CM Punk is set to compete in his first televised match in a decade when he enters the 2024 Royal Rumble.
The last time fans saw Punk in a televised match in WWE, he was being eliminated by Kane in the 2024 WWE Royal Rumble. Punk would walk out on WWE the following night and be away from the company until his return at WWE Survivor Series 2023.
On his latest Vlog ahead of the Rumble, Punk went to the WWE Performance Center for a training session and commented on his participation in the Royal Rumble.
"The shadow that is looming over me is the fact that this is my first televised WWE match in ten years and almost, probably on the anniversary of when I left. There is a lot of emotion and a lot of ghosts that I still have to get rid of. I think it's going to be very cathartic on Saturday to kind of exercise those ghosts. The last time this audience saw me, sick, hurt, disillusioned, and I made it such a big deal in my career about not so much winning a Rumble, but main eventing WrestleMania, that it took on this life of its own to where, my ten years away from WWE, realizing that it became a much bigger thing than it was to me and to get the opportunity to come back here and revisit all these things. There is a lot of emotion. I know it's going to be amplified (at the Rumble). When that red light goes on and my name gets called and you hear Cult of Personality, I just hope everyone knows the lyrics," he said.
Punk left WWE on January 27, 2014 ahead of WWE Raw.
Fans can check out the lineup for WWE Royal Rumble by clicking here.
