Well, what a disaster Tony Khan's latest big idea has proven to be.
At AEW All In last summer, CM Punk and Jack Perry got into a scuffle backstage after the latter took a shot at the Second City Saint during the pre-show. Punk was later fired by Khan, while Perry remains suspended.
Punk has since returned to WWE, a shock to Khan considering the fact he claimed the Best in the World left him in fear for his life (comments he likely believed would stop anyone from wanting to work with the outspoken wrestler).
Following Punk's recent comments about the incident and Khan's failings as a boss, AEW decided to air the footage on AEW Dynamite...likely hoping it would somehow embarrass or discredit Punk.
Spoiler alert: It didn't work.
Things play out almost exactly like Punk said and a bizarre attempt has been made to make the footage part of The Young Bucks' ongoing feud with FTR. This feels like the creative we'd have seen in the dying days of WCW from Vince Russo and ultimately just made Punk - who now works for a different company - look badass.
Later in the show, fans chanted for Punk, all but confirming this whole thing has backfired. As for why Khan was left fearing for his life, it appears to be a result of the Second City Saint raising his voice at him; as billionaires go, he's clearly a sensitive soul.
Recently, Triple H opened up on what it's been like working with Punk since his WWE return.
"I can say this about CM Punk, this is a completely different CM Punk than he was when he left, and it's been all for the positive," The Game said. "He has been nothing but a wonderful employee, and nothing but a wonderful addition to the team. It has been so refreshing, in a way, working with him, that we've been keeping him a part of everything, even while he's out injured. So it's been great."
"[He's a] controversial guy, and I'm sure, well, let me just say, over the next day or two, I had a lot of very interesting private conversations with a lot of people to just air their differences, and we all got to an amicable place.
Check out the footage in the X post below.