An AEW star shared a gym photo with WWE‘s CM Punk in Las Vegas during WrestleMania week.
Amid all the festivities during WrestleMania week, former WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk reunited with his former AEW colleague. Former FTW Champion Brian Cage posted a photo with the Straight Edge Superstar at the Dragon’s Lair Gym in Las Vegas on Instagram. After the post blew up, he also shared it on X/Twitter.
Brian Cage had posted some pictures with former WWE stars Braun Strowman, Road Dogg, and AEW’s Billy Gunn at WrestleCon 2026, noting that he rarely takes photos with fellow wrestling stars. However, as fate would have it, he had another opportunity when he took the picture with CM Punk.
“Made a post this morning about never taking pictures, and then as fate would have it, it gave me another opportunity. I’d normally just catch up with @CMPunk and leave it at that, but figured after just posting about this, it was my chance to try to respond differently. Always nice seeing many of the friends from the other side at @the_dragons_lair during mania week. Been cool with punk ever since taking the last GTS on dynamite,” he posted.
After being out of action for over a year due to a quadriceps injury he sustained in March 2025, Brian Cage recently revealed that he’s cleared for in-ring action. He returned to the ring at an FSW event in Las Vegas on April 17.
As for CM Punk, he appeared on WWE RAW after losing the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 42. He noted that he’ll stay ready for future opportunities and even teased going after Cody Rhodes and the Undisputed WWE Championship.
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