CM Punk is just being CM Punk. After stepping into Monday Night Raw tonight, the Second City Saint continues to be a pain in the neck for his arch nemesis, Drew Mclntyre. Stripping the Scotsman of his sure-shot title win during MITB 2024 couldn’t quench the 45-year-old’s thirst to make his opponent’s life miserable. The Chicago-based native continued his verbal abuse spree, noting Mclntyre would never be a champion as long as he had air in his lungs and dubbed this a promise fulfilled.

Name-calling him as the Scottish Keyboard Warrior, Punk demanded a suspension lift for the former World Heavyweight Champion so that he can screw him up again. That said, in this noted promo, the former AEW star also threw a sarcastic dig at his former promotion as well.

CM Punk fired back at Tony Khan on Raw months after the bitter fallout

Punk AEW-history is an open secret to all. In a brief tenure, he engulfed himself in a lot of controversies, starting from the All-Out brawl with the Young Bucks to the Jack Perry controversy that led to a permanent suspension and subsequent firing. It’s quite clear that Punk holds resentment toward Tony Khan for how things transpired. As an outlet to vent out his frustrations, the six-time WWE champion mentioned that WWE got people in the hard cam region, taking a clear dig at AEW’s attendance woes.

It will be interesting to see if Khan has anything to fire back on this. But the shot from the former Nexus leader was on point and valid.

Tony Khan’s deceiving TV presentation has emerged as a consistent talking point 

After debuting in the global wrestling market back in 2019, Tony Khan showed great potential to be the market leader. The fresh energetic aura and a jam-packed roster culminated in the production of a series of blockbuster shows. The Florida-based promotion seemingly posed a threat to WWE’s undisputed fame among the wrestling buffs. But things started to take a pear shape later. TV attendance for the big shows like Dynamite and Collision started to drop drastically. It reached a critical stage last year with only 2500 tickets sold for an arena with a capacity of 17,500 for a Dynamite episode. To cover this truth up, Khan didn’t show the hard cam area at all, giving it a full look overall. Since then, it has become a common brickbat against the Jacksonville-based promotion.

While shifting to a smaller arena can resolve the issue in the future, Khan’s big venue ego might not let that happen. What’s your take on CM Punk issuing a subtle dig at Tony Khan? Let us know in the comments.