CM Punk made his big debut with AEW in the summer of 2021 when he finally returned to professional wrestling after seven long years away from the business. Punk worked his way through the ranks and he managed to capture the AEW World Championship for the first time in his career when he defeated Adam Page at Double or Nothing back in May.
Unfortunately for CM Punk he had to take time off due to injury, and he lost the AEW World Championship when he returned. However, Punk went on to become a two time AEW World Champion when he defeated Jon Moxley in the main event at All Out.
During a recent episode of FTR with Dax Harwood, Dax was asked if Punk was becoming bitter heading into the All Out pay-per-view. Dax claimed that wasn’t the case and he also noted that CM Punk didn’t want the belt.
“No, not at all. Punk was still so joyous and happy to be in the wrestling business. To be honest, he told me, when they were going to put the belt on him, that he didn’t want the belt. He said, ‘I just want to have fun,’ but he understood that Tony putting the belt on him would put AEW in a better light. He took it, begrudgingly a little bit, but he took the belt.”
“At the time, he was taking me, Cash, Max [MJF], Wardlow, Hobbs, I’m missing so many guys, he was taking us out to eat, always paying for it. He bought all the girls in the locker room Starbucks gift cards and had one of the girls hand them out, anonymously, and didn’t say who they were from, but it was from him, just because he loved the atmosphere and loved being there. He also loved the work the girls were putting in. He thought they were busting their ass to try and get the attention that WWE’s women’s division was getting.”
H/T Fightful
