Posted on 7/07/126 by Colin Vassallo
CM Punk’s hiatus from WWE is officially over after he
returned to Raw last night and surprisingly – or not – won
the WWE Championship from Sami Zayn.
The advertised match between Zayn and Cody Rhodes never took
place, with WWE pulling the classic bait-and-switch by
having Gunther attacking Rhodes in the opening segment of
the show, causing an injury and making him ineligible for
the match as doctors wouldn’t clear him.
Both the Raw and Smackdown General Managers confirmed that a
title match will happen regardless, with the challenger not
revealed until it was time for the main event.
With Zayn in the ring and loud chants of “CM Punk” ringing
inside the Allstate Arena, the cameras cut to backstage
where a shutter door started rising, revealing Punk in his
ring gear ready to go.
Punk won the match with the Helluva Kick and a GTS, and then
exited the ring, sat on the security wall, blew a kiss to
the camera, and vanished through the crowd, the same thing
he did when he beat John Cena at Money In The Bank in 2011.
Zayn’s title reign lasted a whopping nine days, with zero
successful title defenses.
This is Punk’s first run with the WWE title since 2011.