WWE: CM Punk Reflects on One Year Anniversary of WWE Return, New Day 10th Anniversary Celebration Set for 12/2 RAW Show, Talent Frustrated with New Comp Tickets Policy

Nov 25, 2024

CM Punk Reflects on One Year Anniversary of His WWE Return

CM Punk reflected on Instagram about today being the one year anniversary of his official return to WWE at Survivor Series WarGames 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.

“Happy one year anniversary of my return to WWE. Thank you to all the fans for waiting, chanting my name for years, and carrying me on this journey. Thank you to my family and friends backstage for the warmth and continued support. Thank you Paul, Nick, and Bruce for the trust and making it all happen. Love you all! We are just getting started!”

In celebration of the anniversary, WWE recently released a behind-the-scenes video of Punk’s return to the company.

WWE Announces New Day 10th Anniversary Celebration for December 2nd WWE RAW Show

WWE announced that next week’s WWE RAW show on December 2nd in Everett, Washington will be featuring a celebration honoring New Day’s ten year anniversary.

Official press release:

WWE celebrates 10 years of The New Day
WWE will honour the 10th anniversary of one of its most popular factions, The New Day. Since their debut in 2014, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E have captivated fans around the globe with their electrifying energy and the power of positivity.
On December 2nd, WWE invites fans to join in the celebration of a decade of positivity with a special tribute to The New Day’s legacy on Monday Night Raw.
The New Day have made their mark in WWE history as they held multiple Tag Team Championships between their time on Raw, SmackDown and NXT, including the then-longest reign in WWE history at 483 days.
Fans can reminisce on 10 years of The New Day with exclusive content available across WWE platforms:
A 10-Year Photo Gallery: Take a trip down memory lane with a photo gallery The New Day’s evolution, featuring iconic moments, and historic championship victories.
The New Day’s Best Matches: Relive their most spectacular matches in a compilation on WWE’s YouTube channel.
Exclusive Sit-Down Interview: Hear directly via YouTube from Kofi, Xavier and Big E as they reflect on stories from their legendary experience.
The celebration kicks off with a celebratory episode on December 2nd where The New Day will be honoured with a live tribute to their incredible decade of accomplishments during Raw.

Several Talent Frustrated with WWE’s New Comp Tickets Policy

Several WWE talents reportedly have become frustrated with recent changes made to WWE’s internal ticket policy in regards to how comp ticket requests are handled for shows, according to Fightful Select.

It was reported that those spoken to stated WWE officials had made several changes to their comp tickets distribution policy for their talent in wake of the company’s product and business being hot and the high demand for tickets to their events around the world over the past year.

Those spoken to reportedly stated that WWE officials have scaled back a lot on the amount of internal comp tickets available for their talents and in many cases, these tickets are not readily available for shows.

It was reported that instead of talent being given tickets for their friends and family, they are now being sent pre-sale links in order to get tickets early. It was also reported that it is currently not known if this new policy changes applies to all WWE talent but several of those spoken to stated that it did apply for them.

It was also reported that the shortage of comp tickets had caused many within WWE’s locker room to become frustrated over the issue. One high level WWE official reported brought up the change simply being a “product of WWE’s success” and also brought up the company has been using less seat fillers than usual due as a result of the high tickets demand for shows.

One talent spoken to reportedly stated there was no written information or update that was given to talent informing them of the new change and many only found out after contacting talent relations for tickets.

Another talent spoken to stated that they had got comp tickets approved by WWE months before an event only to be told to provide a credit card in order to pay for the tickets on the week the show was taking place.