"I look pretty far ahead, but that's just me being greedy. Like, I want to wrestle you and you and you and you." - CM Punk
"CM Punk didn't just usher in a fast-paced style of wrestling."
"In the cold hard light of 2020, CM Punk may not be considered the best in the world."
"I've got two words for you: fight us!" - CM Punk
"CM Punk returns to the ring for the first time in seven years."
"CM Punk instantly became the hottest wrestler in the country."
"Everyone was like my flipping word did you hear what CM Punk said he was on fire."
"When CM gets his shoulder up at 2.9 I am pretty sure at least one person in that crowd died you cannot react like this and stay alive."
"CM Punk sets fire to WWE. The best in the world has a funny old habit of rubbing people up the wrong way backstage."
"CM Punk needs to be back on TV weekly."
"One of the best parts of this fledgling promotion is CM Punk's matches."
"CM Punk's return to the WWE after nearly 10 years really shows that anything can happen in the world of pro wrestling and nothing should ever be taken as an it will never happen moment this was the ultimate it will never happen moment and it got proven wrong."
"CM Punk single-handedly signing with AEW changes the entire [__] industry."
"30 minutes of CM Punk in the ring telling this story and potentially people coming out and getting involved as he tells it and he lets you know he's not leaving."
"...did you see a CM Punk t-shirt?"
"CM Punk coming back was one of the greatest returns, if not the greatest."
"CM Punk does not have anywhere else to go. WWE wouldn't touch him with a 10-foot pole."
"CM Punk had a successful outing in his return with FTR at his side, defeating his longtime rival Samoa Joe along with Bullet Club Gold's Jay White and Juice Robinson."
"You know CM Punk was really one that kind of blew the door open for that."
"Despite lasting for about nine months, this remains one of CM Punk's best runs."
"...I don't want to gender it but the fact that CM Punk isn't on this list at all uh makes I don't think you can well for me I don't discount people's whole you know eight months of work based on one thing they would do I would put CM Punk definitely in the top five..."
"CM Punk embodies all of that and the fact that he did it not once but twice we have to put CM Punk as a Hall of Famer when it comes to being a Mr Money in the Bank."
"CM Punk returning while I'm watching at 4:00 a.m. in the morning was kind of an out-of-body experience."
"CM Punk really was just like the accent on all of that so just to be a part of that to be able to witnessed that with almost like 8,000 people that were watching my live streams was I think like a once in a lifetime moment for me."
"CM Punk is one of the best to ever do this. CM Punk really is just unnatural; he was built for the microphone."
"CM Punk was given a live microphone with barely any script."
"CM Punk has finally got a fight date."
"...those are only a few of the things that sum up the incredible memorable Reign that CM Punk had with the WWE Championship."
"CM Punk with a world title is money, absolutely."
"Ryback's run of dominance earned him a shot at CM Punk's WWE Championship inside Hell in a Cell that meant the champ would have no help from his manager Paul Heyman which stacked the odds firmly against him"
"CM Punk with a studio show would be a hit, no doubt about it."
"CM Punk's controversial departure from TNA, a stormy exit."
"CM Punk's return to wrestling was a monumental moment that gave fans major goosebumps."
"...CM Punk is one of the better storytellers of modern wrestling history..."
"CM Punk was a renegade a rebel he played his music how he wanted to play it and no one was ever going to get him to change that."
"CM Punk was not dismissed solely because of his backstage altercation with Jack Perry though that did not help his cause."
"Fans believed in something again, and that something was CM Punk."
"CM Punk is a drug-free, alcohol-free, straightedge wrestler."
"CM Punk proved that you can be from the Indies and become a big player in WWE."
"Nobody in pro wrestling is hotter than CM Punk."
"CM Punk is one of the most controversial wrestlers in wrestling history."
"CM Punk wins the title, leaves through the crowd, blows Vince McMahon a kiss."
"I think it's cool that somebody out there exists like CM Punk that's not whipped by the WWE."
"CM Punk is the first guy and probably the only guy in the modern era that's actually been able to do that."
"I'm proud for CM Punk that he saved his money, he lives leanly... he can just say, 'I'm gonna go home because I don't want to do this anymore, and I'm driving myself crazy,' and he did, and I love it."
"It's been one week since the return of CM Punk and it still feels a little bit surreal."
"People will come to see CM Punk wrestle no matter what."
"CM Punk is the absolute hottest thing in the wrestling business right now."
"Oh my gosh, it's CM Punk, we've all been waiting for this!"
"If this is the quality of match we're going to get with CM Punk as world champion, it's going to be a great title run."
"This is the best version of CM Punk that we've ever seen."