Eric Bischoff: CM Punk Has Set Himself Up For A Dramatic Failure

CM Punk’s return to AEW programming could be a dramatic failure for the promotion, as far as Eric Bischoff is concerned.

Punk will return to AEW TV as part of next week’s premiere episode of AEW Collision, over nine months since the infamous post-All Out 2022 pay-per-view brawl.

Bischoff has made it clear that he’s no fan of Punk, even branding him as “the biggest financial flop in wrestling history” after ratings plateaued following his joining AEW.

On his “Strictly Business” podcast, Bischoff pointed to the ticket sales for AEW All In 2023 and the underwhelming response to AEW Collision as a sign that Punk isn’t a draw. He said,

“CM Punk has set himself up for just a dramatic failure.

“CM Punk came in with all this mystique, and he did a good job of creating that mystique and maintaining it. For that I have respect, but once he got there, Punk didn’t deliver.

“The audience has started to turn against him. The rabid CM Punk fan base has diminished substantially … If I was Tony Khan, I would not bring Punk to the UK. I would establish the fact that I could sell 70,000 tickets without him. They sold 65,000 tickets, then they announced him. How many additional tickets have they sold? It’s incremental at best, and now they’re having a hard time selling out these ‘Collision’ shows with Punk as a centerpiece.”

CM Punk’s first match back with AEW will see him team with FTR to face Jay White, Juice Robinson, and Samoa Joe on the first episode of AEW Collision.

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