CM Punk made a major announcement at tonight’s AEW Rampage from Ontario, California.
The current world champion did specify that the announcement would be in terms of the title as well as his career.
The way the tweet was written made it look like Punk would give up gold possibly due to injury, as he was seen limping noticeably after his trio team clash at Dynamite.
As a result, that’s exactly what happened … for the most part
During the Rampage show, Punk announced that he is injured and will have to undergo surgery. He revealed that he had a conversation with AEW President Tony Khan and said he did not want to stop the image of the AEW World Title.
It’s a hard blow for Punk, who just won the first AEW award for Double or Nothing. He set Hangman Page on May 29 to capture the AEW World Championship.
That said, CM Punk will not be giving up the AEW World Championships as originally announced in the comments.
At the end of the show, it was announced that Jon Moxley will face the winner of a battle royale set for the June 8 episode of Dynamite. The winner goes to Forbidden Door to determine an interim champion.
Punk made sure to let the fans know that it is not over yet and that this injury is just a setback.