CM PUNK RETURNS & WINS THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP | WWE Raw Review (7/6/26)
Video Overview & Insights
CM Punk wins the WWE Championship as Triple H abruptly ends Sami Zayn's reign as WWE Champion after 9 days.
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After Cody Rhodes was taken out by Gunther, Nick Aldis placed one phone call, and CM Punk answered to fill in for Cody Rhodes to take on Sami Zayn for the WWE Championship, and the outcome was expected. With CM Punk the new WWE Champion, what happens going into SummerSlam now? Does Sami Zayn get a rematch for what happened? Why did WWE opt to go with CM Punk and not Cody Rhodes tonight against Sami Zayn?
Also, Seth Rollins is set to address Roman Reigns again this week, after Roman Reigns accepted Seth Rollins challenge for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam. Oba Femi discusses Brock Lesnar, and his upcoming battle inside Hell In A Cell at SummerSlam. And, Raquel Rodriguez challenges Sol Ruca for the Women's WWE Intercontinental Championship.
Oba is really starting to amaze me, he's doing a great job with his promos
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Timestamps:
Gunther's match with Aldis is forced, now Drew McIntyre vs Aldis made sense but they failed to pull the trigger on that.
00:00 WWE Raw Livestream Intro, Music & Countdown
11:08 Off The Script Opening
They had 3 weeks to build an opponent. There were options. However all of this illustrates why the Brand Split needs to end.
11:42 JD Is Live For The WWE Raw Review
12:12 CM Punk Wins The WWE Championship In Chicago
Knowing this company it will probably turn into a tag team situation in the future past summerslam with Punk and Cody vs Sam and Kevin Owens when hes medically cleared to wrestle
15:01 CM Punk Begins Another Summer Of Punk
16:54 Why WWE Chose CM Punk Over Cody Rhodes
Thank God CM punk is back by defeating Sammy Zane that makes him a SmackDown superstar and that show needs a lot of help in order for it to get better. This was a good review JD..âșïž
19:24 Sami Zayn Is Not Done With The WWE Title Picture
22:52 Nick Aldis Has Every Reason To Be Furious
Exactly JD...HHH manipulated the audience by taking belt off Sami and giving it to CM Punk in Chicago. I will agree that for now Cody needs to stay away from the Title for a while and go full heel. In a year or so he can switch and go win the World Heavyweight Title.
26:39 King Of The Ring Makes The Oba Femi Problem Worse
30:14 Seth Rollins Should Have Won King Of The Ring
CM Punk gets beat by Roman disappeared 3 months suddenly is #1 Contender to WWE Undisputed Title? JD you're right it makes zero sense.
36:08 Cody Rhodes Needs To Turn Heel
41:08 SummerSlam Tickets, Cody vs Punk And The TKO Problem
Sami Zayne deserved better. 9 days...Jade and Liv go months without a defense but Sami gets 9 days. Make it Make sense. Lol HHH and his creative team are trash đ Panda đŒ. I absolutely want them all fired.
46:08 Triple H Booked Himself Into Another Corner
51:08 CM Punk Gets A Title Shot While King Of The Ring Gets Buried
All Codyâs matches in his first reign were great people forget so fast
57:04 Raw Review Begins As Chicago Saves WWEâs Night
58:39 Sheamus Leaving WWE And Channel Updates
They donât announce in the movies that the actress got married jdđ wwe literally acknowledged her wedding a few weeks ago
59:32 Patreon SummerSlam Review Series Begins
1:01:36 Superchat Wheel And OTS Merch Giveaway
I'm gonna miss the Fella đą (Sheamus)
1:03:30 Seth Rollins Promo Drags Raw Down
1:08:36 Seth Rollins Exposes WWEâs King Of The Ring Logic
Everytime I consider tuning in to watch for just a few min, I think of Nick Khan's punchable face, and quickly decide not to
1:14:08 LA Knight Saves The Segment And Cooks Seth Rollins
1:19:39 LA Knight Gets Pulled Back Into Bloodline Chaos
PUNK LOSES TO ROMAN AT MANIA, GOES HOME FOR 3 MONTHS, COMES BACK, GETS A TITLE FOR NO REASON, OTHER THAN A POP IN CHICAGO.
JEY LOSES TO FEMI IN THE FINAL FOR KOTR, GETS A NO. 1 CONTENDERS MATCH AGAINST CODY, WHO ALSO LOST.
IC TITLE NO. 1 CONTENDERS MATCH. YOU HAVE TO BEAT 6 OTHER SUPERSTARS FOR A TITLE SHOT AGAINST PENTA.
OBA FEMI, ACTUALLY WINS KOTR CHOOSES NOT TO FACE EITHER CHAMPION AND INSTEAD FUED WITH BROCK WHICH SHOULD'VE ENDED AT MANIA.
THIS BOOKING IS GARBAGE!!!
PS I LIKE PUNK AND HAVE BEEN A FAN FOR YEARS, BUT WHAT HAS HE DONE TO EARN A SHOT?!
AND IF WE'RE GOING BY WWE LOGIC CHOOSING LOSERS THEN GARGANO SHOULD BE NEXT IN LINE FOR A TITLE SHOT.
NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE!
1:22:02 Sami Zayn Arrives Before Gunther Attacks Cody Rhodes
1:25:36 Adam Pearce, Nick Aldis And Gunther Go To War
Why does Cody have to turn heel ? He just needs a bitter, vicious heel to work with.
1:28:58 Nick Aldis vs Gunther At SummerSlam?
1:31:28 Street Profits vs The Vision For The Tag Team Titles
Punk's back.... Remember one of the Rock's title reign was yep you guessed it 9 days.... Either his first or second title reign can't recall..... Sami was yes as JD said, a moment. Now, he might win it again, never know...
1:34:31 Maxine Dupri Costs The Street Profits The Tag Titles
1:39:20 Danhausen, JD McDonagh And The Enzo Amore Tease
Haaland is a beast đ„đ„đłđŽ
1:42:38 Bron Breakker Is Stuck In The Vision Vortex
1:48:00 Chad Gable Needs The Intercontinental Title At SummerSlam
So your a Sami Zayn supporter, u wanted to finally win a World championship. He does it and only holds it for 9 days and youâre ok with because he lost it to Cm Punk. The same guy whoâs been gone for months. If AEW did this youâd go nuclear on them.
1:50:47 Sol Ruca vs Raquel Rodriguez For The Womenâs IC Title
1:53:26 Paul Heyman Sells Brock Lesnar vs Oba Femi Inside Hell In A Cell
Fire Paul Levesque
1:55:16 Oba Femi Confronts Paul Heyman And Calls Out Brock Lesnar
2:00:53 Sami Zayn Learns Cody Rhodes Is Out Of The Main Event
They going to put jey uso on that match and maked a 4 way.đ
2:06:11 Rusev, Chad Gable And Joe Hendry Get Dragged Into Chaos
2:08:04 Bayley Warns Lyra Valkyria Before Their Face To Face
Oh how quick everyone forgets the reason they turned on SZ was because he swooped in and stole the US title and a WM spot off of Melo.
Now, bu bu bu but JD, THEY DONE SZ DIRTY HE DESERVES BETTER
At least Punk won it clean. Thought SZ was meant to be a fighting champion?
2:11:31 Danhausen Faces Judgment Day Before Saturday Nightâs Main Event
2:12:11 Sami Zayn vs CM Punk WWE Title Match Begins
I hope Sami will be involved but honestly, I wouldn't be surprised, if they have him doing something with Gargano instead. At some point, there has to be a payoff, with their backstage segments
2:16:41 Triple H Uses CM Punk To Save Cody Rhodes
2:17:20 CM Punk vs Sami Zayn Main Event Breakdown
Your 100 percent right Jd you should bloody book WWE this creative team and triple H have been atrocious the last 18months Iâm a huge triple H guy but omg this shit sucks đ©đ€
2:21:39 CM Punk Beats Sami Zayn To Win The WWE Championship
2:22:32 CM Punk Brings Back 2011 Money In The Bank Energy
i liked that cm punk won the title cm punk vs cody rhodes is the money match and it should be for the championship sami zayn got his moment i dont want to see sami zayn in the match with cody and cm punk at summerslam i liked oba femi's promo i liked maxine's low blow to help the vision i don't want to see guntver vs cody rhodes cody rhodes needs to turn heel i didn't like the seth rollins promo it didn't make sense i liked la knight's promo
2:24:16 Raw Final Thoughts And The Cody Rhodes Heel Turn Problem
2:26:40 Superchats Begin With The OTS Merch Giveaway
Last night I was so angry at what happened with Sami Zayn that Iâve looked for a YouTube stream talking about it to see if I was right to be pissed off. Then Iâve found your stream.
Keep up the good work! Awesome, wasnât the last time I listened to it.
2:54:19 Final Thoughts
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Punk is so boring as a face
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I honestly thought they'd at least give him till SummerSlam and write in an excuse to have him keep the title with Gunter interfering in the matches or something. Same look at Street Profits and the even more lame Maxine Dupree angle. To think Bronn Breaker was supposed to be a main eventer by now and look at him. Whole show was rubbish and I'm glad I didn't watch it and watched the Belgium vs. USA match instead. The most laughable part was at WWE posting the Sami Zayn vs. CM Punk match right after the attack before annou8ncing it on TV later on. I mean even back in the day Undertaker defended the title on a house show before Tuesday In Texas, and they couldn't even give Sami one match and title defence.
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So who you got to defend the title? Oba vs Sami??? Nobody wants that. Everything is falling into place the way it should. I live in Minnesota and I was up in the air about going. Now I got Brock vs Oba hell in a cell and now CM PunkâŠIâm going now
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I swear, the fans are fickled about the decisions of Sami being WWE champion and CM Punk beating Sami to win the WWE title. I see people complained about Sami winning the title was a mistake. A lot of people glad he took the title from Cody. Now I see people complained about Punk winning the title from Sami without doing anything to earn a title shot. And complained about Sami having a short title reign. The fans get what they want, but they crapped on it anyways.
@nwo2coolThat said, itâs a really stupid idea (well, considering the quality of WWEâs ideasâŠ).
Matt Cardona comes to Danhausenâs aid, but under the name Zack RyderâŠ
I warned you: itâs really stupid⊠But in Danhausenâs wacky world, it could very well happen.
Street Profits were done just as dirty. Dropping the belts to the vision. I thought Bron Breakker was a Triple H pet project but now hes in a tag team because I guess they have nobody else. But they think Enzo and Cass is the shot in the arm this division needs
@BMitc13476Cody turning heel is a brilliant idea đĄ! Don't nobody like that white meat baby face Cody is trying to be. Dude is not his father like Stephanie said. So, while Ric Flair is still living, he should start wearing robes like Flair and start calling himself Golden Boy Cody Rhodes. And start cutting promos about how much bigger and better he was than his father as World heavyweight champion. Talk about how he won the world heavyweight title that his father never won. A perfect way to draw and get heat on Cody.
@alberthenley2062I think Sami at one of the best performance Monday night that's the sami i wanted to see for his heel turn he was aggressive
@pamelhester5712I was not a fan of Sami winning the title, but at least do something interesting with his run. Cody turning heel last night in Chicago costing CM Punk the title wouldâve been intriguing
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@webbking49Nice to be CM punk lmao
@MrAzorean143Cody doesn't have the Heels to work with. They did Rollins, OTC, Gunther. What good heel is actually left. They have no ideas how to book and put story lines together.
@heyyo1636Honestly Triple H needs to implement the 30day rule for title holders again.
@EffrenWoodsWwe rey mysterio never turn heel
@KevinAbreu-d4xSami was a favor to the Saudis. Plain and simple. They wanted a Muslim to defeat the American nightmare in Saudi Arabia to win the championship. And that market is huge and important for WWE, and they arenât going to take a chance that the Riyadh wrestlemania turn out like Las Vegas. He had a couple of days, he lost it. And now he has a few main inventors to play off of until the inevitable, royal rumble win and gigantic crowning next yearâs wrestlemania.
@williamsohor4067If y'all really thought HHH was about to book a show without Cody in the Main Event you're out your fuckin mind.... Because let's be honest Cody vs Punk in a grudge match would've still been number 3 on the totem pole behind Oba and Brock and Roman and Rollins
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@muzman486The silver lining in all this is that Punk is going to be on SD, and i don't religiously watch it anymore so i don't have to see him or hear him lie about being the best in the world every week.
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