The dream comeback run for CM Punk in AEW has come to a halt as he can no more call himself a champion. Just five nights after winning the AEW World Championship at the Double or Nothing pay-per-view in Las Vegas, Nevada, the former champion announced during AEW Rampage that he has an injury that will require surgery to fix things.
“So, here’s the bad news – I’m injured and need surgery. A couple of things are broken. The biggest one is my heart because I love nothing more than to perform for all of you, and I wanted to go on one hell of a run. That’s the bad news,” CM Punk stated on Rampage.
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“The good news is, I can still do all that. I told you I was going to go till the wheels fall off, and the wheels are still there, they haven’t fallen off. It’s just that one of them happens to be broken. I’ve come back from worse, I’ve felt better than I feel today, but I’m also here to tell you that I’ve felt a hell of a lot worse.”
CM Punk’s root of injury remains a mystery
There’s nothing in detail was informed regarding CM Punk’s injury as he just referred to the situation as just “a bump in the road” before throwing praise at AEW’s talented young roster. He relinquished the title so that those talents can use this opportunity. Then he promised to come back bigger, faster, stronger, and hungrier in the future to end the promo segment.
Following CM Punk’s promo, AEW announced that an interim AEW World Champion will be crowned. A battle royal will be held on this coming Wednesday’s “Dynamite” with the winner advancing to face the number-one contender Jon Moxley later that same night. The winner of that match will compete for the interim AEW World Championship at the “Forbidden Door” pay-per-view on June 26.
CM Punk was spotted with a noticeable limp during an off-camera segment with MJF on this week’s Dynamite and many believe that he was showing signs of that injury. It’s possible that the injury occurred during a six-man tag team match where Punk and FTR defeated Max Caster and The Gunn Club. However, there’s no confirmation on the happening.