April 17, 2023 Observer Newsletter: CM Punk expected back in AEW, NJPW Sakura Genesis review

There are a lot of things in play regarding AEW, C.M. Punk, and the launching of a new Saturday night television show.

None of this has been announced, but it has been known for a few weeks to expect another one or two Tony Khan major announcements if the deals are finalized and both were strongly in play.

As reported here the past two weeks, a Punk return is largely expected. It’s a tenuous situation because the dressing room issues involving him have not been settled at all at press time. The working idea was that the Saturday show would star Punk and that they would split crews to a large degree. History does show that the splitting crews never lasts long, but in this case, the idea is to ease the dressing room problems in the sense those who have not made up would be kept on different crews and wouldn’t have to interact with each other.

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