{"id":35115,"date":"2016-11-18T14:54:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T20:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=35115"},"modified":"2016-11-18T14:54:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T20:54:05","slug":"c-m-punk-responds-rumors-hes-play-return-wrestlemania-33-next-year-wkellers-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/11\/18\/c-m-punk-responds-rumors-hes-play-return-wrestlemania-33-next-year-wkellers-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"C.M. Punk responds to rumors that he&#8217;s in play to return at WrestleMania 33 next year (w\/Keller&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2745400312\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Some websites are running with a rumor that C.M. Punk is in play to return to WWE at WrestleMania 33 next year, which has made Google News&#8217;s &#8220;CM Punk&#8221; alert. Punk was asked on Twitter if it&#8217;s true. He replied today: &#8220;Yes. I also prevented a Ford plant from moving to Mexico. It&#8217;s true. Going to be big. So big. Bigly. Tremendously bigly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes. I also prevented a Ford plant from moving to Mexico. It&#39;s true. Going to be big. So big. Bigly. Tremendously bigly. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u5xj4ZD4Of\">https:\/\/t.co\/u5xj4ZD4Of<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; player\/coach (@CMPunk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMPunk\/status\/799631830685192192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Keller&#8217;s Analysis: This isn&#8217;t exactly a denial. I mean, not to stir trouble or anything, but since Punk included some allusions to Donald Trump, this sounds like another politician in Trump&#8217;s camp, Chris Christie, when he sort of avoided denying he knew about the lane closures on the George Washington Bridge. Christie said in a deeply sarcastic tone: &#8220;I worked the cones. Unbeknownst to anyone, I was working the cones.&#8221; He could have just said, &#8220;No. 100 percent not gonna happen.&#8221; As for whether it&#8217;d be a good move for Punk and WWE, they&#8217;d make a lot money together if they did it right. It&#8217;s sad that there aren&#8217;t exactly a ton of &#8220;dream match-ups&#8221; for Punk that have developed since he left\u00a0WWE nearly three years ago. There&#8217;s A.J. Styles, of course, but no one else has been booked all that strong. Kevin Owens would be the no. 2 heel on my wish list for Punk, but Owens has been more busy &#8220;sports entertaining&#8221; by playing sidekick to Chris Jericho&#8217;s &#8220;The List&#8221; bit than he has building a reputation as a badass tough heavyweight championship fighter. 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