CM Punk reportedly wanted to make a WWE return but the company “turned him down”

As previously noted, WWE reportedly has no plans to bring back CM Punk despite apparent references on television. In an update on that story, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com stated the following…

“They turned him down. He wanted to go there and the decision was a no. It can always change, and it was brought up to me, there’s no such thing as ‘no forever’ when it comes to WWE, but it’s no for now. That was the decision that was made. It’s Vince McMahon]’s decision. Vince, Nick Khan, Paul Levesque [Triple H], and obviously they decided that the negatives outweighed the positives.” (quote courtesy of WrestleTalk.com)

For what it’s worth, Punk has been posting various Instagram stories over the past few days that have gotten fans talking…