AEW Planning A Roster Split? – As noted, CM Punk wants to come back, AEW President Tony Khan also wants him to return, and now there are tentative plans in place for it to happen this summer. For more on when he’s expected to return, click here.
There are also backstage issues that have yet to be settled with Punk ahead of his return.
There have plenty of rumors lately that there’ll be a new Saturday AEW show debuting soon, which at the minute looks likely to be called AEW Collision, because the company filed for that trademark recently.
According to Fightful, there’s starting to be a lot more talk within Warner Bros Discovery about the new show being “designed” to facilitate a “soft roster split”.
The idea would obviously be to keep people who have issues with each other on separate rosters so they can stay away from each other, which isn’t just Punk, but there are plenty of others on the roster who have their issues with each other as well.
Fightful added that talent haven’t yet been informed of a roster split being planned, but have heard discussions about the fact there’ll be a new show.
There’s still not been anything officially confirmed about the new show so we’ll keep you updated, and of course we’ll keep you posted with anything new on Punk’s return as well.
The report did mention that “the working plan” has been for Punk to make his return to AEW at or around the June 21 episode of Dynamite which is at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
There was also said to be talk about it not being a surprise but actually announced in advance, potentially at the Warner Upfronts on May 17.
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AEW Planning A Roster Split?
