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.

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.

In a shocking turn of events on SmackDown, Paul Heyman made a grand return, introducing CM Punk as the fifth member of Roman Reigns' Bloodline faction

The latest episode of WWE SmackDown produced a major shock with CM Punk returning to team up with the original 'Bloodline' team of Roman Reigns against Solo Sikoa's team. Punk was revealed as the fifth member by Paul Heyman who made his return since the June 28th episode of Smackdown when Sikoa kicked him out of the group and destroyed him.

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,

Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso, and Jey Uso stood across from Jacob Fatu, Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, and Bronson Reed on WWE SmackDown, with Solo wanting Roman to surrender as he was outnumbered. Solo said that together, they could run WWE for the next decade.

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,