The NHL Chicago Blackhawk’s had their home opener on Saturday night, at the same time as Bound For Glory.

CM Punk reportedly popped up backstage at the IMPACT Bound For Glory Fallout TV tapings on Sunday. Bodyslam’s coverage of that can be found here.

Ibou of WrestlePurists has since reported that Punk spoke to Will Ospreay, Josh Alexander, and Frankie Kazarian and Punk left as he had to get back to Larry, his dog. 

“He hung around for a little bit. He didn’t stay all the way too long with everybody because the word from the Punk camp is he had to go back to Larry and that is the genuine excuse that he told people was ‘I got to get back to Larry’ and he left. Apparently he was just backstage talking to people. Among the names that were cited to me as people that he wanted to speak to and did speak to were Will Ospreay, Josh Alexander, Frankie Kazarian. Those are the top three. He was reminiscing and shooting the shit with Frankie, he was talking with those other two guys, and he just generally hanging out… The word is he gets treated really well at IMPACT. When he shows up at IMPACT like they’re super nice to him, they cater to him, they tell jokes, all that type of stuff. He plays board games with the roster members… He was playing Connect 4 with Jordynne Grace at the previous round of TV tapings,” Ibou said on WrestlePurists Worldwide.

“They really want him to sign, like they really want him to sign. They made it very clear every two seconds like *nudge nudge jokey joke* like ‘You’re coming right?’ That kind of deal, a lot of that. He obviously was noncommittal to the highest degree when it came to that whole thing. His whole vibe was ‘I’m just chilling,”Ibou stated, before adding: “He was offered to appear at Bound For Glory. They wanted him to be at Bound For Glory… There was a money offer there to just show up and appear at Bound For Glory. People when they heard about this it was kind of like, ‘Oh it’s IMPACT.’ He didn’t turn his nose up at it, he didn’t scoff at it. He didn’t take it, but he didn’t just kind of do the jerk-off motion and just throw it in the garbage. His whole thing according to people from his camp is they treat him really well and so he respects that and he appreciates that and he does genuinely appreciate that they want his services. And so he’s just kind of like, ‘Oh that’s nice. They offer me to be at Bound For Glory. I’m not gonna take it but that’s nice.’ And he stopped by the next day. He also wasn’t going to do it because he was going to be at the Blackhawks opener and the word from the Punk camp is hockey over wrestling.”

On August 27th at AEW All In, Punk was involved in yet another backstage altercation. However, this one would be different than those in the past in various ways. Namely, Punk not only fought with Jack Perry, he also reportedly lunged at AEW president Tony Khan while furiously quitting the company. 

Punk and Perry were both suspended following this altercation, and then subsequently terminated, with cause, despite Punk’s drawing power. 

Later, CM Punk was fired from All Elite Wrestling as a result of the incident.

While a non-compete clause is not clear, IMPACT Wrestling could be a potential landing spot for CM Punk, and there is a belief he could walk into the IMPACT with open arms tomorrow if everything worked out.

Josh Alexander & The Rascalz recently said they would welcome Punk into IMPACT Wrestling.

Current IMPACT Wrestling talent Bully Ray also spoke on the idea recently. 

IMPACT Wrestling is reportedly ”still an option” for CM Punk.

It remains to be seen whether or not CM Punk shows up in IMPACT/TNA Wrestling, but for those wondering…the Chicago Blackhawks do have a home game on the date of Hard To Kill on January 13th, 2024.

Bodyslam will keep you all updated on the “Punk watch” to see what he does next.

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