>>17071552>It was extremely clear by I'd say early 2022 that Punk seen AEW as a gate opening chance for him to return to WWEThis too. Whenever it was he visited that Raw while he was out injured. I think it was with his first foot injury. I refuse to believe talks didn't begin then. Because the shift in his behavior after that was too evident. He seemed completely checked out with AEW. Because he was. It's hard not to question if he was doing what he was to try and get fired and out of his contract too, but then why would he have stayed so bitter after the fact? You know. If getting back to WWE asap was what he wanted, and he got to so in his hometown, why would he spend his first year back taking little digs at them every single chance he got? It's just weird and I doubt we'll ever know the fully story there
