Paul Heyman Hints That CM Punk Is Just Riding A Wave Of Nostalgia In AEW

CM Punk made his All Elite Wrestling debut a few months ago at AEW Rampage: The First Dance. It certainly changed the pro wrestling world as many people took notice of the company. Tony Schiavone considered it the greatest debut in pro wrestling history.

CM Punk has become one of the mainstays of AEW television and has feuded against the likes of Darby Allin, Eddie Kingston and others. Finally, CM Punk started a long-awaited feud with MJF.

For some fans, CM Punk’s run in AEW so far has been largely lacklustre and they feel that Punk simply isn’t at the level he used to be. While speaking with The Masked Man Show podcast. Paul Heyman talked about CM Punk’s return to pro wrestling. Heyman hinted that CM Punk might only be riding a wave of nostalgia in AEW.

“What happens a year from now? How’s he going to feel? How will the audience look at him and accept him in a year? If he can continue to drive himself to being a progressive, compelling, riveting character on the cutting edge that presents himself in a different manner than anybody else can present himself, herself, then he’s going to be a fascinating character to watch.

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If he can’t, then he’s going to be someone that came back, rode a wave of nostalgia but didn’t progress into the future when he as a rebel was always looking forward in the business and never trying to live off what the business had already accomplished or what he had already accomplished in the business.”

CM Punk is set to square off against MJF on AEW Dynamite next week in Chicago. It remains to be seen how whether he will be able to defeat The Salt Of The Earth or not.

H/T SEScoops