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.

Following "WWE SmackDown" going off the air, the OG Bloodline team did their group salute, but with a CM Punk twist.

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.

For the past few weeks, Seth Rollins has been the frontrunner to be The OG Bloodline's fifth man at WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024.

This week on WWE Smackdown, Paul Heyman returned after being away from the company due to an attack at the hands of Solo Sikoa and the New Bloodline. He introduced The OG Bloodline's Survivor Series War Games 5th member,

WWE finally ended the fans' wait and unveiled the fifth member of the OG Bloodline, spearheaded by Roman Reigns. The members of the OG Bloodline were in the ring with the new Bloodline when Paul Heyman made his surprising return.

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 the return of Paul Heyman and the fifth member of the OG Bloodline for Survivor Series: WarGames.

Paul Heyman has managed numerous world champions over his WWE Hall of Fame career. On WWE SmackDown, two of those clients unexpectedly joined forces. Heyman returned after a five-month hiatus, bringing CM Punk along to complete Roman Reigns' WarGames team.

On Friday Night, CM Punk paid tribute to Paul Heyman on his return and also announced his return on WWE Smackdown so that he can join the original Bloodline's WarGames team. Both of them returned on the November 22 episode of WWE Smackdown.