CM Punk Sets Sights On AEW World Championship

No mistaking it, Punk doesn't care who the champ is, he's coming for the main strap.

by Scott Carlson
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If there was any ambiguity last week, CM Punk made it abundantly clear Wednesday night on Dynamite: He's coming for the AEW World Championship.

Punk battled and toppled Max Caster (who got off a fantastic Z-pack dig at Punk in his pre-match rap) in Dynamite's opening match, then did an in-ring interview with Tony Schiavone afterward. Tony asked the obvious question about what Punk's "I want the belt" gesture last week meant, and the Second City Savior didn't mince words.

Punk made it clear that he's dialled in on the AEW World Championship, whether the champion is Adam Cole or Hangman Adam Page. He talked about how he's going to get grayer and have more scars before his time in All Elite Wrestling is up, but he also pledged to be AEW World Champion before he's done in the company.

Since debuting in AEW last year after a seven-year absence from professional wrestling, Punk has only lost one match. Punk was just outside the AEW top five rankings heading into Wednesday, though picking up his fifth singles win of the year might move him into the conversation.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.