Matt Riddle, who was recently fired by WWE, has taken to X to react to the shock return of CM Punk, warning the company he's harder to deal with. Riddle's troubled time within WWE led to his release earlier this year, with multiple incidents causing problems.

Randy Orton has picked up right where he left off since returning to WWE, scoring his first "Raw" win in 18 months (with some help from a popular singer).

The returns of both CM Punk and Randy Orton saw the ratings for WWE's "Monday Night Raw" rise by nearly a third over last week. The Best in the World and the Apex Predator helped the "Raw" viewership rise to 1.

WWE RAW viewership increased significantly on7. Wrestlenomics reports that RAW averaged 1.884 million viewers on Monday. This is way up from last week, when RAW averaged 1.459 million viewers. In the 18 to 49 demographic,

The WWE Universe witnessed the return of the legendary Randy Orton at Survivor Series WarGames, and true to his moniker, "The Viper" wasted no time in making a resounding impact. Orton's comeback not only tipped the scales in Cody Rhodes' favor but also set the stage for controversy and defiance on WWE RAW.