Ranking Every Major CM Punk AEW Match - From Worst To Best

It didn't matter that he'd opted to go for a set of peculiar long boys on the night, CM Punk finally returning to in-ring action after seven long years away from a squared-circle was a special moment in wrestling history.

While he'd undoubtedly put in better and more enthralling performances in the months that followed, the sound that met 'The Voice of the Voiceless' simply parking his ass on the mat and crossing his legs opposite Darby Allin was something else.

Darby was simply the perfect performer to share this first dance back with.

On top of Allin selling the returning icon's offence like he'd just been pulverised by a train, seeing Old Man Punk test himself against this new generation and figure out whether he could in fact keep up with the explosive and innovative daredevil was fascinating.

It turns out this Punk certainly still had it, keeping the pulsating talent grounded as often as possible, surviving the AEW Pillar's ridiculous dives, and intelligently goading All into missing his trusty Coffin Drop before eventually sealing the win with a sudden GTS counter in the first of many riveting AEW showings.