>>13177454CM Punk suffered a significant injury during the Royal Rumble Saturday night.
His exact injury was unconfirmed by those in WWE past many confirming the injury and that as of right now the plan is to have him on the show from Tampa to address the nature of the injury. Within the WWE the speculation was a torn triceps but nobody close enough to the situation would confirm anything more than a significant injury to be addressed on the show.
There was a spot in the Rumble where the referee checked on Punk and he told the ref "My triceps."
Punk tore his triceps previously at All Out in Chicago in 2022 in the main event of the show against Jon Moxley, had immediate surgery and was out of action for more than nine months before returning for the debut of the Collision show. He was likely able to return a little before that but his return was held off to build the debut of Collision, which he was to be the star of.
When Punk told the referee about his triceps it was late in the match after taking a future shock DDT from Drew McIntyre.
Punk was scheduled to face Seth Rollins at WrestleMania this year. It will be clear tonight whether or not that will be possible.
