CM Punk In WarGames Match Surprised WWE Hall Of Famer

A WWE Hall of Famer didn’t expect CM Punk to join the Original Bloodline for Survivor Series WarGames.

In the main event segment of WWE SmackDown in Salt Lake City, CM Punk was announced as the fifth member of the Original Bloodline team at Survivor Series WarGames.

That announcement of CM Punk being in WarGames was made by one of his best friends and a former on-screen manager, WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman. The announcement from the “Wise Man” Heyman looked like it was a surprise to Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso, who are known as the Original Bloodline group.

CM Punk’s WarGames team, which includes Reigns, both Usos & Zayn, will team up in the WarGames match on November 30th against The Bloodline’s Solo Sikoa, Tonga Loa, Tama Tonga, Jacob Fatu and Bronson Reed, who is not officially in The Bloodline group.

Some fans may think that Punk doesn’t deserve to be in the match, but due to his history with Heyman, the idea seems to be that Punk is doing this as a favor for his buddy Paul.

Rikishi Didn’t Expect CM Punk To Be In WarGames Match

As the father of The Usos and Solo Sikoa, Rikishi is a WWE Hall of Famer who is invested in The Bloodline storyline. Rikishi spoke about it on his Off The Top podcast.

“I don’t know. I mean, really? CM Punk? I didn’t see that coming a mile away, I really didn’t. I don’t know. With Paul (Heyman) being out and that phone call from Roman calling Paul, he didn’t pick up, I would have probably thought that it would have been somebody like Brock Lesnar. I don’t know.

With CM Punk, he’s just such a big asset to the company as far as being able to help draw people to the arenas and the pay-per-view. I just kind of seen CM Punk off by himself. I’m speaking as a promoter vibe. To put my best hitters out there to be able to sell this thing, and numbers, I’m a numbers guy. Then I’m just thinking, ‘wow, it just fits,’ if in case, where was Paul at? Then out comes Brock Lesnar.

So this caught me off-guard with CM Punk. I don’t know. Maybe now, it’s hard to say because I felt when Sami kicked Roman in the mouth, possibly something could turn out from there. But now we got CM Punk. CM Punk is obviously a bigger name as far as than Sami, I feel. Sami’s a good worker, not knocking him, but main event status, if you wanted to sell something could possibly come out of this thing here with CM Punk up against Roman, or who knows? Maybe CM Punk might be starting his own faction.”

The WWE Survivor Series PLE is on Saturday, November 30th in Vancouver. Here’s the lineup so far.

* Men’s WarGames Match: The Original Bloodline – Roman Reigns, Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn & CM Punk vs. The Bloodline – Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa & Bronson Reed

* Women’s WarGames Match: Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Bayley, Naomi & Iyo Sky vs. Liv Morgan, Nia Jax, Raquel Rodriguez, Candice LeRae & Tiffany Stratton

* World Heavyweight Championship: Gunther (c) vs. Damian Priest

* Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Sheamus vs. Ludwig Kaiser

* United States Championship: LA Knight (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

You can watch Survivor Series: WarGames on Saturday, November 30, streaming live at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT on Peacock in the United States and on WWE Network everywhere else.