War Games 2024 and 2025
Roman Reigns engaged in a heated promo battle with CM Punk to end Monday Night Raw, in which he addressed their shared history. Among it, their two times teaming up for War Games. As Reigns reminded Punk, he was consulted when Punk wanted back in the company. Reigns gave the okay and what did Punk do? He spit in his face by trying to turn his cousins against him and steal his Wiseman. He shook Reigns’ hand at War Games even and tried to make the OTC forget all about the man who tried to destroy his career before it really truly began.
War Games 2024 marked the first time Punk and Reigns shared a ring in a decade. Punk stepped up as the surprise final member of Reigns’ team in his Bloodline civil war with the Solo Sikoa-led group. In doing so, Punk was entitled to a favor, one that he cashed in for WrestleMania when he asked Paul Heyman to be his cornerman for WrestleMania 41.
Despite their animosity, Punk and Reigns shared a team for War Games yet again in 2025 as this time it was Reigns who stepped in to help Cody Rhodes’ team against their mutual enemy in the Vision. Reigns didn’t try to hide his disdain for either Rhodes or Punk as he implored the two to get their house in order and figure out whose team it really was. In the end, the team was too combustible as the Vision emerged victorious thanks to the masked assailant later revealed to be Austin Theory. Reigns helped Punk to his feet and shared a fist bump with his rival while telling Rhodes he would never team with him again. It seemed at the time, Reigns hated Rhodes more than Punk but as Reigns recalled on Monday, he felt Punk tried to brainwash him in that moment. It almost worked Reigns noted, but ultimately it didn’t as his hatred for Punk was too strong.
