CM Punk May Have Returned to the Ring Last Night

It seems like CM Punk may have made a brief surprise appearance at an indie show last night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, wearing a mask the entire time.

At last night’s MKE “The Last Knight” show in Milwaukee, a masked man appeared during a match while the referee was knocked out, giving a GTS to a wrestler and helping CM Punk’s friend Ace Steel get the win.

Who was this masked man who put @StHolmesEsq to sleep??? @DavePrazak @acesofsteel pic.twitter.com/o5Mcak3uIE

— MKE Wrestling (@MKE_Wrestling) April 20, 2019

The masked wrestler was wearing the same outfit that CM Punk was spotted in earlier in the day just outside of Milwaukee.

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In two days I got to meet CM Punk, took 5th/18 people, and got offered a part time internship with the Brewers in addition to my full time internship with Sherwin-Williams! Happy Easter! #bjj #milwaukee #wisconsin

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Silas Young, who runs the MKE promotion, also posted these obvious hints:

Last night we held @MKE_Wrestling at the Knights of Columbus building in west allis the place was packed with 350 people. This place has had 25+ years of wrestling and is the place a lot of guys started. Guys like @ColtCabana as well as a Punk who showed up in a mask last night

— silas young (@lastrealmanROH) April 20, 2019

Here is some PUNK running in a match last night @MKE_Wrestling you never know who’s in gonna show up at our shows. Former world champions have been stopping in at the last couple shows!!! Don’t miss out on May 17 at our new home Buenavista Banquets 76&oklahoma next to AMF lanes https://t.co/rr8xVH8UJ0

— silas young (@lastrealmanROH) April 20, 2019

On an ESPN radio show in 2016, Punk had this to say about a potential return to the ring:

No, I don’t think so. But it is one of those ‘never say never’ things. I like to cover all my bases, just so some internet dweeb is going to be like, ‘you said you’d never wrestle again!’ But WWE? No. Absolutely not. But you never know, I could pop up here and there. Let me explain that to you even better… It’s not going to even be televised, it’s going to be me in a ninja fucking outfit wrestling one of my buddies and nobody’s ever going to know. It’s going to be very ‘Monty Python’ so to speak.