Backstage News on CM Punk Working WWE Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia – CM Punk is officially confirmed to compete at WWE’s Night of Champions event on June 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marking a notable shift given his past comments about the country’s relationship with WWE.
Back in 2020, while not under WWE contract, Punk made headlines for a now-deleted tweet in which he told The Miz to “go suck a blood money covered d**k in Saudi Arabia.” That remark, like much of Punk’s social media presence at the time, was seen as highly critical of WWE’s partnership with the Saudi government.
Despite the tweet, Punk will now challenge John Cena for the Undisputed WWE Championship at the premium live event. According to Dave Meltzer on a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Punk’s involvement with the Saudi Arabia show has been confirmed internally for months.
“He could not go to Saudi Arabia/Night of Champions if he really wanted to not go,” Meltzer said. “He was going months ago. I had already asked about that a couple of months ago when the show was first talked about, and he was in the original promo package, and then he was taken out of the promo package. And I asked, am I supposed to see when Seth Rollins replaced him in that promo package that he’s not going, and it’s like, ‘Nope, he’s going.’”
Meltzer added that there has been no internal resistance from Punk regarding the trip in recent months. “So it’s been known he’s going for months, probably all along. I don’t know if he ever voiced any issue with going at any point since he signed, but he hasn’t in months. I know that,” he said.
This upcoming match will be Punk’s first time wrestling in Saudi Arabia under the WWE banner, a development that underscores how much has changed since his outspoken days outside the company.
Backstage News on CM Punk Working WWE Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia
