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News regarding WWE’s plans for a CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes world title match

Aaron Rift

As seen during the July 6th 2026 edition of WWE RAW, CM Punk defeated Sami Zayn to capture the WWE Title. This was Punk’s first match since he dropped the world heavyweight championship to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 42.

False Finish noted the following regarding plans for Punk vs. Cody Rhodes via Twitter/X…

“False Finish has learned that CM Punk winning the Undisputed WWE Championship and heading into SummerSlam to defend it has been planned for well over a month. Punk was initially set to challenge Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 43 in Riyadh but WWE is preparing for SummerSlam in Minneapolis to be better than WrestleMania 42 was.”

WWE announced that Punk will be appearing on Friday’s edition of Smackdown from Oklahoma City. Punk is expected to be part of the SmackDown brand moving forward.

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