What if CM Punk shows up at AEW All Out?

1. A hero’s welcome

CM Punk would get a reaction beyond compare from the fans in Chicago.

When it comes to wrestlers getting a hero’s welcome in their hometown, CM Punk and his relationship with Chicago fans rates right up there with the most powerful connections in wrestling history. Anyone in doubt need look no further than Money in the Bank 2011. It was far from the only time when Punk got a huge response from the Chi-Town faithful, but it demonstrated a situation in which he was booked into a white-hot angle, and the crowd went positively nuclear in backing him against John Cena.

While quite a few fans are hoping for Punk to show up at AEW All Out, or even going so far as to predict it, Punk has outright denied any rumors that effect. He could be working the hardcore fans on social media, but there remains the possibility that he is simply being straight up about not coming back. If he were to actually come out and particularly in front of his hometown following, he may well get the biggest reaction of his career.