 of earlier in the video.

12:46 I personally found it quite anticlimactic, but I'll talk about that more on the Raw

12:50 Review Podcast later today on the WrestleTalk Podcast channel, so subscribe over there.

12:54 I really enjoyed this episode of Raw.

12:56 Not everything was perfect, but I'm liking the direction of a lot of stories, and got

12:59 a lot out of the tag team turmoil match which took up a fair chunk of the show.

13:03 This was a 4 out of 5 show.

13:04 Now check out the newest episode of 3 Count where Oli and Luke review every Survivor Series

13:08 ever in three words or less.

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