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>why did phil join aew in the first place
>he stated he was done in the industry
>He lost a lot of money post UFC
>all thanks to Lars Fredrikson and his punk rock buddies
>who essentially scammed him out of money on property investments
>aka chunking investments
>literally can't say a word about it
>lars is a savvy fuck who got phil to sign all kinds of NDAs and agreements
>also the WWE lawsuits tore into his net worth
>he flopped with marvel comics and ended up owing money to Queensbury Pictures due to stupid money decisions
>would be pretty accurate to say he is egomaniacal and has delusions of grandeur
>tried to work Vince into getting a part time deal back at WWE
>the fox deal was a trial to see if things could work out
>he fucked it all up
>was not resigned and all negotiations were taken off the table
>AEW was a desperation move
>caught on to Danielson signing a big deal, considered himself bigger than him
>cody did not want him since he scoffed at his original offer
>tony marked out for him and gave him the best deal in the short history of the company
>had a falling out with April
>had a weird mid life crisis thing were he was making some female talent half his age uncomfortable
>ironically has a cult of personality with some talent
>they legitimately follow him around and do his bidding
>some of the OG talent signed multi year deals
>because punk takes so much cap space they are guaranteed to be cut
>WWE has sent feelers out to some of these guys
>Punk and Khan have explicitly told talent not to communicate with wwe
>what people do not know is that while yes, there is friction between the elite and punk, the real conflict is between the EVPs and Khan
>Cody and the EVPs are brokering under the table forecast negotiations with AEW guys to help them
>Khan is furious about this, and uses Punk to bad mouth them
>khan can't get rid of the EVPs
>almost of of the individual drama reported is all linked together
>things will only get more ridiculous
>he stated he was done in the industry
>He lost a lot of money post UFC
>all thanks to Lars Fredrikson and his punk rock buddies
>who essentially scammed him out of money on property investments
>aka chunking investments
>literally can't say a word about it
>lars is a savvy fuck who got phil to sign all kinds of NDAs and agreements
>also the WWE lawsuits tore into his net worth
>he flopped with marvel comics and ended up owing money to Queensbury Pictures due to stupid money decisions
>would be pretty accurate to say he is egomaniacal and has delusions of grandeur
>tried to work Vince into getting a part time deal back at WWE
>the fox deal was a trial to see if things could work out
>he fucked it all up
>was not resigned and all negotiations were taken off the table
>AEW was a desperation move
>caught on to Danielson signing a big deal, considered himself bigger than him
>cody did not want him since he scoffed at his original offer
>tony marked out for him and gave him the best deal in the short history of the company
>had a falling out with April
>had a weird mid life crisis thing were he was making some female talent half his age uncomfortable
>ironically has a cult of personality with some talent
>they legitimately follow him around and do his bidding
>some of the OG talent signed multi year deals
>because punk takes so much cap space they are guaranteed to be cut
>WWE has sent feelers out to some of these guys
>Punk and Khan have explicitly told talent not to communicate with wwe
>what people do not know is that while yes, there is friction between the elite and punk, the real conflict is between the EVPs and Khan
>Cody and the EVPs are brokering under the table forecast negotiations with AEW guys to help them
>Khan is furious about this, and uses Punk to bad mouth them
>khan can't get rid of the EVPs
>almost of of the individual drama reported is all linked together
>things will only get more ridiculous
