Bryan Danielson Discusses CM Punk’s AEW Departure & WWE Return

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Bryan Danielson has discussed former two-time AEW World Champion CM Punk’s departure and his WWE return at Survivor Series 2023.

On September 2, CM Punk was fired by All Elite Wrestling “with cause” after a backstage incident at AEW All In London.

Fightful Select recently reported that Bryan Danielson was part of the AEW disciplinary committee that made the recommendation to Tony Khan to fire Punk.

At WWE Survivor Series 2023, Punk returned to the company for the first time in nine years in front of his hometown of Chicago.

Speaking on Maggie & Perloff, Danielson was asked about Punk’s AEW departure and if he was on the disciplinary committee. He answered:

“Yeah, I’m a part of the disciplinary committee. Clearly, what happened has happened. I’m somebody who, I like CM Punk, I think he brought a lot to AEW while he was there.

“There is not a lot I can say about it, or that I want to say about it about. I am part of it. It’s really funny, you know how the internet is.

“Some people say I was the head of the disciplinary committee. There were more than three people involved in this decision, but most of them were all lawyers.

“To say that I was the head, I don’t even have a college degree [laughs]. I’m not in there bossing people around. I am part of the disciplinary committee.”

When asked if it was a difficult decision to let Punk go, Bryan replied:

“Absolutely. As somebody who…I have a lot of empathy. I’m grateful for the time he was able to spend in AEW.

“He did a great job for us. I wish him the best in his future and I hope his run there goes well.”

Bryan Danielson is set to face Eddie Kingston in the Blue League of the AEW Continental Classic tournament on the December 2 episode of AEW Collision.

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