CM Punk Added To NXT Holiday Live Tour

Jeremy LambertOctober 30, 2026, 5:09 pm

CM Punk will return to NXT.

WWE announced that CM Punk will be part of the NXT Holiday Live Tour in Detroit on November 14 and Chicago on November 15.

Punk competed at NXT Live in Virginia in August, teaming with Myles Borne & Tavion Heights to defeat The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor, Jackson Drake & Ricky Smokes).

JUST ANNOUNCED! 🚨 @CMPunk will be live on the #WWENXT Holiday Live Tour in Detroit and Chicago!

DETROIT 🎟️: https://t.co/vsM56YhixO
CHICAGO 🎟️: https://t.co/FlJ87LrzYv pic.twitter.com/DknOzbEeEj

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) October 30, 2026

Punk has made frequent trips to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, notably to rehab when he first returned to WWE, and then to help guide the next generation. Grayson Waller, despite his comments towards Punk and calling him out for not asking his permission to be at NXT, believes Punk has been helpful at the PC.

Punk is set to face Kevin Owens on the November 7 episode of WWE SmackDown.