AEW - All Elite Wrestling (*Spoilers for Latest Show*)

So the mentality checked out bucks now get to stink out the show that was actually building talent........ There are no winners in this scenario.

What was the maybe bullshít/maybe true leaked quote from someone in WWE about Punk last year? "He's their problem now."

I don't think they'd want the drama he'd bring even if they'd get some eyes for the notoriety alone. Rollins has called him a "cancer" and told him stay away, probably half in character but only half.

Punk brought me to AEW but MJF is what’s going to keep me here. It’s a shame it happened at their biggest ever event, but if it didn’t happen at Wembley it would have happened somewhere down the road. Punk just can’t help himself.

I’ve always been a massive Punk fan and he’s sucked me back into the world for wrestling twice now (first time was the pipe bomb) but this is the correct decision and it’s time for him to go.

Not for nothing but there's been plenty of other drama/fights in AEW outside of Punk.

Britt constantly burying/bullying Thunder Rosa publicly.

Andrade/Sammy

Eddie Kingston/Sammy

Rumoured tension between other acts

These are just the ones I remember, that is to say that they need to do a better job of dealing with conflict in AEW instead of running to the dirtsheets or getting into fist fights.

A dozen wrestlers are in a better position than they would be if collision didn't happen, now they've gotta hope the Elite remember them once a month so Excalibur can announce their match with no build.

I'm sure Ricky Starks, bullet club gold, willow nightingale, statlander, andrade, Miro and Hobbs are delighted that the guy who got them prominent TV time is gone.

Punks a dick, but be careful what you wish for.

You cannot expect someone who constantly causes havoc in your promotion to continue having a job, the negatives well out weight he positives with Punk.

What would you expect TK to do in this case? Have Punk suspended and down the line come back into the fold? It's playing with fire....The only think TK did wrong was not firing Punk after the Elite confrontation.

Time for Cardblade to man up and become the main man!

I would expect TK to run a professional locker room, but history has shown he doesn't do that, punk is human gasoline, letting the elite and Anna jays boyfriend pull their meta shooty bollox was never gonna end well, letting punk go off at the all out scrum was never gonna go well, If the story about the Elites mate being the one who didn't organise punks travel is true, not firing him on the spot was never gonna go well.

Tony has failed to control his lads at every single point, because he is a mark with money, there's a reason why he's not on the sidelines for the jags or Fulham, he wants to pretend he's everybodies mate and this is the first time in 4 years he's had to actually grow a set.

Normally lads only find out they're not employed there anymore when the phone stops ringing.

What I find very interesting why fire Punk before Collision and All Out in Chicago, the crowd could really be nasty

There's a few possible reasons I could think but still very few that make much sense.

1. Stop the crowd from expecting Punk to show up. (won't matter cause they may revolt as a result, or maybe not)
2. Create some hype for Collision/All Out while also taking some shine away from Payback.
3. So that Tony doesn't have to put up with scrum questions about Punk's status (if it was a normal press conference he'd get asked about the decision to fire but most of these seem to be packed to the rafters with kiss-ass 'journalists')
4. If they aren't confident in the quality of the All Out card and the crowd boo they have a scapegoat as to why.

Or maybe it might just be that they did their 'investigation' and it was clear that Punk had to go asap.

As much as I hate someone losing their job and also he was good to watch on-screen, the trouble he was seemingly causing backstage just wasn't good.

But I hope Tony starts to implement rules now. One being to stop airing backstage stuff in the ring. It's one thing making reference to something in a sly way like a wee dig at Xavier Woods after the videos but saying something that may cause problems in the back like we've had often in AEW should be stopped.

But yeah, I expect loads on Punk chants like when he left WWE.

No better man to replace Punk tomorrow than the American Dragon!

Strap match against Starks.