10 Wrestlers Tony Khan Banned From AEW

6. CM Punk

CM Punk Tony Khan The Elite
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The Elite's Full Gear return completed what had been a comprehensive writing-out two-time AEW Champion CM Punk from AEW's recent history.

When 'The Voice Of The Voiceless' tore into the EVPs with his words before his friend Ace Steel (more on him elsewhere) allegedly tore into Kenny Omega's arm with his teeth, deep-rooted internal relations within the company were almost immediately untenable.

On the Dynamite following the contentious event, CM Punk was stripped of the belt he'd defeated Jon Moxley for just days earlier, and as of writing hasn't appeared in any capacity on television ever since. Investigations into the fracas as we knew them have now concluded, and those at the top of All Elite Wrestling have predictably sided with the trio that share the name of the promotion, but exactly how will all of this play out in what's starting to feel like an aftermath?

And who else was caught up in the drama that also never found a way back?

 
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