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Zeus posted...

which was started by a wrestling "journalist" with an unverified Twitter handle and 2k followers, along with a no-name ".net" website

Sean Ross Sapp/Fightful is actually pretty damned reputable (about as reputable as you can be in this carny business), and other people have backed it up, so it's probably true.

But it's worth noting that all that was really reported was that Punk was talking to AEW on a regular basis (and Meltzer confirmed it's been going on for a while now). People online are the ones who've picked it up and run with it to spin it all the way up to "Punk's definitely already signed and is going to debut in Chicago", so that's on them more than anything if it doesn't happen.

It's also worth noting that even if he DOES sign he still might not wrestle. He's enough of a troll that he could potentially just want to manage or announce or guest-appear rather than sign on as an active or semi-active wrestler.

Though AEW supposedly agreed to Bryan Danielson's request for a lighter schedule and an open contract that allows him to wrestle in other places (specifically New Japan), so they'd probably be open to a more flexible deal with Punk as well, which might help convince him to have a few more matches with opponents he finds interesting (he's mentioned a number of AEW people he'd enjoy wrestling in the past).
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