CM Punk confirms triceps injury, says WWE WrestleMania ‘not in the cards’

CM Punk isn’t going to WrestleMania this year.

Punk confirmed on WWE Raw that he tore his right tricep during the Royal Rumble match on Saturday and as a result, will be out of action for the foreseeable future, including WrestleMania. He said that while WrestleMania 40 isn’t in the cards for him, there’s always next year.

As he was cutting his promo, Drew McIntyre came out and eventually told Punk that he prayed for something like this to happen, as now he will find a way to get to the main event of WrestleMania and live Punk’s dream again. Punk told him that his heart hurts more than his tricep, he will rehab and when he comes back he will headline WrestleMania. But before that, he would first target McIntyre.

McIntyre responded by attacking Punk, headbutting him and stomping on his injured tricep. Sami Zayn came in for the save as referees tended to Punk.

It was reported earlier on Monday that Punk had torn his right triceps, putting his WrestleMania status into question. Punk had previously tore his left tricep at AEW All Out back in 2022. He returned from that injury for the debut of AEW Collision last June.