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All Elite Wrestling was launched in January 2019 and was considered to be the first big wrestling company to challenge the stronghold that WWE had on the ...

In addition, The Elite have also vacated their newly won Trios Championship due to their involvement in the fight on Sunday. This isn't to say that Punk, Omega, Page or The Young Bucks would do the same if they left AEW but there would be huge demand for them if they did depart. Justin Barrasso of SI adds: "Multiple sources have shared that Punk and Ace Steel will either be among those suspended, or will no longer be with the company by the end of Wednesday. As reported by Fightful: “Per the Punk/Steel side of things — After the scrum, The Young Bucks approached Punk’s locker room, and Punk wasn’t answering the door after having been in a long match, bloodied, and finished with an emotional scrum. The fact that I have to sit up here because we have irresponsible people who call themselves EVPs and couldn’t f*cking manage a Target and they spread lies and bullsh*t and put into the media that I got somebody fired when I have f*ck all to do with him, want nothing to do with him, do not care where he works, where he doesn’t work, where he eats, where he sleeps. When Page didn't answer the call, Punk implied that he was a 'coward.' In the wrestling industry, this is known as 'going into business for yourself.' It’s f**king unfortunate that I have to come up here and speak on this when I’m on my time and this is a f**king business. Omega was also said to have been bitten on the leg by Ace Steel. Now at this point, it should be stated that Cabana is friends with the aforementioned Adam Page (real name Stephen Woltz) due to his association with the AEW faction the Dark Order, which Cabana used to me a member. And I will still walk up and down this hallway and say, ‘If you have a f*cking problem with me, take it up with me.' Let’s f*cking go." As is custom, Tony Khan hosted a press scrum after the show had finished where the wrestlers took questions from the media, where Punk was the first to speak. Up until recently the harmony in the company would suggest that all was going according to plan.

As the fallout from the backstage fight between The Elite, CM Punk and Ace Steel continues, a new account of what happened has emerged.

In retaliation, Steel bit Omega and pulled his hair. The Elite then didn't kick down the door, instead simply opening it, but before Matt Jackson could say anything, Punk went off and "started throwing sucker punches at Matt's head." Much remains disputed about what took place after CM Punk's inflammatory post-All Out press conference.

AEW has suspended CM Punk and The Elite for their backstage brawl during All Out PPV. Also, both have been stripped of their AEW World Championship and AEW ...

It happens to be his second significant injury and title vacation in three months, having relinquished his previous AEW World Championship reign for a similar reason. The pro-wrestling world is still abuzz following the incidents during All Elite Wrestling's (AEW's) All Out pay-per-view (PPV) on Sunday. AEW has suspended CM Punk and The Elite for their backstage brawl during All Out PPV.

On the situation escalating into a backstage brawl with Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks: “There's two kinds of brawls. There's one where a guy will start a ...

I like Omega and I like the Young Bucks. [Latest on CM Punk’s Meeting With Tony Khan And Perception Around Ace Steel’s AEW Future](https://411mania.com/wrestling/latest-cm-punk-meeting-tony-khan-perception-ace-steel-aew-future/) [Freddie Prinze Jr. I was long gone when all the bad blood seemed to appear between he and Hunter, then the lawsuit with the doctor and all that. The fact that Punk said, ‘I’m in the building if you want to find me,’ or something like that, I like that. I always sided with Hunter on that because I didn’t know the other guy. I don’t know if he’s that tough, but I love that.

No titles and no presence in Dynamite's opening credits. cm punk kenny omega aew dynamite. The wrestling world has been talking about nothing ...

[both the AEW Title and the Trios Championships have been vacated](https://www.thesportster.com/tony-khan-confirms-cm-punk-stripped-of-aew-world-title/). [the same thing happened to Sasha Banks and Naomi](https://www.thesportster.com/sasha-banks-naomi-wwe-signature/). Punk may well have been slapped with the same punishment, or he could be done with AEW. [Death Triangle defeated Best Friends to become champs](https://www.thesportster.com/death-triangle-win-vacated-aew-trios-titles-dynamite/) on the same show, and a tournament to crown a new AEW Champion has already begun. Eagle-eyed fans may have noticed the now-former AEW and Trios Champions were stripped of something else. The wrestling world has been talking about nothing but the backstage controversy in AEW ever since CM Punk went off on AEW's EVPs and Hangman Page after All Out.

CM Punk was at the center of controversy after Sunday's All Out pay-per-view after firing off numerous explosive comments about Colt Cabana, Hangman Page, ...

So he was gonna be stripped of the title either way (regardless of the fight). "It was not confirmed to me it was a torn triceps, but it was confirmed to me that it's surgery for a torn muscle in the arm, so it's triceps/biceps, maybe pec, but probably triceps. It was reported on Tuesday that [The Elite, Brandon Cutler, Michael Nakazawa, Christopher Daniels and Pat Buck](https://comicbook.com/wwe/news/kenny-omega-young-bucks-suspended-cm-punk-leaving-aew/) (the latter four were trying to break up the fight) had all been hit with suspensions but it wasn't confirmed at the time if Punk or Steel would even remain with the company.

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CM Punk was said to be seriously injured during his AEW world championship victory against Jon Moxley at All Out 2022. The injury was apparently bad enough ...

7](https://www.cagesideseats.com/aew/2022/9/8/23342164/aew-dynamite-recap-reactions-sep-7-2022-all-out-fallout-world-trios-championships-vacated)) episode of Dynamite, though his name wasn’t mentioned on the broadcast, nor did Tony Khan explain why the decision was made. Will this injury further complicate the timing of AEW’s decision on Punk’s future with the company? [seriously injured](https://www.cagesideseats.com/aew/2022/9/7/23341598/cm-punk-injured-aew-address-world-title-situation-dynamite-all-out-fight-fallout) during his AEW world championship victory against Jon Moxley at All Out 2022. That he already suffered another injury so soon after returning to the ring makes Moxley’s recent words about Punk having a “fragile body” seem somewhat prophetic. So he was gonna be stripped of the title either way.” And it was not confirmed to me it was a torn triceps, but it was confirmed to me that it’s surgery for a torn muscle in the arm.

An alleged backstage brawl following All Out in Chicago involving CM Punk, Kenny Omega, and The Young Bucks created a firestorm of rumors, reports, and wildly ...

As a result the AEW World Championship and the AEW World Trios Championship have been stripped from those involved. This was an opportunity to speak candidly, and honestly to the very people AEW so often praise for being the driving force behind everything they do — and instead they were kept in the dark again. If this was the approach there are no questions today. Consider for a moment you’re not a wrestling fan who refreshes Twitter looking for backstage reports, and who didn’t see the press conference following All Out. There were a thousand ways to better explain what was happening inside AEW, while also maintaining the integrity of the private investigation. If a wrestling company decides a writer is too much of a nuisance, they simply cut access — damaging the outlet’s ability to cover events, and hurting their bottom line. We take any incident involving our employees very seriously, and those involved have been suspended, pending the completion of a full investigation, which has already begun. However, trusted as writers’ sources may be, there remains a non-zero chance this is still an effort to pop ratings and create interest in the show — with these reports being used as a tool to achieve AEW’s goals. Professional wrestling remains a business of subterfuge, and companies maintain all the power in their relationship with writers. Dynamite was a chance to cut through the rumors and clarify the process, instead Tony Khan and AEW made it so much more confusing. If anything, the vagueness of his words simply led more wrestling fans to look online to try and garner information on what took place, rather than clarifying a very bizarre situation. Appearing on screen shortly following the show’s intro, Khan thanked fans, then, without explanation, announced that the AEW World Championship and AEW World Trios Championships had been vacated.

Jon Moxley set the tone for All Elite Wrestling the moment he stomped through the crowd, hit the ring and laid out both Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega at the ...

pic.twitter.com/kAflSk7Pux It’s #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS! @JonMoxley with powerful words here on #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS! @The_MJF starting to show his true colors again and @JonMoxley is not impressed. pic.twitter.com/jItAKZulgK pic.twitter.com/jZbNwOQgZL Future storytelling is just another reason. While not everyone favors his in-ring style, there is no denying he has put in the effort that a top spot in any promotion demands. He is a motivator, a captivating presence. Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS right now! #AEW President & CEO @TonyKhan is here to address both the #AEW World Championship & #AEW World Trios Championship. His promo Wednesday night on Dynamite, in which he refocused the attention of the company on its world title and laid out the importance of that championship to both himself and the AEW roster, is just one example of why.

CM Punk and trainer Ace Steel are at the center of an all-too-real fist fight in the latest AEW drama.

[used to be handled](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alfredkonuwa/2021/01/23/undertaker-gets-intense-backlash-for-calling-wwes-product-soft/?sh=7c6a15b05283). [AEW’s Double or Nothing media scrum](https://youtu.be/eW0Yoa7cpnA?t=292) in May, Khan unabashedly placed Punk on a pedestal higher than any other wrestler in the company, saying “no one person has made a more positive impact” on AEW in terms of ticket sales and viewership. While Khan’s adulation might be true, it also gave credence to why Punk could so freely make a mockery of Khan’s status as the head honcho of the company by bull dogging him whenever he tried to defuse tension during the media scrum. The glaring issue with this recent development is that CM Punk is AEW’s current world champion and Omega and the Jacksons are the company’s newly-crowned trios champions. After the crowd confusingly cheered for Page, Punk laid into him in a bizarrely heelish manner, demanding an “apology [...] as loud and as public as the disrespect” Punk claims he suffered when he was not-so-subtly blamed for Cobana’s departure. [Wrestling Observer](https://www.f4wonline.com/podcasts/wrestling-observer-radio/wrestling-observer-radio-aew-dynamite-latest-on-cm-punk-new-champions-and-more-to-be-crowned), CM Punk has been suspended from the company. Fightful Select (which is paywalled, but the story was shared by [Cultaholic](https://cultaholic.com/posts/report-aew-backstage-fight-from-cm-punk-and-ace-steel-s-perspective-revealed)) reports that Punk allegedly punched Matt Jackson, while Ace Steel, Punk’s trainer, bit Omega before throwing a chair at Nick Jackson, giving him a black eye. This rumor was refuted by Khan himself in a recent interview with [Forbes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakeoestriecher/2022/09/02/tony-khan-talks-aew-all-out-cm-punk-roh-more/?sh=3f3c5a083324). If you’re wondering what has become of CM Punk and Steele, multiple sources told Sports Illustrated they’ll either be added to the list of suspensions or will no longer be working with the company after tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite. [Cultaholic](https://cultaholic.com/posts/report-aew-backstage-fight-from-cm-punk-and-ace-steel-s-perspective-revealed), Kenny Omega and Nick and Matt Jackson confronted CM Punk after comments of his ruffled a few feathers. Punk also suffered a triceps injury during his match at All Out and must undergo surgery that’ll leave him out of the ring for eight months. ET: During the opening segment of AEW Dynamite, Tony Khan announced that the AEW world heavy weight championship and trios championships would be vacated and that a tournament would crown the new world champion.

AEW World Champion CM Punk suffered what was described as a serious injury during his match with Jon Moxley at Sunday's All Out pay-per-view. Dave Meltzer of ...

The injury is believed to have occurred during the match and not during the backstage altercation that occurred after the All Out media scrum. Powell’s POV: The awful week continues for AEW. [WrestlingObserver.com](http:// www.f4wonline.com/) reports that the injury is serious enough that the company will need to address the status of the the AEW World Championship on tonight’s AEW Dynamite.

The Second City Saint is politicking like the Hulkster, dude, but AEW will be just fine without him.

Punk still wants to bill himself as an agent of change, except all the people he tried to fight and ran down in front of the media actually did engineer the change he wants to take credit for. Maybe he was always insecure about what he could do, which is why he fought so hard and in any fashion to remain on top of all of them. He was given the top spot after being in the company for less than a year. Backroom politics, booking decisions, refusing to work with people, and even busting union efforts, Hogan was the leading proprietor of the Hulk Hogan business. He was then given the title back in his hometown again just on Sunday after missing through injury and his first batch of self-interested shenanigans. He was given his own show in the United Center to announce his return. It also generally leaves out that Punk was then given a 400+ day reign as champion, to become a crossover celebrity, to open doors he wouldn’t have otherwise gotten right after, but hey, the squeaky wheel and all that. Or that the Bucks and Omega can’t run a company, except the one they started from scratch that has a major TV deal and draws viewers and crowds on the regular to be proud of. When accusing Hangman Adam Page of nearly costing AEW a big gate at Double Or Nothing…well those tickets sold out in minutes, as all of AEW’s PPVs tend to, and well before Hangman had anything to say about or to Punk. Feels like as good of a time as any to see where the companies are individually and in relation to each other with big changes, big stories, and the future as exciting and intriguing as it’s ever been. Whether or not Punk had Colt Cabana blackballed was the discussion, not what Punk thought of Cabana. The line between those who speak truth to power or are genuine whistleblowers, and those that are just jealously bitching is probably a lot thinner than we realize.