SmackDown Live Live SmackDown Discussion thread, September 5th 2025: CM Punk returns to Chicago

[Shane]

AJ honestly helped make Daniel Bryan a star

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Becky was being perfectly obnoxious too, which makes the pop return even better.

Which will make her tapping out to the Black Widow even sweeter

 

[Tremendez]

So happy she’s still rocking the shorts and crop tops and she still remembers to skip to the ring, man I’m being hit with nostalgia left and right.

 

[Tremendez]

AJ honestly helped make Daniel Bryan a star

You get it.

 

[Tremendez]

Seeing how great she still looks right now really makes me sad that we did lose 10 years of her career cause we could’ve had so many moments if she had just continued working all the way through 2025 but man, if we could just get even a year though right now I wouldn’t take it for granted.

 

[Shane]

So happy she’s still rocking the shorts and crop tops and she still remembers to skip to the ring, man I’m being hit with nostalgia left and right.

When AJ retired I was a junior in high school. Wild.

 

[Professor Booty]

Watched the clip of the return I’m happy for her to be able to get that kinda pop in her life. Becky sold it like 97 Taker was coming out for her. Happy for my boy Smark

 

[Tremendez]

When AJ retired I was a junior in high school. Wild.

Makes me feel old, but it sounds about right. She retired only a year and change after you came on the scene here.

 

[Kairi HoHo]

When AJ retired I was a junior in high school. Wild.

I was 27 Jesus time goes by you so fast

 

[Shane]

Makes me feel old, but it sounds about right. She retired only a year and change after you came on the scene here.

Not quite haha. I joined in 2011. She retired in 2015.

 

[Professor Booty]

Seeing how great she still looks right now really makes me sad that we did lose 10 years of her career cause we could’ve had so many moments if she had just continued working all the way through 2025 but man, if we could just get even a year though right now I wouldn’t take it for granted.

But she didn’t want that and who knows how bad that’d of been for her mental health in the long run.

 

[Tremendez]

But she didn’t want that and who knows how bad that’d of been for her mental health in the long run.

I love AJ and she’s getting no hate from me for making any choices that’s better for her personal mental health. I’m just talking in general.

 

[Shane]

I’ve spent half my life on his website. (Formerly Pulse)

 

[Tremendez]

I’ve spent half my life on his website. (Formerly Pulse)

Yeah, I was referring to after the rebrand to punks it was about a year and change, but yeah, I forgot you were on the former pulse.

 

[Shane]

Yeah, I was referring to after the rebrand to punks it was about a year and change, but yeah, I forgot you were on the former pulse.

Yessir. I joined at 13. Turned 27 a few weeks ago.