CM Punk pokes fun at Chael Sonnen’s claims of WWE offering him a million dollars to no show his UFC Title match on Twitter.
Former UFC fighter, Chael Sonnen recently appeared on the on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on ESPN+. He claimed that he received a call from someone in the WWE who offered to pay him a million to no show his UFC 148 main event match for the UFC title against Anderson Silva. Apart from that he also received another offer; 5 million to show up at WWE Raw with the UFC title if he managed to beat Silva.
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He claims that he never said a word about it to Dana White and the fans are split in half. Many believe that this sounds like something Vince McMahon would attempt. Other’s don’t have a lot of trust in the things Sonnen says. However, Former WWE Champion CM Punk saw an opportunity to crack a joke and took it.
Twitter user Greg Rosenstein posted:
Chael Sonnen says before his second fight with Anderson Silva, someone from WWE called him with an offer and said to not weigh in and not fight.
Later, a second offer was show, beat Anderson and be on RAW that week with the belt. $5 million.#HelwaniShow @arielhelwani
— Greg Rosenstein (@grosenstein) June 10, 2019
To which Punk hilariously replied:
https://twitter.com/CMPunk/status/1138142622990704641
The comment was a reference to the Ministry of Darkness storyline when Vince McMahon revealed that he was the higher power all this time. Last month too CM Punk made a joke about his AEW appearance on Twitter.
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