It looks like AEW talent are happy to see Colt Cobana back on AEW TV.
Since CM Punk joined AEW, Colt Cobana has had very few appearances with the company. It was reported that Cabana would be heavily involved in Ring Of Honor going forward and it was believed this was due to tension with CM Punk. Cabana returned to AEW TV on the November 2nd edition of AEW Dynamite.
Fightful Select provided an update on Thursday about Punk, mentioning several in the company were happy to see Cabana back on AEW programming.
The dozen or so talent that Fightful heard back from regarding the November 2 AEW Dynamite were in support of Colt Cabana being back in the fold. There was natural inquisition as to it possibly reinforcing the longstanding rumor that Cabana was removed from television because of CM Punk, whether that was directly requested by Punk or not, which Punk vehemently denied. Before Cabana’s absence, we’re told that he’d seemed incredibly happy and had been helping produce matches for months before he left. Wrestlevotes tweeted on November 3, “Colt Cabana showing up on Dynamite last night didn’t go unnoticed in Stamford. That’s all I’ll say on that right now…” Those that we spoke to were saying that seemed like a huge signal to WWE that if CM Punk wasn’t finished with AEW before, he would be now. One source within WWE that was familiar with both Punk and Cabana said they’d be shocked if the two could ever work together again. A WWE source said they haven’t heard anything even resembling an update on on the relationship between Punk and WWE, and that they wouldn’t feel comfortable officially reaching out to him considering the situation. Fightful asked AEW if Cabana is back on a permanent basis and if he’ll return, and we haven’t heard back as of yet.
Fightful Select
Time will tell what this means for CM Punk’s status within AEW, but many believe this to be the final nail in the coffin of Punk’s career with the promotion.
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