Teasing CM Punk’s potential return continues to be a recurring theme on WWE TV for a while now. To add to the ever-expanding rumors of his Survivor Series appearance, WWE made another huge reference on SmackDown tonight 24 hours ahead of the star-studded PLE.

The recent developments regarding the speculation have been made with WWE confirming the much-awaited return of a sidelined Randy Orton to put the Punk comeback rumor to rest.

CM Punk context has again been dragged into SmackDown tonight amidst the wild return rumor 

But again they pulled out a contradiction tonight when Corey Graves on commentary made what appears to be a CM Punk reference during Kevin Owens’ segment on SmackDown. Graves mentioned ”Kevin Owners became a monster to fight the monster of the world” from the commentator table.

This is the line CM Punk used in a promo during his Ring of Honor days and WWE bringing it up now has only fueled more speculation.

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WWE first started teasing fans with the return of the former champion with Michael Cole and Seth Rollins’ promo. After that, there have been a lot of back-and-forth moves regarding the notion with Punk himself sharing several cryptic messages on his social media, leaving fans more and more curious to know whether the 45-year-old will finally end up appearing at the Survivor Series this week or not.

CM Punk’s return is still a far-fetched idea according to the latest update

However, for those fans who bought these back-to-back teases and still hold out that WWE will bring Punk back, the latest update might be disappointing for them.

Previous reports suggested that there are no ongoing discussions among the WWE higher-ups regarding  Punk’s potential return at least at this point in time. Rather, Nick Khan, Triple H, and McMahon voted against the potential comeback of the former world champion.

Their takes are so strong that they can’t see any evidence of the wide rumors to come to fruition anytime soon as Dave Meltzer reported.

That said, Meltzer also kept the door open for the unthinkable, saying it could be the case if it’s a really well-kept secret.

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