Warner Bros Discovery: “CM Punk Is Not Affiliated With TNT’s AEW Collision” – As noted earlier, AEW announced today that Saturday Collision will premiere on Saturday, June 17 at 8pm ET via TNT. However, the official press release had no mention of CM Punk and there’s been no talk about Punk on the AEW social media accounts. Instead, the company is hyping names like Thunder Rosa, Miro, Samoa Joe, Miro, and Powerhouse Hobbs.
Connor Casey from ComicBook.com reached out to Warner Bros. Discovery and received the following statement: “CM Punk is not affiliated with TNT’s AEW Collision.”
It’s possible that this is a smoke screen to lower expectations when/if Punk gets officially announced, possibly on tonight’s AEW Dynamite. For what it’s worth, there are people in AEW that have been expecting Punk’s return so we’ll see.
Another thing that wasn’t announced was a new TV deal. It is worth noting that all of the chatter about a new deal was primarily on social media and no one officially tied to WBD and/or AEW has said that a TV deal announcement was coming. One would assume that AEW will be getting paid more for the Collision show since that’s an added expense for AEW.
A brand split had also been rumored but sources within AEW are saying that it’s not a hard split and that fans would see some wrestlers on both shows while others would primarily be featured more on one specific show. As always, plans are subject to change.
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Warner Bros Discovery: “CM Punk Is Not Affiliated With TNT’s AEW Collision”
