Before CM Punk went on his rant at the AEW All Out media scrum after he had won back the World Heavyweight title from Jon Moxley that night and got into a backstage fight with The Elite, he was on an incredible run.
Punk was coming off a hot feud with MJF before winning the World Title from Hangman Page at Double Or Nothing last May. Punk was sidelined with an injury that required him to be sidelined for several weeks, but AEW President Tony Khan insisted that he shouldn’t vacate the title, so Jon Moxley was made the interim champion. Moxley later beat Punk on Dynamite in a title unification bout before they did a rematch at All Out.
There had been a rumor going around that Punk was supposed to lose to Page at Double Or Nothing, but he pressured Khan into changing the finish.
In the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that the rumor is not true and Punk was always supposed to win the match.
“As far as rumor corrections, the story going around that Punk was originally going to lose to Adam Page at last year’s Double or Nothing but pressured Tony Khan to change the finish is not true. Punk was always winning that match. I had said before the match that I it was me, I’d have Page win the first meeting and Punk then win the title in Chicago, but Khan wanted the title on Punk months earlier and that wasn’t Punk’s doing or pressuring” Meltzer wrote.
Punk’s future with AEW is still up in the air, but he is expected to be medically cleared soon after being sidelined with an injury for several months. It’s still unclear whether Khan will bring him back or they will go their separate ways.
Earlier this week, Punk told a fan that he would wrestle again just to upset the person and that the fan would watch no matter where the match takes place.
