AEW Collision is nearly a week away and Tony Khan has announced the return of CM Punk. The new show will debut in Punk’s hometown Chicago, Illinois at the United Center on June 17th, 2023. AEW was struggling to sell tickets for the show and hence Khan announced the ‘Best in the World’s’return. But there is no change of progress in the ticket sales and a WWE legend slammed the 44-year-old AEW star for the same.
The WWE Hall of Famer also took a shot at Punk’s “rabid” fanbase which has turned their backs on the former world champion. Moreover, he claimed to have done a good job than Tony Khan without having Punk onboard again.
WWE legend calls CM Punk a “dramatic failure”!
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When CM Punk debuted for AEW, it was a moment of celebration in professional wrestling. The debut not only did wonders for Tony Khan’s company but shocked WWE as well for a while. However, the same has not happened as Punk is returning on the new show, and Eric Bischoff criticized the AEW star.
In the recent episode of Strictly Business, WWE Hall of Famer once again criticized Punk. This time he took the AEW Collision ticket sales to bash the ‘Voice of the Voiceless’.
Bischoff said, “I’ve told you from day one, this guy is not a star. Here’s a really funny part of this that I’m thoroughly fricking enjoying is CM Punk has set himself up for just a dramatic failure. CM Punk came in with all of this mystique, and he did a good job of creating that mystique and maintaining it, and for that, I have respect.”
The 68-year-old added, “But once he got there, Punk didn’t deliver, and then he turned into a b*tch, and then he turned into something a little darker than just being a b*tch and being whiny, and the audience has started to turn against him. The rabid CM Punk fan base has diminished substantially.”
This is not the first time Bischoff has publicly criticized the former two-time AEW World Champion. A few weeks ago he called Punk an overrated wrestler. Furthermore, the WWE legend also slammed the AEW’s decision to bring the 44-year-old back.
Bischoff says AEW can do a successful UK show without Punk
Tony Khan and AEW are ready to do a show at the Wembley Arena in the United Kingdom. Bischoff shed light on AEW not needing CM Punk to sell out in the UK on August 27th, 2023.
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Bischoff told his co-host as AEW was able to sell nearly 65,000 tickets without announcing Punk’s return. The WCW legend also went on to say, if he was Tony Khan he would’ve never brought Punk to the UK show. Moreover, he would have sold more than 70,000 tickets in London.
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