{"id":129502,"date":"2023-04-24T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T22:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=129502"},"modified":"2023-04-24T17:41:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T22:41:02","slug":"cm-punk-reportedly-visited-backstage-at-wwe-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/04\/24\/cm-punk-reportedly-visited-backstage-at-wwe-raw\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Punk reportedly visited backstage at WWE Raw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-340377974\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>AEW star CM Punk was backstage earlier today at the WWE Raw event in Chicago, Illinois at Allstate Arena. Mike Johnson of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwinsider.com\/article\/170490\/you-will-never-guess-who-was-backstage-at-raw-today.html?p=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PWInsider.com<\/a> reports that Punk visited with several wrestlers and spoke briefly with Paul Levesque. Johnson added that Punk was eventually asked to leave the building, presumably due to being under contract to AEW.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> It&#8217;s cool that Punk ripped off the Band-Aid by simply showing up unannounced after all the years of friction between him and the company. 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