CM Punk & The Elite Stripped Of AEW World Title And Trios Titles – Tony Khan kicked off tonight’s AEW Dynamite and announced that the AEW World Championship and AEW Trios Championships have been vacated.
A “Tournament of Champions” will be held and the finals will take place at Dynamite: Grand Slam in New York City in two weeks.
The tournament will start tonight, with Hangman Page facing Bryan Danielson in a first round matchup. On Friday’s Rampage, Sammy Guevara will take on Darby Allin in the other first round bout. The winner of those matches will go on to respectively face Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley in the second round of the tournament that will take place on the September 14 edition of Dynamite. Fans can see the full tournament bracket below.
Khan also added that the new Trios Champions will be crowned tonight in the match between The Best Friends and Death Triangle.
CM Punk and The Elite were removed from the AEW Dynamite opening. There also was no mention of their names during the opening segment.
CM Punk defeated Jon Moxley to capture the title at AEW All Out this past Sunday. The title win followed Punk’s loss of the belt, which took place on the August 24 edition of Dynamite when he lost an AEW World Title Unification Match to Jon Moxley. Punk, along with many other AEW talent, are reportedly suspended from the company after the brawl backstage following the All Out press conference.
CM Punk & The Elite Stripped Of AEW World Title And Trios Titles
