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A WWE fan has reacted to a friendship bracelet they made for CM Punk indirectly appearing in WWE 2K26.

Back in 2024, a WWE fan named Victoria met CM Punk at WrestleMania 40 and gave him a friendship bracelet featuring the names of his wife, AJ Lee, and his dog, Larry. Later that same year, it became a central plot point in his feud with Drew McIntyre, in which McIntyre destroyed the bracelet after beating down the legendary wrestler. This culminated in a brutal Hell in a Cell match at Bad Blood 2024, during which McIntyre brought a sack into the ring to dump the contents over Punk. But instead of thumbtacks or anything else you'd find in a wrestling match, it was filled with beads matching those used in the bracelet.

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Fast-forward to now and CM Punk is the coverstar of WWE 2K26, with the game's Showcase mode focusing on matches from throughout his career. Naturally – given it's his best match since returning to WWE in 2023 – Punk vs McIntyre made the cut. A trailer released by 2K last night shows snippets from the matches included in the mode, and shows off a clip of that moment when McIntyre dumped the beads over Punk's head.

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Victoria took to Twitter after the trailer aired, reacting to the inclusion, saying, "WHAT IS MY LIFE" with a picture of the moment attached. Visual Concepts gameplay designer Cornell Gunter quoted the post saying "welcome to WWE 2K26" to which Victoria responded, "this is honestly the coolest thing ever thank you." So this is clearly a lesson to be nice and give gifts to people, because you never know, it could become the central focus of a professional wrestling blood feud and then be included in a video game.

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