9 Ups & 3 Downs For AEW Collision (22 July)

7. CM Punk, Real Worlds Champion

Collision's show-opening promo from Ricky Starks was great for what it needed to be, with Absolute stating he simply did what he needed to do to get the win in the Owen final last week. Starks also explained that he doesn't need anybody telling him the rights and wrongs of what to do - all as the New Jersey crowd cheered Ricky on.

While Starks continues to flirt with turning full-on heel, CM Punk himself showed a little something when he came out to confront the man who cheated to beat him last week.

Punk was initially cordial enough with Ricky, explaining how he also has taken shortcuts at times over the years. The Second City Saint congratulated Starks on his tainted victory, noted how Ricky couldn't beat him fairly, and then started to make his way to the back.

It was here, once Starks made mention of CM Punk's little red bag, that the Stroke Daddy poked the bear and awakened a more serious, mildly angry Punk. The Straight-Edge Superstar got back in the ring with a renewed sternness to his body language and delivery, asking Starks if he wanted a shot at what was in the bag - as in, the AEW World Title that Punk never lost - as the Chicago native proclaimed himself to be the "real Worlds Champion".

This was an extremely effective exchange of words between two men who seem destined to square off for an AEW World Championship at some point; that match being something that certainly wouldn't seem out of place at All In or All Out next month.