On this week’s Quake By The Lake episode of AEW Dynamite, AEW World Champion CM Punk made his return from injury after a two-month absence. Sammy Guevara and Jake Hager entered the ring to triple team Jon Moxley after he defeated Chris Jericho to retain his title as the interim AEW World Champion. Ortiz, Eddie Kingston, ROH Pure Champion Wheeler Yuta, and ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli all headed to the ring to assist, but The Jericho Appreciation Society maintained control until Punk returned and cleaned the ring of the heels, including Jericho. Following their confrontation, Moxley gave Punk the middle finger and shrugged his shoulders to put an end to the show. This was done to prepare for next month’s Moxley vs. Punk title unification battle. Click here for updates on Chris Jericho following the bloody AEW Dynamite main event.
The AEW All Out pay-per-view on Sunday, September 4, will include a title unification match between Moxley and Punk, according to a new report from Fightful Select.
Since he was originally placed on the sidelines, AEW officials had been hoping that Punk would be ready for All Out, and now, with less than a month until the pay-per-view near his hometown of Chicago, he’s back.
Punk was recovering from surgery, and AEW officials didn’t want to put him behind schedule or cause him any inconvenience, so there was no talk of bringing him back sooner.
There was reportedly a restricted space backstage at the Target Center in Minneapolis for Punk’s return at Dynamite, and it’s thought that this was done to keep it a secret. Most of the roster, including some of the wrestlers who were actively involved in the post-main event storyline, were kept in the dark about Punk’s return. Punk personally kept the information under wraps as well.
We will keep you updated on any new information regarding a potential pre-All Out match for Punk.
Stay tuned to PWMania.com for more.
