WWE Chairman Vince McMahon has certainly heard the reports of CM Punk and Daniel Bryan signing a deal with AEW. CM Punk was teased for the AEW Rampage at the United Center on August 20th. But, no teases have been noticed yet for Bryan but it is believed that he would be making his debut soon as well. WWE Bringing Back ‘Several’ Fired Names
Vince McMahon and co. is unhappy with Daniel Bryan signing with AEW
WWE had worked hard to keep Bryan with the company with a deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling. But, on the Mat Men Pro Wrestling Podcast, Andrew Zarian said that there are people in WWE management that are upset that they lost Bryan. He said:
“There’s a lot of rumors that Vince is very upset and management is very angry, how could they these two go? I think Daniel Bryan is the disappointment for them, CM Punk not so much. There’s no buzz that I’m hearing coming from the office side that ‘we f’d up by not signing him.’ There’s a lot of people that think his stock is not what it normally would be. They think his UFC losses hurt him. A lot of people worked with him when he was very unhappy and I think that’s the memory that they have. I’m saying from management, I’m not the talent. I think the talent knows what a big deal this is.”
Zarian also noted that one of WWE’s TV partners is not happy about Punk signing with AEW.
“A certain network is not very happy [about] the CM Punk stuff…WWE, they are not very concerned about CM Punk. They know it’s a big get for AEW but they were not negotiating to bring him. However, I would say that Daniel Bryan is a big hit for them.”
It is just about time when Bryan and Punk both make their debut in AEW.
