CM Punk officially returned to AEW television on the premiere episode of AEW Collision on June 17. He was on the subsequent episodes of AEW Dynamite, saying he wasn't supposed to be there because he's a Collision guy, and on the June 24 episode of Collision.
There have been reports about a "locker room" divide in AEW with Punk returning given his altercation with The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks) at AEW All Out 2022.
Speaking to Joseph Staszewski of the New York Post, Eddie Kingston addresses the reports and Punk's return.
"He did it his way and that’s the way wanted to do it. I expected it," Kingston said about Punk's return on AEW Collision. "I knew it was happening, knowing Punk and what he thought was right for him. That’s it. I see the reports. I see the clickbait on YouTube. But the locker room is not divided, not the people I hang out with. Punk’s gonna do what Punk does and if whatever Punk does helps this company, no one can say anything."
Asked if there's been a feeling in the locker room that people have been bothered by Punk's comments, Kingston replied, "Not me, man. Not my crew of people I hang out with. Maybe there’s that one percent that are bothered but the people I chill with, they’re good. They don’t care."
Kingston is set to team with The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson), Tomohiro Ishii, & Hangman Page against Konosuke Takeshita, Shota Umino & Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli) at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door.
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