10 Ways CM Punk Will Just Make WWE BETTER

3. Creative Input

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By all accounts, AEW Collision was launched under the idea of its being CM Punk's show. Granted, it's petty as all hell from certain parties that a soft roster split was in play in order for Collision to only feature talents who actually got on with Punk, but nonetheless AEW's Saturday offering was the Punker's playground.

And man, wasn't AEW Collision great for the first few months?!

These days, Collision - like the wider AEW product - is in somewhat of a slump. Yes, Collision clearly has some great moments and matches on it, but the overall feel for the weekly show is, to pull a phrase from MJF, extremely mid.

Obviously CM Punk will be working under the stewardship of Paul Levesque and the WWE creative team when it comes to his role with the market leader, but if Punk had as much creative input on AEW Collision as reported, that's something for which he deserves immense credit - and is also something that WWE could look to utilise.

It wasn't just the Chicagoan's own creative that made for great pro wrestling TV on Collision, but the entire show, period, just made more sense and flowed better during the couple of months that Punk was leading the charge.

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