Speculation arose last week regarding CM Punk’s involvement in Colt Cabana’s separation from the Dark Order and subsequent move to Ring of Honor (ROH). The speculation stemmed from Punk and Cabana’s personal issues with each other following the lawsuit filed by WWE doctor Chris Amann.
In an interview with Forbes, AEW President Tony Khan addressed the situation and denied Punk had anything to do with Cabana’s move to ROH.
“There is certainly a perception out there that I don’t think is accurate that when I purchased Ring of Honor and also [as] some of the contracts were coming up and I was starting to make moves—whether it was renewing them in most cases or not renewing them or in some cases reassigning people—there was a misconception that was perpetuated unfairly that CM Punk had anything to do with me wanting to move Colt Cabana to the Ring of Honor roster when his contract came up,” Khan said.
He continued, “I will clarify that, just to take it head on, that he [Punk] had nothing to do with any of the contracts I picked up, whether I did or didn’t. But in particular, I did pick up Colt Cabana’s contract and gave him a similar contract to do different work. I don’t know if it was fair that that got perpetuated…I also didn’t think that was fair to Punk.”
Cabana was present at Gamescom 2022 to promote the upcoming AEW: Fight Forever video game.
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