AEW Pitching CM Punk Program With Samoa Joe

CM Punk is on his way back to AEW, and a lot of things could be on the table. It seems that he will face Chris Jericho, but he also has history with other people on the AEW, and ROH roster.

CM Punk made a name for himself in ROH before ever venturing to WWE years ago. Now he finds himself in AEW, a company owned by the same man who also bought ROH. This could present an interesting possibility.

Sean Sapp noted behind Fightful’s paywall that CM Punk will “head-up? the Collision brand for AEW as their highlighted player. They also confirmed once again that a program with Chris Jericho was pitched for Punk.

There is also a very interesting pitch on the table for CM Punk to work with Samoa Joe. Of course, Punk and Joe made history many years ago on Ring of Honor.

Sources close to Punk have indicated that he’s become increasingly interested in working with Samoa Joe. Joe has not wrestled on All Elite Wrestling TV since AEW Revolution, when he dropped the TNT Title to Wardlow. However, he’s been a regular on ROH TV as their World Television Champion.

Samoa Joe and CM Punk haven’t wrestled each other in any capacity since August 2005, when they were involved in a four way elimination match at ROH Redemption that saw Jamie Noble win the ROH World Title. The two have a storied history across ROH, PWG and the UK, with their last one-on-one match on record happening in March 2005. Joe and Punk went to two 60-minute draws in ROH, and Joe also pinned him twice.

It was also noted that the outlet “can’t confirm whether the pitch/suggestion was for a one-off match or an extended program. Also, we have not confirmation on whether or not the match is actually happening, as AEW sources won’t discuss anything related to Collision in general, much less the matches planned.”

We will have to see how AEW re-introduces CM Punk back into the fold. This could be a tricky situation to pull off, considering everything at play. It is certainly an interesting situation, to say the least.

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