Ranking Every Major CM Punk AEW Match - From Worst To Best

12. Vs Satoshi Kojima (Forbidden Door 2023)

A week after finally returning to the AEW spotlight post-Brawl Out chaos, CM Punk kicked off his Owen Hart Foundation Tournament run with a fun but forgettable fight with Satoshi Kojima at Forbidden Door 2023.

Now sure, seeing 'The Best in the World' back on an All Elite PPV was a treat for many. But this particular match was likely just booked as a cute reference to a prank Punk pulled on Gabe Sapolsky nearly two decades earlier as he unleashed many a "LARIAT!" on the Japanese legend, and as a way to squeeze the controversial attraction onto the card.

Watching Punker have a laugh leaning into the Toronto boos by imitating Kojima's pec pops, chucking out a defiant Hogan leg drop, and being inadvertently walloped in the nads by his rival here wasn't a wasted 13-minutes by any means.

However, few will be quick to jump to his one and only Forbidden Door outing when choosing to relive this otherwise rarely dull time under AEW contract.