A new report has revealed that CM Punk and AEW are at odds once again, hence why Punk was pulled from today’s Collision announcements.
As we’ve already covered, Warner Bros Discovery accidentally revealed that CM Punk was originally scheduled to be on Collision promotional materials but was seemingly removed at the last minute.
Fightful Select also posted a report that said – despite Punk not being promoted – they’d heard he was still planned to be involved, and his long-time associate Ace Steel may have been in line to be re-hired.
Well, as it turns out, maybe not anymore.
PWInsider is reporting that talk backstage in AEW today is that CM Punk and AEW are again “at odds”, this time over the return of Steel.
According to the report, things were in motion for what Fightful had said, with Punk set for Collision and Steel on his way back.
However, at some point, a decision was made that Steel would NOT be brought in to work backstage at Collision tapings.
Punk obviously wants him to be, so there’s been another falling out and that’s why Punk was removed from all the promotional stuff today.
IMPACT sources told PWInsider that the company was recently interested in hiring Ace Steel, and when he passed on that, it became apparent that meant he was planning to go to either AEW or WWE, so the timing lines up that an AEW return was indeed planned.
WBD stated today that Punk is “not affiliated” with AEW Collision.
The debut episode of the show is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 17 in Punk’s hometown of Chicago and was supposed to be his big return.
Time will now tell if that happens. We’ll keep you posted with any further updates.
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