5 Wrestlers Who Could Be AEW's MAJOR Mystery Signing

5. CM Punk

At the top of the hour, Paul Wight made his first appearance in AEW.

Read his words. Carefully:

"You're not the only one who gets the big scoops, buddy," he said to Tony Schiavone. "I have the biggest scoop ever. This Sunday at Evolution (sic), AEW is going to hire, put in contract, a Hall of Fame-worthy talent that is a huge surprise and a huge asset to AEW. It's not who you think. This Sunday, you're gonna find out who it is."

Until CM Punk becomes a withered, broken old man - and signs up to the Performance Center - teases such as this will invariably conjure his name. His is the most anticipated return in all of wrestling, and to make a case for it happening on Sunday - as opposed to thin pretext to make a custom thumbnail - he is watching. He rates Jungle Boy, Powerhouse Hobbs, Ricky Starks, Brian Pillman, Jr. and Darby Allin, per a recent Twitter reply. He also hinted to Renee Paquette that, in theory, he'd be more interested in working for AEW than WWE, because there are more guys there he hasn't wrestled to death.

But "It's not who you think" really felt like management-expectation code for "It's not CM Punk guys, but..."

Probability: 15%