Eddie Kingston On How He Found Out CM Punk Was Joining AEW

Eddie Kingston has discussed CM Punk joining AEW, explaining why having Punk around benefits the rest of the locker room.

Speaking with Kenny McIntosh of Inside the Ropes, Kingston pointed out that there is a lot of value in Punk’s name. Revealing how he found out that CM Punk was in serious talks with AEW:

“I found out because you hear whispers. Certain people who have, let’s say, certain stroke or control move also into the whispers, and I went ‘oh it’s happening’ without them telling me it’s happening, oh it’s happening. I got super excited. I’d known Punk, ooh man, I first met Punk when I was 21 when he came to Chikara to do a special seminar, so I’d known him since then.

“He’s one of the rare guys that has a name, that the name brings people in. Nowadays it’s AEW, that name, or WWE, that name, NWA that name. But when you put CM Punk, you’re coming for CM Punk. He’s become like an old-school name. I love it that he’s here. When I look in his eyes I see old Punk.

“I see someone who is hungry again, maybe not hungry again but hungrier, and happier and mentally I can just see in his eyes he is in a better place than he was when I saw him maybe while he was with WWE at the end. I ran into him and he just didn’t seem like himself. Now he seems better than himself, you know what I mean?

Punk’s match with Darby Allin at All Out on September 5 will be his first bout since Royal Rumble 2014.

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