Backstage speculation on Edge and CM PUNK

This week, Front Row Brian reported that Edge has gained clearance to work in the ring and a return was set. Despite Edge posting a tweet denying the news, there was speculation, bordering on confirmation backstage at Smackdown last night that Edge had indeed been cleared. We haven’t heard of any plans or if a return was set.

That being said, there was also wide speculation backstage at Smackdown that CM Punk was on a bus outside and was closing Smackdown, which obviously didn’t end up happening, and he wasn’t there. We’ve been told Fox was thrilled with CM Punk’s performance during his tryout.