WWE legend CM Punk sends AEW fans wild with cryptic hints days before rumoured Rampage debut

We’ll find out on Friday… (Picture: WWE)

CM Punk is heavily rumoured to be making his All Elite Wrestling debut this weekend and he’s having a lot of fun teasing fans in the buildup.

The former WWE superstar seems primed to make a long awaited return to wrestling on Friday night’s episode of AEW Rampage with social media buzzing with anticipation.

Punk has been subtly – or maybe not so subtly – feeding the speculation with hints along the way, and he dropped another bombshell on Instagram this week when he shared an image which simply read: ’05 11 21′

Almost instantly, people were trying to figure out the puzzle with some connecting the dots and reaching a couple of conclusions.

Now, 2005 marked the year of the first Summer of Punk, when he won the Ring of Honor World Championship only to sign with WWE and threaten to take the gold with him.

Six years later, fans were treated to another Summer of Punk which kickstarted with his infamous pipebomb promo and went onto beat John Cena for the WWE title in his hometown of Chicago at Money In The Bank.

He re-signed with WWE that night, and adding another bow to the theory.

If there’s a pattern emerging, the ’21’ suggests a third Summer of Punk is on the way along with another new contract, with all signs pointing to AEW.

It’s not the only time the legendary star, who has insisted he’s busy promoting new drama Heels in Chicago on Friday, has teased something recently, as he also provided some MMA commentary over the weekend and dropped some in-jokes about a wrestling return and even described something as ‘all elite’.

This also all comes as he was snapped wearing a pin badge of a Chicago Bulls basketball jersey with Punk and XX on it.

XX was always on Punk’s taped wrists during his career – referencing his Straight Edge lifestyle – and there’s also the possible coincidence that Friday is the 20th of the month.

It all seems to be aligned, and he recently admitted he had talks with Tony Khan when AEW launched two years ago.

He said: ‘Yeah, I talked with Tony. My perspective on this, and I’ve said this to his face, I am a guy who has constantly heard, “Hey, I’ve got a money guy,” or, “Hey, I’ve got TV” at least one or twice a year for 15, 20 years of my wrestling career…

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‘It always seems like somebody [says], “Oh, we’re going to start up and compete with Vince [McMahon].” I always think that came from a bad spot, because I think if you start up a wrestling company, I think you should always focus on yourself.

‘So I, more or less, took a wait-and-see approach. I wasn’t and I am not interested in pro wrestling in that respect.’

Time will tell!

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