CM Punk makes surprising announcement ahead of RAW

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The Second City Saint shared that he would be making an appearance at the August 15 NXT live event in Petersburg, Virginia. The 47-year-old announced his Instagram story, and you can check it out in the image below.

“Coming in HOT!!!” he wrote.

CM Punk returned last month on SmackDown and captured the title from Sami Zayn. He defended the championship against Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam and emerged victorious after Randy Orton interfered in the match.

Randy Orton had not been seen since his loss to Rhodes at WrestleMania 42 before his return at SummerSlam. The Viper hit Cody Rhodes with an RKO at SummerSlam while the referee was distracted. Punk did not see Orton’s attack but capitalized with a GTS for the pinfall victory.

Kevin Owens returned during Night 2 of SummerSlam and became the number one contender for the title. Owens will be challenging Punk for the Undisputed WWE Championship on the August 21 episode of SmackDown in Toronto.

Popular WWE star opens up about working with CM Punk

Wrestling veteran Finn Balor shared that there were backstage concerns about CM Punk, but he has been a pleasure to work with so far.

Speaking on Off The Ball, Balor stated that Punk had been great to work with and he hoped that they had another match against each other in the future.

“There was a lot of concerns that when he was coming back in, is this going to be the Punk of old that you’ve heard all these horror stories about, or is it going to be a different person? I experienced a completely different person. Super professional and nice guy, great to work with and hopefully I get the chance to work with him again in the future,” Balor said. (H/T: WrestleTalk on X)

It will be interesting to see if Kevin Owens can capture the title from the former AEW star later this month on WWE SmackDown.