After being terminated from AEW after a rollercoaster two-year run, CM Punk has been linked with a move back to WWE, leading to the likes of Nick Aldis and Corey Graves speaking positively about the thought of working with Punk in WWE. 

While there would be plenty of fresh faces for Punk to work alongside or against in WWE, Bully Ray believes there is one man who would be the perfect opponent at WrestleMania 40, should all parties come to an agreement in time.

“Punk with fits with somebody huge on the roster and would be a huge WrestleMania match — Seth [Rollins] is the one that said, ‘F Phil, stay where you are Phil, we don’t need you Phil,'” said Ray. “Well, could you imagine if Phil comes back and on Monday Night Raw, Seth is out there and he says, ‘Well Seth, Phil is back, now what?’ There’s something there. 

“All you have to do is give Punk the microphone and have him remind everybody. Punk still has that something special where people will listen to what he has to say. I don’t think the WWE needs CM Punk right now and I think that if the WWE brought back CM Punk … I think it’s more for a giant middle finger to AEW and I don’t think they need to do that.”

Punk’s last on-screen appearance for WWE came at the 2014 Royal Rumble, after which he walked out prior to the next night’s “Raw.”

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