AEW wanted to revive the iconic feud.
At AEW All Out, CM Punk beat Jon Moxley to become a 2-time AEW World Champion. Right after that, MJF would return to confront Punk. A lot of things have happened since then, especially Punk relinquishing the title.
According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, AEW had plans for Punk and MJF to feud in the main event, with more ‘classic promo battles’ planned prior to their title match.
The hope was to revive Punk vs. MJF, and have the classic promo battles, plus all the great undercard action. I don’t think things would have been back to September 2021 no matter what, but they also didn’t have to be at that level to thrive as a company going forward.”
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
MJF is set to challenge Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship at Full Gear on November 19th. As for CM Punk, his status in AEW is under question.
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