>>17151595his return to AEW was his return to wrestling as a whole. it was more exciting because he had been gone for longer and he was in a totally new environment. this was also before tony KWABbed AEW to the state its in now - there was a lot more optimism on the whole.
punk himself seems to have morphed into a corporate stooge type after returning to WWE which is inherently underwhelming; ironically the last actually punk thing he did was start a fight and get fired, which directly led to him becoming a company man in WWE.
