It has been quite a few weeks since there have been talks of Daniel Bryan signing with AEW. Ringside News had reported that CM Punk has also signed with AEW.
AEW revaluated the plans for Daniel Bryan and CM Punk
Cassidy Haynes, who reported that AEW signed Daniel Bryan, spoke about those two big additions during the Bodyslam Podcast.
Haynes said that Daniel Bryan’s deal was done with AEW, and then CM Punk started expressing his interest. This caused AEW to reevaluate their plans and move things around to capitalize on the buzz. CM Punk First AEW Appearance Leaks
“They already had plans for [Bryan Danielson] to debut at Arthur on September 22nd, however that was a couple of weeks ago. Meltzer saying he’s known since May… nahh … they had discussed it internally in May when his contract ran up, but they didn’t start talks until about 2 or 3 weeks ago. So that stuff didn’t start happening until recently.”
“Then the Punk stuff happened after Bryan. So, they had plans in place for Bryan at Arthur Ashe, and then this Punk stuff happened and it’s kinda thrown a wrench into how they want to present everything. Now they’ve got to reformat everything because of that, you know? Because it’s ‘how do you capitalize off this buzz’ and what are they gonna do exactly is what they’re trying to figure out.”
He further confirmed the timeline of events. Both Bryan Danielson and CM Punk came onto AEW’s radar in a very small window of time and he said:
“Daniel Bryan started talking to them 2 or 3 weeks ago, and he was supposed to do Arthur Ashe and as long as of 2 days ago that was the plan, but they can always change that around. They can always change up when he’s gonna debut, but it’s happening. It’s 100% that he’s guaranteed to be there.”
We will have to see how AEW plans everything to make the huge debuts of the two stars.
