>>8051407Cabana's big role wasn't on AEW TV. It was in helping produce matches. Tony dropped him from that while Colt was away filming Young Rock and replaced him with Punk's manager and bitesman Ace Steel.
Chicagoman Phil was always a widely disliked piece of shit who made way too many enemies. But getting people fired from their jobs for reasons only he himself cared about is just not something you can do and expect to keep your coworkers loyalty.
The only reason Tony's still pretending Punk didn't ask him to fire Cabana is because his own going along with this makes him look like a piece of shit, too. He wants desperately to maintain what's left of his reputation with the boys, but doesn't have the guts to just apologize for being a simp for his favorite wrestler at the expense of the rest of the company.
If it weren't for the fact that it'd trigger a mutiny, Tony wouldn't hesitate to bring Punk back even now. The idea that he's "controlled by The Elite" is a delusional fantasy from the Cucknette camp.
