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CM PUNK INJURED, WILL UNDERGO SURGERY

AEW Champion CM Punk just announced on AEW Rampage that he suffered an injury that will require surgery on this past Wednesday's AEW Rampage during a six man tag team match with FTR vs. Max Caster and The Gunn Club.  

Punk stated that when he came to AEW, he was going to wrestle until the wheels fell off.  He has good and bad news.   The last thing he ever wanted to do was let everyone down and leave the fans disappointed.  He hopes thus far he hasn't made anyone feel that way.  He has loved every single second he has been in the ring.  Every time he has been in the ring has been a gift he never thought he would experience ever again.  The crowd loudly chanted for Punk, so he paused.

The bad news is he's injured and he needs surgery.  A few things are broken, the biggest thing is his heart because he wanted to give everyone a hell of a run.  He said the wheels are still there but one of them happened to be broken.  He's felt better but he's felt a hell of a lot worse.  It hurts like hell but it's a bump in the road.  He said he wants to wrestle right now.

Punk said regarding the AEW title, he doesn't want to hold anyone up and he's not here to stand in everyone's way.  He named Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson as talents who can take his place.  He stated that AEW President Tony Khan told him it was a bump in the road and he believed in CM Punk and Punk said he needed to hear that.  He said he gets down on himself and doubt creeps in.  He said that he's not going to let that doubt creep in and he promised "the get back will be better than the set back."  He said he's champion for a reason and he's going to come back bigger, faster and hungrier than ever before.  He promised to come back and prove he's the best in the world.

Chris Jericho stated that Punk has relinquished the title, but that was incorrect.  Punk will remain recognized as the AEW Champion with the promotion crowning an interim champion next month.

The nature of the injury was not announced, but the word is its a foot injury.

CM Punk vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi  a true dream match set for the Forbidden Door PPV in Chicago is now off.

 

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