Sadly, CM Punk suffered an injury during that match. He tore his tricep, which kept him out for over six months. He wouldn’t return to the ring until his clash with Drew McIntyre at Summerslam 2024.

Though Payback is not nearly as daunting as SummerSlam, the combination of Payback and college football render a CM Punk-less AEW Collision extremely skippable. Ironically enough, the news of Punk ...