5 Wrestlers who turned down AEW Contracts

#2 CM Punk

If only

This was the one that fans speculated for months. Everyone believed that the Voice of the Voiceless would make his triumphant return to professional wrestling at All Out. But it didn't happen. Weeks before All Out and that CM Punk would be at Starrcast 3 for a sit-down interview, he did reveal that AEW made an offer to him. But it was via text message.

"The last thing I got -- I got a text from Cody [Rhodes]. And again, I almost don't even know how to reply to them sometimes, because if I reply, they do interviews and are like, "Oh yeah, I just talked to Punk." I'm kind of damned if I do, damned if I don't. I always think if somebody wants to do business with me, they can come talk to me. Texting offers isn't really a way to do good business, at least."

It doesn't look CM Punk will return to wrestling any time soon. He's enjoying being a color commentator for Cage Fury Fighting Championship, acting in Horror films and writing comic books on the side.Will CM Punk ever return to wrestling? It probably isn't going to happen. But in professional wrestling, nothing's for sure.