CM Punk Says Earlier WrestleMania Main Event Might Have Kept Him From Returning To WWE

TLDR

CM Punk revealed that if he had main-evented WrestleMania 10-15 years earlier in his career, he might never have returned to WWE because there wouldn't have been any major goals left for him to pursue. Speaking at a WWE 2K26 hands-on event with SHAK Wrestling, Punk explained that the delayed opportunity to headline WrestleMania gave him "unfinished business" and a reason to eventually come back to the company.