Tony Khan Addresses CM Punk vs. KENTA Forbidden Door II Rumors

As we previously reported here on eWn, AEW was planning a match between CM Punk and KENTA for AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II. Punk wasn’t too thrilled to wrestle KENTA and the NJPW star later turned the match down.

During a recent media call to promote AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II, AEW President Tony Khan was asked about the possibility of Punk vs. KENTA happening in the near future. Khan said,

“As for anybody else that was allegedly going to be involved or allegedly rumored, I can’t really comment to that. This is a great hard-hitting match and this is the match I want to see. I thought it was very fitting that one of the most decorate champions in the history of Japan, Satoshi Kojima, who has been the GHC Champion, the IWGP Heavyweight Champion, the Triple Crown Champion. To have one of the most decorated heavyweights ever in Japan come here and wrestle one of the most decorated heavyweights in America, CM Punk, it’s a huge matchup. Kojima, for us, is an amazing get. He was involved in All Out 2021 and had a great match with Jon Moxley. I love working with Kojima and he was somebody I really wanted to bring back for this event. For me, personally, Kojima versus Punk is a match I always wanted to see. They both always wanted to wrestle each other. It’s a great match for us on the card.”

Punk will face Satoshi Kojima as part of the first round of the Owen Hart Cup tournament this Sunday night at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door II.

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