CM Punk wins AEW World title at Double or Nothing

Nearly a decade after his last title reign, CM Punk is a World Champion again.

Punk defeated Hangman Page in the main event of Double or Nothing on Sunday night to become the new AEW World Champion. Punk pinned Page after hitting the GTS.

There was a ref bump leading into the finish that led to Page losing the match. With the referee down, Page got the AEW World Championship belt and was going to use it as a weapon. But Page was conflicted and decided that he couldn’t go through with using the title belt. He went for the Buckshot Lariat instead, but Punk caught Page with the GTS to get the victory.

Double or Nothing went off the air with an emotional Punk celebrating in the ring with the AEW World title belt. Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler then joined Punk in the ring as Punk spoke to the crowd after the show ended:

The last time that Punk was a World Champion prior to this was when The Rock ended his 434-day reign as WWE Champion in January 2013.

After walking out of WWE in 2014, Punk made his return to pro wrestling when he signed with AEW last August.

Page had been AEW World Champion since winning the title from Kenny Omega at Full Gear last November.

Punk will make his first appearance as champion on Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite from The Forum in Los Angeles.