CM Punk, after over seven years away from the ring, has made his triumphant return to wrestling kicking off AEW Rampage in front of a hometown crowd at the United Center in Chicago, Ill.

Punk appearing on AEW Rampage was easily the worst kept secret in the wrestling world, but that didn’t stop fans at the United Center from giving him one of the biggest pops in history. Punk also challenged Darby Allin to a match at AEW’s upcoming PPV All Out.

Fans at home also freaked out on Twitter causing CM Punk to quickly become the number one trending topic on Twitter. Here are some of their best reactions.

• CM Punk dominated Twitter's Trending Topics

  The hashtag #CMPUNK is the currently the #1 trending topic in the U.S with #BestInTheWorld at #5 and Cult of Personality at #11 and HE'S BACK at #12 and ITS CLOBBERING TIME at #25.
  
  5 trending topics are all about CM PUNK in the top 25 trends.
  
  What does that tell you? LOL

  — Denise 'Hollywood' Salcedo (@_denisesalcedo) August 21, 2021

• The memes were plentiful, like this gem...

  Dear @TonyKhan: #AEWRampage #CMPunk pic.twitter.com/zy8ndPv3du

  — Joey Wright (@thejoeywright) August 21, 2021

• ...and this one

  Watching CM punk's entry#CMPunk pic.twitter.com/KaWfB8cGDM

  — fullvikas (@not_vikash) August 21, 2021

• One crying fan will likely become a new meme

  This guy was all of us!#AEWRampage #CMPunk pic.twitter.com/9qsUX8uzh0

  — 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧 (@WrestlingCovers) August 21, 2021

   

• Fans in overseas time zones even stayed up to watch this historical moment

  Well, that was amazing. Happy I stayed up til gone 3am after all 😅 #CMPunk pic.twitter.com/hcsBSVfjzN

  — Scott Warren (@Scott_RebNoise) August 21, 2021

• The fan signs were aces, like this one...

  And I believe them!👀🤣🤣#AEWRampage #CMPunk pic.twitter.com/OMzKFtNFqV

  — 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐕𝐞𝐧 (@WrestlingCovers) August 21, 2021

• ...and this one...

  Not like you guys have been counting or anything 👀 #AEWRampage pic.twitter.com/hLYnzZWCC9

  — AEW on TV (@AEWonTV) August 21, 2021

• ...and this one.

  The best sign in the crowd 😂😂 #AEWRampage #CMpunk #AllElite #WelcomeBack #aew pic.twitter.com/KH82T7L3pv

  — Morgan Solo✌🏻 (@Cystik1) August 21, 2021

• Speaking of WWE, plenty of people were wondering what they were thinking during this moment.

  How WWE looking after #CMPunk signed with AEW pic.twitter.com/BNuEgueaQN

  — Xshotit❌ (@Xshotit_) August 21, 2021

• Some used Vince McMahon's words against him.

  https://twitter.com/SportsCuppa/status/1428904968107356160?s=20

• Other fans channeled Michael Scott.

  Vince after hearing Punk showed up at AEW Tonight: #CMPunk pic.twitter.com/VlwXizr6z9

  — CASH THE STAMPEDE. (@KINGDALLASCASH) August 21, 2021

• After all the dust settled, CM Punk had another surprise for fans at the United Center

  THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED.#AEWRampage #AEWonTNT #TheFirstDance pic.twitter.com/EaN9WxDMbe

  — TDE Wrestling (@tde_gif) August 21, 2021

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