For those who care; the situation with Punk right now regarding Ace Steele is that Kenny Omega and the Bucks straight up threatened to file a lawsuit if Ace was hired back/allowed near AEW filming.

It's their last ditch effort to try and stop Punk from coming back and there is legit fucking anger backstage that the Bucks are doing this, since AEW's renewal and Collision existing was contingent on Punk's return.

Jericho is pretty livid, since he gave his blessing for Ace to come back, thinking that get Punk to come back and by keeping Punk happy, keep Discovery happy and make him look good in Discovery's eyes.

The Elite meanwhile have explicitly told their friends that they have every intention to go "Samson In the Temple" if Punk comes back. To the point that they really don't care about AEW anymore if it's not a company where it revolves around them and their own wants and desires and will destroy it purely to spite Tony and Punk. Especially since the crew has already formed a new strategic alliance with Moxley as their new "in" to WWE.