To the delight of the professional wrestling fans, former WWE Champion CM Punk will make his in-ring return, this Sunday night. He will compete in his 1st pro-wrestling match in over 7 years he faces former TNT Champion Darby Allin at the AEW All Out 2021 pay-per-view in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. This will be the first time that the popular superstar will be in the ring since Royal Rumble 2014.
This match is expected to be the main event of the PPV for all the rightful reasons. AEW is capitalizing on viewership on their weekly programming as CM Punk has made his return on TV, a couple of weeks ago and started building up the match since then.
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As for the outcome of the match, WWFOldSchool reports that CM Punk will lose his AEW debut match against Allin on September 5th in Chicago. This will be to make a statement that he’s here to help elevate the younger wrestlers just like he mentioned in his promo following the return. Chicago fans may not like the outcome but it will eventually help up-and-coming talent.
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CM Punk had no intention to be back in MMA
CM Punk had two fights in the UFC and he lost both of them before coming to pro-wrestling through AEW. He lost to Mickey Gall via Submission at UFC 203 and then again lost to Mike Jackson via unanimous decision at UFC 225. However, his 0-2 MMA record became 0-1-1 NC as his loss to Jackson was turned to a No Contest due to Jackson testing positive for Marijuana on fight night.
Since AEW is open to working with other companies, there’re some rumors claiming that CM Punk may be allowed to have MMA fights if he wants to in the future. But Tony Khan doesn’t need to get involved in the situation given the fact that the veteran wrestler has already decided his fate for MMA.
CM Punk has removed himself from the USADA drug-testing pool affirming that he doesn’t intend to be back in MMA. He was a part of the pool since 2014. Despite his last fight taking place in 2018, he was drug tested 6 times in 2020. But to date, he works as a commentator for CFFC (Cage Fury Fighting Championships), and Tony Khan has no problems for him to continue working with that gig while he will still be under an AEW contract.
