12 Huge AEW All Out Predictions You Need To Know

2. CM Punk Does NOT Show Up

CM Punk All Out ???
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Chick Magnet Phil isn't showing up at All Out.

While a CM Punk appearance would likely provoke one of the year's biggest pops (and wrestling commentators will still be calling for a comeback 20 years from now), it still feels like a bridge too far. Yes, more than five years have passed since his WWE release, yes, he's appearing at Starrcast, and yes, it has been teased social media, but let's not forget how miserable Punk's late-career run made him. Besides, the former UFC competitor is a button-pusher. He loves throwing a little bait out on social media before shooting the ensuing rumours down via interview, and there is little reason to believe this situation is any different.

Your writer would love to be proved wrong, of course. CM Punk returning to pro-wrestling is one of the last big game-changing moves AEW can make in 2019. It'd impact everything, though it still seems fanciful.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.