AEW Star Shows Support For CM Punk On AEW Collision After Punk Was Fired

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After CM Punk was fired by AEW earlier today, one of the promotion’s champions showed support for Punk on Collision tonight.

The show opened with a statement from Tony Khan in which he claimed he felt his “life was in danger” during the backstage incident involving Punk at All In last Sunday.

However, later on in the show, there was a singles match between Dax Harwood and Jay White, with Harwood and Cash Wheeler of FTR very well-known to be good friends of Punk.

That was made very clear by Wheeler in particular, as during their entrance tonight, he flashed Punk’s signature “X” gesture.

You can see the screenshot here:

The full statement from Tony Khan to open Collision was as follows:

“Today I had to make one of the toughest decisions of my professional career. Today I terminated Phil Brooks, CM Punk, for cause.

“This stems from a backstage incident at AEW All In last Sunday. The incident was regrettable, and it endangered people backstage. That includes the production staff, the people who help put the show on every week, innocent people who had nothing to do with it.

“I’ve been going to wrestling shows for over 30 years. I’ve been producing them on this network for nearly four years.

“Never, in all that time, have I ever felt, until last Sunday, that my security, my safety, my life, was in danger at a wrestling show.

“I don’t think anybody should feel that way at work, I don’t think the people I work with should feel that way, and I had to make a very difficult choice today.

“It came at the recommendation of a Discipline Committee here in AEW, as well as outside legal counsel, who delivered a unanimous recommendation, and I have followed up on that recommendation.

“I’m sorry to any fans who are upset by this. I’m sorry to anyone who’s upset by this.

“Despite that, we’re gonna have a great show tonight at Collision, and we’re gonna have a great All Out pay-per-view tomorrow here in Chicago.

“Last weekend was the greatest weekend in AEW history, this is the greatest week in AEW history, we’re gonna continue the great momentum here on Collision and tomorrow night on All Out pay-per-view.”

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