5 things you missed from CM Punk's AEW return

#3 CM Punk is back for the Young Talent

The Summer of Punk has begun @CMPunk 👊#AEWRampage pic.twitter.com/jndHscruoc

— All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) August 21, 2021

CM Punk sat down on the mat in the center of the ring and gave a little history lesson during his time with Ring of Honor. In a sense, he hasn't felt the same since. He said:

"See, I felt before I had to leave. I didn't want to but I knew I couldn't stay and that is when I worked for a place called Ring of Honor. August 13, 2005 was my last match in Ring of Honor and I famously came out with tears in my eyes and walking out here today, I now know why I was crying and it was a lot of reasons but what it boiled down to, was...I had made a place where people could come work, get paid, learn their craft and LOVE professional wrestling."

Of course, in a slight to WWE, CM Punk said that he has been gone from pro wrestling since 2005 and only returned in 2021. He then said he was back and said:

"And I'm back for you. I'm not going to lie. I'm back for me too. But I'm back because there is a hell of lot of young talent that I wished I was surrounded by ten years ago. So, in saying that, I sit back and say, hell well, they're there now. Why aren't you? Here I am."

With statements like that, it does show that CM Punk is interested in putting young talent over.

A new era in #AEW begins now! @CMPunkTune into @tntdrama NOW to watch #AEWRampage #theFirstDance LIVE! pic.twitter.com/3JHKNu3LyQ

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) August 21, 2021