How WWE can quickly turn up the volume on its Roman Reigns-CM Punk Survivor Series story

The Post’s Joseph Staszewski brings you around the world of professional wrestling in his weekly Post Match Angle.It took some time for my head to wrap itself around it, to process and think back a little bit as to why creatively CM Punk and not Seth Rollins or Brock Lesnar was the best fifth man for Roman Reigns’ Survivor Series team.There is the obvious reason for Punk’s star power and his strong connection to Paul Heyman that a call from The Wise Man — after he reconnected his phone – made sense, as long as they don’t start calling him CM Uso.But as I thought about and factored in two key pieces of information, I started to appreciate Punk’s presence as not some callback to something in The Bloodline story, but the potential for a fresh and unfiltered voice in it – a chance to turn up the volume even more.After Punk helped clear the ring of Solo Sikoa’s Bloodline, Reigns looked confused at his presence, asking him – inaudibly – why he was there.Punk, the original Paul Heyman guy, told Reigns, it’s not about you but him — pointing to Heyman.Reigns replied by saying “He’s my Wise Man.” Punk quipped back with, “We’ll see.”An X user then posted Punk’s lone interaction with Sikoa’s crew back in June, when a scared-for-his-life Heyman asked “The Voice of the Voiceless” to “take me with you” away from the new Bloodline. Heyman hinted in August during an interview with Sam Roberts that his return would set up a year’s worth of storyline.Then, it clicked.Punk’s role in this can have three prongs.

He should be seen as a threat by Reigns to take Heyman away from him and Punk helping out the OTC should further irk Rollins whenever it’s time for their feud.But more importantly, Punk needs to be an independent voice to call out Reigns for all the damage he’s done.Give Punk a microphone next Friday and let him absolutely tear into Reigns.“You know why I’m here? I’m here to help clean up the mess you left after W...