WWE: Ryan Nemeth Takes Shot at CM Punk Over Claimed PEDs Usage, Kaitlyn on Her Being Open to Potential Future WWE Return, Backstage Update on WWE’s Plans To Hold More Tryouts This Year

Jun 3, 2026

Ryan Nemeth Takes Shot at CM Punk Claiming He Uses PEDs

As noted before, former AEW and current TNA talent Ryan Nemeth filed a lawsuit in February of 2025 against AEW, AEW CEO Tony Khan, and former AEW and current WWE CM Punk over claims of assault was committed against him by Punk and breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and intentional interference with prospective advantage by AEW and Khan. AEW and Khan had filed a petition in March of 2025 requesting for the lawsuit to be moved into private arbitration.

Nemeth responded earlier today on Twitter about recent gym footage going around online of Punk showing off a new muscular physique during his time away from WWE since this past April’s WrestleMania 42 event. While Nemeth did not directly name Punk, he made comments implying Punk’s new physique was the result of performance-enhancing drugs despite Punk claiming to be a “straight edge” guy.

“I love that straight edge guys are like NOTHING! IS! EVER! GOING! IN! MY! BODY! EVER! except PEDs which I will be putting in my body actually very often now because I do steroids, but of course that does not break my sacred vow. I am more disciplined than you :)”

I love that straight edge guys are like NOTHING! IS! EVER! GOING! IN! MY! BODY! EVER! except PEDs which I will be putting in my body actually very often now because I do steroids, but of course that does not break my sacred vow. I am more disciplined than you :)
— Ryan Nemeth (@ryrynemnem) June 3, 2026

Kaitlyn Comments on Her Being Open to Potential Future WWE Return

A recent episode of TMZ’s Inside The Ring podcast featured former WWE wrestler Kaitlyn, real name Celeste Bonin, as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Kaitlyn’s thoughts about her being open to the idea of making a potential return to WWE in the future.

“Yeah. So it’s interesting. You know I’m 39. I’ll be 40 in a few months and I’m at the top of my game. I’m in the best shape I’ve ever been in. My body feels great. I’m more confident in who I am, my voice than ever before, right? And so I’m open to it. It’s not like okay, this is my number one goal to get back in the WWE ring, but I think that it would make sense.
So, I’m open to it. And in the past, to be honest, when I would be asked in interviews ‘would you ever go back? Do you want to make a comeback?’ I would be like, you know, maybe. But there was always this trepidation internally because I felt like I hadn’t truly processed my WWE experience emotionally, mentally like I think there was this maturation that needed to happen within myself because when I was there again like I was brand new. I debuted without ever having wrestled before and so I was just like a deer in the headlights constantly and I felt like I was just barely hanging on and anytime that I was on television or I had a big match.
And so now I just I’m such an evolved person versus who I was then and I just have such a deeper understanding of what pro wrestling is and the artistry of it and the connection with the fans and so I think it would make a lot of sense and I feel like I would do great. I haven’t been in the ring in a while, but you know, some of that stuff comes back pretty easy. And I’m also just smarter with how I would wrestle and who I would be on the show.”

Kaitlyn also gave her thoughts about the emotional and mental struggles she went through during her time in WWE that led to her departure in 2014.

“When I left, I had signed my second contract when I had the title in 2013 and I ended up asking for my release with still two years left on my contract. And it’s because I was struggling, I was folding under the pressure of show business and the adrenaline and the emotional roller coaster and also that lifestyle, especially the way it was back then was very difficult to have real relationships like intimate relationships.
I was there from when I was 23 to when I was 27, I didn’t have tools to process what I was going through and I didn’t know how to talk about it. So essentially it kind of built to this point in my life where I was struggling mentally, physically, I was gaining weight, emotionally, I was a mess. And I knew that I couldn’t sustain that. Like my life was reflecting to me like ‘hey you need to figure this out, you need to make some changes’. And I didn’t feel like I could do that while I was living that lifestyle. And I was also, I had lost a lot of confidence in myself and I didn’t want to get released and so I left and I was a mess. I was an absolute mess. Didn’t have a plan.
I knew I wanted to try to build some sort of business and kind of create a new identity for myself outside of the character of Kaitlyn. And it was so difficult because I had this really deep feeling that was my opportunity, that was my chance, that I’m never going to do anything as great as that again. And I blew it, like I could have had such a big impact, a much bigger impact. I didn’t know and I struggled with this idea that I didn’t know who I was when I was there. So I didn’t have the ability to have a true message, right? And so for a long time I felt like a failure which is crazy to a lot of people but it’s just how I felt like I could have done so much more with that opportunity and that spotlight on a global stage.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com 1 & 2

Backstage Update on WWE’s Plans To Hold More Tryouts This Year

As noted before, WWE held a new set of talent tryouts this past January at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. WWE had recently invited several European indies talents for upcoming new tryouts in the United Kingdom.

The Wrestling Observer’s Bryan Alvarez reported that his sources stated that WWE officials currently have plans to hold at least two more talent tryouts this year.

Alvarez reported that WWE officials currently have plans in place to hold new tryouts in Minneapolis, Minnesota during this August’s SummerSlam 2026 week and in South America this September.