AEW World Championship, World Trios Titles Vacated After CM Punk Brawl
A new AEW World Champion and new World Trios Champions will soon be crowned. AEW President Tony Khan revealed on Wednesday’s AEW: Dynamite that the aforementioned titles have been vacated following an alleged backstage brawl between World Champion CM Punk and World Trios Champions the Elite (Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks).
“Following All Out on pay-per-view this past Sunday night, I’ve been forced to vacate the AEW World Championship, as well as the AEW World Trios Championship,” Khan said at the top of the show.
Per Khan, new World Trios champions will be determined tonight in a match between Death Triangle, and Orange Cassidy and the Best Friends. (Update: Death Triangle has been crowned the new champs.) Meanwhile, the new World Champion will be decided in a Grand Slam Tournament of Champions on Dynamite and Rampage, with the final two battling it out at AEW Grand Slam on Wednesday, Sept. 21. Participants include Hangman Page, Bryan Danielson, Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin, Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley.
The melee reportedly broke out on Sunday after CM Punk’s pointed comments during a post-event media scrum for All Out. According to Sports Illustrated, Punk exchanged words with the Young Bucks and Omega, and then a brawl ensued. Omega, Matt and Nick Jackson of the Young Bucks, Pat Buck, Christopher Daniels, Michael Nakazawa and Brandon Cutler were subsequently suspended. Adam Page left the building before the fight and was not involved.
During the All Out press conference, Punk called out Omega and the Young Bucks (who currently serve as AEW’s executive vice presidents) for allegedly fueling rumors that he was involved with Colt Cabana’s move to the Ring of Honor roster.
“I haven’t been friends with this guy [Cabana] since at least 2014, late 2013, and the fact that I have to sit up here because we have irresponsible people who call themselves EVPs and couldn’t f—king manage a target, and they spread lies and bulls—t and put into the media that I got somebody fired when I have f—k all to do with him… The fact that I have to get up here and do this in 2022 is f—king embarrassing.”
Punk also called out Hangman Adam Page for taking a dig at him on television. “What did I ever do in this world to deserve an empty headed f—king dumb f—k like Hangman Adam Page to go out on national television and to go into business for himself? Didn’t do a goddamned thing,” he said.
In a promo during the May 25 episode of AEW: Dynamite, Page told Punk, “You talk a big game about workers’ rights. Well, you’ve shown the exact opposite since you’ve gotten here.” Punk returned the favor in his first promo back from injury on Aug. 17, challenging Page to a rematch that was not on the card. This essentially embarrassed Page, who couldn’t respond.
How do you feel about the vacated titles? Who do you hope will be crowned the new champions? Drop a comment below.
Politics should be handled in private and not effect the company this whole thing is stupid and ever since Cody leaving the company has been doing stupid things. Do they forget what brought them here? Do they forget what or why they left the companies they worked for? To work for a different company this is preschool crap
Well run place ya have there. Must be that Revolution they talked so much about. Keep lettin the kids run the place and there won’t be a place to run much longer. Maybe quit hiring every other big name that’s free, they’re free for a reason.
I said the other night after the scrum, that these guys are believing their own hype and that they are all acting like morons.
The whole lot should be moved to ROH… LOL!
Again they need to fire Phil Lee aka cm punk as it seems everywhere he goes he burns bridges I mean Dana white couldn’t get rid of him fast enough and it does seem like He’s a cancer that outside of his inner circle no one likes him
Funny how everyone is against punk here…😆
As a Western New Yorker, I have to ask: are we sure this is just not an elaborate work to allow the top names a way out of coming to Buffalo?
Seriously, it seems AEW is coming unglued as WWE is finally getting its act together. Bad timing, guys.
The McMahon’s would never have permitted this to happen in the WWE.
This is what happens when a billionaire buys his son a multi-million dollar business as a play toy and personal hobby.
AEW is a joke in sports entertainment.
Lol someone must be new to wrestling or just a troll. Wwe/WWF has had many incidents over the years there was “the plane ride from hell”, Bret Hart punching Vince McMahon after the Montreal screwjob, there was the Jericho/Goldberg fight, Rick Rude/Ultimate Warrior and those are just the ones I can think of easily 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Didn’t McMahon get WWE from his dad?
He did, but he bought it off his dad, it wasn’t bought for him as a plaything or hobby. Fortunately the sexual predator is now out of the picture and WWE has started to improve under HHH
punk should have the tital he erned