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CM PUNK DISCUSSES HIS RETURN TO THE RING, ANOTHER COMPETITOR NAMED FOR CASINO BATTLE ROYAL AT ALL OUT & MORE

CM Punk did a Q&A with the New York Post, discussing his Chicago return, preparing for this Sunday's All Out match against Darby Allin and more.

When asked if he could process the last week, Punk commented, "I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to process it, but it’s been non-stop since. It’s been the overwhelmingness of the event Friday night coupled with the anxiety of not being able to sleep for days prior knowing what I was doing and then the buzz keeping me up for days after, like I haven’t slept so good since like two weeks ago (laughs). You get a flood of phone calls, you get a flood of texts, you get emails and then the ratings come out then it happens all over again. It’s been a lot, but it’s been nothing but positive, so it’s been extremely enjoyable."

When asked if he needed to have a moment to show the audience he could still go, Punk said, "For sure. Seven years is a long time. I know there’s a contingent of fans out there that have this opinion that, “Oh he was never really any good. Oh, he’s not an athlete.” And that always kind of flummoxed me, especially my last year [in WWE] when I was just absolutely trash, hurt and unmotivated, I had the best year. Brock [Lesnar], Undertaker, (John) Cena in Texas. And that’s a hurt Phil. A motivated Phil ready to have fun I think is a very dangerous thing."

Punk also appeared in the latest Sammy Guevara blog:

Kiera Hogan has been added to the Casino Battle Royal that will take place Sunday at the All Out Buy In. More participants will be announced on tonight's AEW Dynamite.

AEW tweeted the following angles from last night's AEW Dark:

 

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