CM Punk on WWE post-injury 'business decision' return, running into Vince McMahon

In a lengthy interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour that got social media buzzing due to his comments about AEW, CM Punk also talked about the lead-up to his WWE return at Survivor Series, when he could return from a triceps injury he suffered in January, Vince McMahon, and more. Punk said the ruptured right triceps tendon injury he sustained early in the men's Royal Rumble match in January is healing better than the left triceps injury he suffered while in AEW as the process is "night and day" due to the company having more structure and more protocols in place. He said WWE is protecting him against himself from potentially returning too early which he considers "a welcome change." "I'm the one that's trying to push everything based on protocols for a ruptured triceps tendon but they're telling me to pump the brakes. I'm just sitting back listening to them as best I can," he said. Punk said his eventual return is a "business decision" but that it could be in half the time as compared to his other tric