CM Punk has been making up for lost time since returning to the pro wrestling world in August 2021, and after Friday's "WWE SmackDown" the legend has found his way into Roman Reigns' Bloodline drama as the fifth man in the impending "Bloodline Civil War Games" at Survivor Series — a fitting addition as we approach the one-year anniversary of the night he returned to WWE.

Paul Heyman and CM Punk both returned on the November 22 episode of WWE SmackDown. Heading into Friday night, Roman Reigns and the OG Bloodline had come up empty in their search for a fifth man for their WarGames match against The Bloodline.

WWE’s two battling Bloodlines came face to face to close out SmackDown, with an ultimatum from Solo Sikoa drawing out Roman Reigns and the original crew. The problem was that with the addition of Bronson Reed to Sikoa’s group,

This week’s WWE SmackDown saw a massive event as the Wiseman finally returned and brought backup to help Roman Reigns and the OG Bloodline against Solo Sikoa and his Bloodline. While this might end up as a confrontation of the ages,

Heading into the penultimate edition of SmackDown before Survivor Series: WarGames, Roman Reigns and his OG Bloodline Team of Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, and Sami Zayn were having a whole lot of trouble finding a fifth for their match against Solo Sikoa’s new Bloodline team of GOD,