Seth Rollins on CM Punk returning to WWE: Stay away, you cancer - Cageside Seats

When CM Punk’s wrestling comeback began with his gig as an occasional host of FS1’s short-lived WWE Backstage back in 2019, Seth Rollins talked a lot of trash about his old co-worker.

It seemed like he was angling to be first in line should Punk decide to make a “never say never” return to the WWE ring.

But this was when Rollins was defending his company against whoever he deemed to be a WWE hater, whether that was a bot, a blog, or someone who called themselves The Best in the World.

Backstage was cancelled, Seth’s “Stand Up for WWE” routine helped lead to a heel turn, Punk went to AEW for a while... you probably know what ended up happening there.

And because of that, the long shot possibility of Punk returning to the company he walked out of in 2014 is again a talking point.

Punk’s gripebomb tag partner Nick Hausman asked Rollins about that at a Royal Rumble weekend event, and, well...