As was noted earlier, CM Punk has been terminated by AEW. The news broke via a statement from AEW’s official social media accounts.
Over the last several days, there have been different versions of what happened between Punk and Jack Perry last Sunday at AEW All In. Dave Meltzer has multiple versions of the story from all sides in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Meltzer tweeted that the results of the investigation led to Punk’s firing and the non-wrestler eyewitness account is probably the best description as to why Punk was fired.
You can read the entire story in the Observer. Here is the snippet with the version of the story told by the non-wrestler neutral party:
“Another version, and this would be a neutral source who was not a wrestler but was there and witnessed it and his version was that right after Perry came to the back, Punk went nose-to-nose with him aggressively and asked him if he had a problem. That person said Perry said he was just looking to get heat as a heel. Punk shoved him hard, Perry got in his face and in that version Punk sucker punched him and went for a choke. People immediately broke it up and Khan was yelling at Punk to let him go.”
So, that should clear up some things for people wondering why Jack Perry was not let go. Now the question is whether or not WWE will be interested in Punk or if Punk is interested in continuing on with a career in pro wrestling.
The results of the investigation of the incident last Sunday led to this. The non-wrestler eye witness report in the current issue of the Observer is probably the best description as to the what and the why.
— Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) September 2, 2023
https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1698083546684920102
