For months, the idea has been that AEW is building AEW Collision around CM Punk, with his return happening on the show’s premiere on June 17.
The belief has been that the premiere episode would take place in Chicago at the United Center. However, the sides are at odds over a misunderstanding regarding bringing back Ace Steel. For the very latest on that, click here.
Warner Bros. Discovery hopes the issue will be resolved within the next week, as they reportedly pushed very hard for him to be brought back. Because of the way The Last Dance was handled last year, with Punk’s debut not being announced, the feeling is fans will be let down should AEW book the United Center and Punk not be on the premiere episode of Collision.
AEW President Tony Khan is supposed to announce the location of this show next week on Dynamite.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, FL is the backup plan should AEW not get on the same page with Punk and not hold it at the United Center.
“He said he’s gonna announce the location of the first show, June 17th. They do have the United Center booked. They are working on booking Daily’s Place. In Daily’s Place, the people have been told it’s a backup plan. It’s not the A plan. So Chicago is still in place. So I think that the basic thing is, they either settle it, and he announces the United Center and Punk is back, or they don’t. And if they don’t, I mean from my standpoint, I think that that’s got to be it. You should never say that because it’s never it. But this was a really bad situation the way it went down,” Meltzer stated.
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