{"id":137417,"date":"2023-09-12T18:01:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T23:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=137417"},"modified":"2023-09-12T18:01:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T23:01:43","slug":"nick-khan-comments-on-potential-wwe-interest-in-cm-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/09\/12\/nick-khan-comments-on-potential-wwe-interest-in-cm-punk\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Khan comments on potential WWE interest in CM Punk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-950178498\" 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>WWE President Nick Khan was asked by ESPN&#8217;s Marc Raimondi about the company&#8217;s potential interest in CM Punk. &#8220;Listen, we only have respect for Phil,&#8221; Khan said. &#8220;We appreciate his run here. We appreciate what he did and tried to do with the UFC. Not many people can actually get in there and do what he did. So, when we have respect for Phil, we wish him nothing but the best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Khan being publicly noncommittal regarding Punk is a logical move. Khan wouldn&#8217;t want to spoil a potential return, and there&#8217;s no reason for him to close the door publicly on the possibility of doing business with Punk.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I asked WWE president Nick Khan today whether or not WWE would be interested in bringing back CM Punk following his firing from AEW.<\/p>\n<p>Khan didn&#8217;t say yes, nor no. This is what he responded: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C69cxlQryl\">pic.twitter.com\/C69cxlQryl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc Raimondi (@marcraimondi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcraimondi\/status\/1701688065499296086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-3040978928\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":104584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[321,3600,101],"class_list":["post-137417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-cm-punk","tag-nick-khan","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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