“Would Not Lie”: CM Punk Takes a Nasty Shot at Tony Khan’s AEW All in Wembley Numbers With Chicago Attendance Claim After Raw

WWE Superstar CM Punk has got a machine gun of a mouth whenever it comes to promos. Be it from the squared circle, a backstage interview, a podcast, or social media, the Straight Edge pro wrestler never misses. This time, however, his crosshairs weren’t turned at a rival wrestler, but at his former boss Tony Khan. AEW and WWE keep butting their heads with each other over popularity among pro wrestling fans. 

The number of tickets sold and live attendance in their arenas is probably the biggest denominator for comparison for this clash. The Chicago episode of Monday Night Raw garnered a lot of attendance for WWE. However, CM Punk cleverly turned it around to take a hit at Tony Khan for an attendance misrepresentation for one of his shows.

When the ‘Cult of Personality’ attacked an old wound of AEW

CM Punk had an amazing segment on Monday Night Raw on March 25th, 2024. Performing before his home crowd, he had an amazing banter session with WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre. Punk took to Instagram and uploaded several stories about the attendance in Chicago and thanked the fans for it. CM Punk wrote on his IG story, “Thank you. All 85K (turnstile count from Chicago delegation) of you that came to the show last night. We set records.” 

Sharing another attendance-related story, he said, “Just kidding. Don’t get upset. Chicago delegation would not lie to you. 14,950 paid 15,431 paid + comp.” While the sharing of numbers was natural, reiterating the truthfulness of the Chicago Delegation was a searing blow to Tony Khan.

The 2023 AEW All In Wembley saw massive attendance for its first-ever edition. Sharing the numbers, Tony Khan said that 85,258 people spectated the event from the stands. However, Brent Council, the official authority that released the numbers later revealed that the real attendance was 72,265.  The body apologized for the misreporting as well, but some days had passed before the correction came. This dwarfed the gigantic figures boasted by Tony Khan and AEW. 

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While the wound had healed itself over time, CM Punk made it fresh again. Interestingly, this was the perfect practice drill for Punk who will feature as an official commentator for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XL.

CM Punk to test the patience of Rollins and McIntyre at WrestleMania XL

The Chicago crowd was hyped to see CM Punk play the special guest referee at WrestleMania XL for the title match between Rollins and McIntyre. However, Seth Rollins made fun of the injured Punk and said that he wouldn’t even be able to count since his counting arm was broken. ‘The Best in the World’ immediately slapped the canvas thrice to prove him wrong.

CM Punk later said that in all honesty, he won’t be a fair judge in the match, and would definitely cause chaos. It was later decided that he would join Michael Cole and others as the official commentator of the match. 

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Punk has already started his target practice with Tony Khan. How do you think he will drive Rollins and McIntyre crazy during their match at WrestleMania XL? Let your thoughts flow in the comments.