CM Punk REJECTS Forbidden Door Dream Match

AEW's CM Punk has no interest in facing this NJPW star at Forbidden Door.

by Andy H Murray
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CM Punk has claimed to have no interest in wrestling New Japan Pro Wrestling star KENTA at the first AEW/NJPW collaborative event, Forbidden Door, on 26 June.

Interviewed by ComicBook.com, the AEW World Championship contender offered a succinct response when asked if he had any interest in facing KENTA, who has been campaigning for the match on Twitter:-

No.

Fair enough.

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KENTA, who has never been shy of throwing shade at Punk for using the same finishing move as him (the Go 2 Sleep, which KENTA innovated years before Punk's adoption of it), began targeting a match with the 43-year-old as soon as AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door was announced:-

Now, KENTA has offered the following in response to Punk's apparent rejection:-

Whether or not Punk was working in his reply remains to be seen. Nonetheless, he is spurning what would be a first-time match with KENTA, with whom he has never crossed paths in the ring, even during their shared time in Ring Of Honor in the mid-2000s.

KENTA has not wrestled since getting injured in a brutal No Disqualification match with NJPW legend Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom 16 (5 January). Punk, meanwhile, has a bout with AEW World Champion 'Hangman' Adam Page set for Double Or Nothing 2022 on 29 May.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.