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#4. Hope isn't true: CM Punk has backstage heat in AEW

Cody Rhodes was not happy about what CM Punk said

It seems as though CM Punk and AEW's bridge has been burned. The reason for this is because of what he said in an interview with ESPN.

"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."

Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer Radio was informed that AEW and CM Punk are not on good terms anymore.

It was pretty much told to me that they would never - they felt very disrespected by what he said, and they should have if you know what the real story was and I can’t go into too much detail, but I do know it, and, you know, it’s Punk.”

We hope this isn't true as AEW would have been a great place for him to debut. Unfortunately, such things happen and there has been a clash of egos.