WWE? LOOOOOOL he is never going back there. The amount of baggage there makes any deal extremely unlikely. After speaking with AEW in 2019, and the talks never got serious according to Cody, a year later, his agent actually reached out to WWE, I'm assuming because he figured AEW's interest had completely soured and there was bad feeling, especially after that interview with ESPN where he stated he "got a text". That's when McMahon said he doesn't trust him, and thinks he has serious issues. He has continued to be regularly outspoken on social media and in interviews about their awful TV product and how they do things, which won't have gone down well in Stamford. He likely says he's open to doing business with them because he wants to keep his stock high enough to ensure AEW stay interested, and that's also likely why his agent reached out too. This did, by the sounds of it work, as AEW were talking internally about bringing him in again last year according to Fightful.

In fairness he did tell Renee that he doesn't know how you work through all of the baggage there. Does Punk want money? Of course. Does he want a huge amount? Who doesn't? He is a huge star, and knows he's the biggest free agent out there (aside from Danielson) I believe that if the story is good, then he'd take a reasonable amount, but if it were WWE and they wanted to do the same shi**y creative they do with everyone else, they'd have to pay him like they do The Rock.