CM Punk confirms he needs surgery on AEW Rampage

It appears the summer of Punk has been cut short, after the heartfelt promo CM Punk gave on Rampage regarding his future.

AEW World Champion took to the ring to address the AEW fans, as he made his way to the ring. It was clear that he wasn’t 100% as he walked gingerly. 

Punk had recently won the AEW World Championship in a match against Hangman Adam Page, picking up his first championship in professional wrestling for 9 years. 

However, this fairytale victory seems as if it has an obstacle in the way to what could be a monumental title reign as CM Punk revealed that he would be stepping away momentarily due to injury. 

He would describe his injury as a ‘broken wheel’ and continue to describe how heartbroken he is about the circumstances due to him requiring surgery on his foot. 

However, it was unclear in the promo whether he would be relinquishing the title or not. 

Recently via Twitter, AEW revealed that there will be a battle royale kicking off next week’s Dynamite to determine who will face Jon Moxley one-on-one to determine an interim AEW World Champion. 

https://twitter.com/AEW/status/1532958233295396864

The location and time for when this bout will take place are on June 26th at the United Center in Chicago at the highly anticipated AEW X NJPW event Forbidden Door. 

This could potentially mean that Punk’s originally scheduled opponent Hiroshi Tanahashi could be either facing someone else at the event or might not be on the event at all. 

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