Video: CM Punk Says He Got Locked Inside WWE HQ After Backlash 2024 PPV

Many storylines emerged from Backlash France Saturday, including Cody Rhodes' first successful title defense, the growth of the Bloodline and Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill winning the tag team belts.

But after the event, they all took a temporary step back for the public plight of CM Punk, who got locked in a bathroom at WWE's Corporate Headquarters and then found himself all alone in the building.

A day later, Punk said he was still trapped in the building:

"I might stick around for the Hartford Raw," he joked. "I think I can just become the Phantom of the Opera, I can just live in this place, and I don't think anybody would know."

Punk took part in a pre-show at WWE HQ before Backlash and then went to the bathroom to change out of his suit. But then he got locked in the bathroom for so long that he missed a flight home.

Once he got out, he found himself with time on his hands and decided to "pull some Phantom of the Opera s--t and see how long it takes somebody to notice that I am in fact here."

So CM Punk now haunts the WWE HQ. We'll see for how much longer, but at the moment, the city of Stamford, Connecticut has temporarily gained one new resident.

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