5 reasons why CM Punk tagged Tony Khan in WWE Backstage tweet

#2 To continue the trend of brands taking shots at each other

CM Punk

CM Punk's Tweet this week might have caused controversy when he tagged Tony Khan, but what might not have been planned was the fallout from the Tweet, which included comments from WWE stars Randy Orton and Charlotte Flair, as well as comments from Tony Khan himself and AEW star Brandi Rhodes.

Khan fired the first shot, commenting on Punk's tweet by saying, "No one is safe? Sounds like a plane full of wrestlers in Saudi Arabia!"

Randy Orton then chimed in by bringing up an old article alleging that Tony Khan's father Shahid Khan was being investigated for corruption.

Khan then viciously fired back at Orton by Tweeting,

"I thought you only tagged me in your posts when you were grasping for leverage. That article’s over a year old + is about baseless claims made about my dad years ago. That’s the best you can do, nothing. Meanwhile in the time since that was written, you used the N word on twitch."

Jacksonville Dixie:Why else would I tag you? If I wanted to talk business, I’d call your father. 😘

— Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) November 19, 2019

Given the above exchange, Punk tagging Tony Khan in his Twitter post might have been Punk's way of inviting further brand warfare, and continuing the trend of both WWE and AEW taking shots at each other, and who knows, the trend might continue on WWE Backstage.