Colt Cabana made a surprise return to AEW Dynamite on Wednesday to challenge Chris Jericho for the Ring of Honor World Championship.
Colt Cabana’s appearance on AEW Dynamite last night had a lot of fans talking and speculating about what it might mean regarding CM Punk’s future, or lack thereof, in All Elite Wrestling.
Cabana took to social media this morning to reflect on his Dynamite appearance last night and how much he loves wrestling, tweeting out:
“I returned to national tv last night on @AEW. I love wrestling!” Colt Cabana wrote.
The challenger is @ColtCabana!!!
After victories at @ringofhonor Supercard of Honor & Death Before Dishonor, Cabana is looking pick up the biggest win of his career with a victory over #TheOcho, #ROH World Champion @IAmJericho!
Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on TBS! pic.twitter.com/QadUVgjgOR
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 3, 2022
Some fans pointed out that the choice of Cabana as Jericho’s opponent was an interesting one due to the recently reported fallout between CM Punk and All Elite Wrestling that began with Punk’s tirade on Cabana at the AEW All Out media scrum. Among other comments, Punk denied playing a role in Colt Cabana’s status on AEW and ROH programming and said he doesn’t care where Cabana works now.
“My relationship with Scott Colten ended long before I paid all of his bills,” said Punk. “I have every receipt, I have every invoice, I have every email. I have the email where he says and I quote, ‘I agree to go online separate ways, I will get my own lawyer, and you do not have to pay anymore.’ That’s an email that I have. The only reason the public did not see is because when I finally had to counter-sue him, through discovery, we discovered he shared a bank account with his mother. That’s a fact, and as soon as we discovered that fact and we subpoenaed old Marsha, he sent the email, ‘Oh, can we please drop all this?’ Now, it’s 2022, I haven’t been friends with this guy since at least 2014, late 2013. The fact that I have to sit up here because we have irresponsible people who call themselves EVPs and couldn’t f—- manage a target, and they spread lies and bull—- and put into the media that I got somebody fired when I have f— all to do with him, want nothing to do with him, do not care where he works, where he doesn’t work, where he eats, where he doesn’t eat.
“The fact that I have to get up here and do this in 2022 is f— embarrassing. If y’all are at fault, f— you. If you’re not, I apologize. But what did I ever do in this world to deserve an empty-headed f— dumb f— like Hangman Page to go out on national television and f— go into business for himself, for what? What did I do? What did I ever do? Didn’t do a goddamned thing.”
It was later reported that Chris Jericho approached CM Punk following the backstage brawl at AEW All Out between him and The Elite and told him that he was a locker room cancer.
READ MORE: Report: Chris Jericho Told CM Punk He Was A Cancer To AEW Locker Room After All Out Brawl
What do you make of Colt Cabana’s return? Were you happy to see him on AEW Dynamite last night? Do you think this was done as a shot to CM Punk? Let us know your thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
