Chris Jericho Discusses AEW Potentially Signing CM Punk
The wrestling world has been rife with rumours regarding a CM Punk return for years – but those have well and truly amped up in 2021!
With AEW rumoured to be the destination for the former WWE Champion, many in AEW are remaining tight-lipped – but Inside The Ropes’Kenny McIntosh asked Jericho whether he’d like to see Punk in AEW.
“Well, I mean, the short answer is, ‘Of course.’ I mean, he’s one of the few guys out there that has has this mythology surrounding him because he hasn’t wrestled so long. Take Punk out of the equation. Sting is with us now. Edge is back in WWE. Christian is with us. But you take, other than that, guys who haven’t wrestled for a long time, he’s probably at the top of the list, unless you’re going to throw Steve Austin in there and you know Steve’s not going to come back.”
The inaugural AEW World Champion, though, wouldn’t confirm nor deny the speculation.
“So, it would create a huge buzz that would add to the already huge buzz that we have, and I think just the fact that 12,000 tickets sold at the United Center without one name even being announced, or one match even being announced, shows just how much anticipation there is for all of these things. So, yeah, we’ll see what happens.”
Jericho remained coy, adding that he “knows nothing” about the potential of CM Punk joining him in AEW.
“And I honestly, really don’t know. It’s something that I know nothing about. Obviously, it’s intriguing and I’ll be watching along with everybody else to see what happens. But we’ve got great momentum without Punk and we’ll have great momentum continuing without him, and great momentum with him if he shows up. So either way, I think we’ve built ourselves up into a great position right now.”