WWE: CM Punk on Getting a Tattoo Honoring His Late Dog Larry, Aleister Black on His First Year Back in WWE Being “Massive Success” & Clarifies Rumors About His Status for WWE’s Saudi Shows, New Trademarks

Mar 8, 2026

CM Punk Comments on Him Getting a Tattoo Honoring His Late Dog Larry

As noted before, CM Punk and AJ Lee’s pet dog Larry passed away this past December.

WWE recently released a new vlog on their official YouTube channel featuring CM Punk making his Chicago homecoming at this past February’s Elimination Chamber 2026 event. One of the topics discussed included Punk’s thoughts about him getting a new tattoo on his chest earlier this year in honor of his late dog.

“The Larry tattoo is his paw print that I knew I was gonna get eventually. It’s just a fun way to remember him. He would stand on me if I was laying down and he needed anything. He would get up, beat me a little bit, and I would ignore him playfully. Then he would just stand on my chest and stare at me until I would finally say, ‘Do you want to go for a walk?’ He would get all excited. His foot would go right there (pointing to his chest) and his other foot would just hit me in the face. I’m also kind of out of space, I didn’t know where else to put it, so I put it right there because you can’t miss it. It’s super visible and it was painful. I think that’s kind of beautiful in a way too because it was the worst day of my life, but he gave me so many great days. So it’s just a way to remember him.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Aleister Black Comments on His First Year Back in WWE Being “Massive Success” & Clarifies Rumors About His Status for WWE’s Saudi Shows

The Stunner held a recent interview with Aleister Black. One of the topics discussed included Black’s thoughts about his first year back in WWE and him considering it to have been a massive success for him.

“First and foremost, I consider it a massive success. A lot more work, a lot more things that I have done inside the ring and outside the ring. I like being busy; once I feel like I am not busy, I feel like I am not doing something right. The amount of work I have had within WWE has been a lot, which is good. Several main events, headlining several Smackdown episodes, merchandise sales, commercials, various interviews, and then obviously as of recently, working the main event with Randy Orton and beating him. I cannot really complain when it comes to that.
Can we do better? We can always do better. Even if I would have been at the highest of highest of echelons, I would still find things of myself that I would be like, ‘I can improve on this or I can improve on that.’ So, I consider it to be a very good year, very fruitful, very exciting, and very diverse. A lot of changes, a lot of new things. I was happy that I was able to bring over something that I was working on at the end of my first run when we did the Dark Father. This whole corrupting people character that was going to start with the Dark Father and obviously had its life in AEW for a minute, bringing that over to WWE, I feel like it has a lot more legs. With Randy, it has not even seeded as much as it is going to, which is a really cool prospect for me. I should be very happy and excited to be doing what I am doing. It feels very good.”

Black also gave his thoughts about why he did not participate in the Men’s Royal Rumble match at this past January’s Royal Rumble event and denied rumors that religious-based issues with his tattoos are the reason why he was kept off the show in Saudi Arabia.

“No, that is not true. I was supposed to be in the Royal Rumble, but then they were going to start myself and Randy, and I felt like if we are going to do that story and start in the Royal Rumble, it is just going to get snowed under. We do not want it to just go to waste for them to just be two guys that are like being dumped out. Why do we not save it for the weeks to come?
The initial setup of Saudi Arabia, my tattoos did come into question. That is absolute fact. In the initial setting, it was definitely like, ‘Well, we do not know how they are going to respond.’ I am talking five years ago when it all first started. That was a conversation I had with Vince. But that is no longer the case. The last time I was in the ring there, even though the segment was small, I was still presented on TV and my arms were exposed. The side of my head is always exposed. You could still see a lot of my tattoos. No, that was not the reason why. It was a very smart decision because looking back at what me and Randy did, it got its own life on Smackdown in the main event. Millions and millions of views. I do not know if it would have been able to exist in that way if we would have done it at the Royal Rumble. I appreciate you taking the time to clarify. It is good to know that fans care.”

WWE Files New Trademark

WWE recently filed a new trademark for “WWE Hometown Hero” for awards programs and ceremonies and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Portion of trademark filing:

“Entertainment services, namely, award programs and ceremonies designed to reward individuals who engage in community service and charitable contributions; hosting of award ceremonies; providing information on the internet related to the reward of individuals who engage in community service; awards program for corporations and individuals who have made significant charitable contributions; providing recognition and incentives by the way of awards to demonstrate excellence in the field of community service and charity”