10 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring: WCW Bash At The Beach 2000

1. There Are Parallels To CM Punk In AEW

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Speaking of things that are brain-melting. THIS!

According to Bischoff, Hogan was going to return by Halloween Havoc in October with his own WCW World Title and claim to be the real champion. That kinda sounds like what CM Punk is doing in AEW now, which is totally bizarre to think about.

Perhaps they’ll do a ‘Dark Side Of The Ring’ on that sorry saga someday too! Get to work, VICE. Seriously though, there are some parallels between the issues back on Bash At The Beach 2000 in WCW and what's been going on between Punk, Tony Khan, The Young Bucks, Hangman Page and Kenny Omega since AEW's All Out 2022 show last year.

Wrestling politics can get messy, and Punk's drama is just the latest example of that. It's an echo of WCW bullsh*t that nobody really needed.

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