Some more interesting things are developing for Damage Control,
so we’ll see what’s new there. We’ll also check out the latest for AEW, CM Punk, and much more
Let’s start things with the latest for Bayley and Damage Control
So as everyone knows, Damage Control went
through a really rough patch from March all the way to nearly August
Six months of just bad luck, misfortune, miscommunication,
and more terrible things amongst the group
Everyone was definitely expecting some sort of split to take place
amongst Damage Control during that six month stretch, but they somehow kept it together,
made it work, held on, and it actually ended up paying off
Iyo Sky won the Money In The Bank contract and just a few weeks later,
she was cashing it in at Summerslam to become the new WWE women’s champion
And that was the exact moment where things appeared to be turning around for Damage Control
They went from nearly being in the brink of splitting up to now having the WWE
women’s title in their possession, and even getting Dakota Kai back in
a limited role as she continues to recover from her knee surgery
And it’s something that fans have been discussing, but Dakota Kai’s return and her presence just
being there on Smackdown is just amazing and adds so much to Damage Control’s overall presentation
Things felt so empty without her when it was just Bayley and Iyo,
so to have Dakota Kai back, even in that non-active manager role,
really just adds a lot to that presentation and makes them to fully feel like Damage Control again
But after their recent few weeks of good luck including getting the women’s title
and gaining Dakota Kai back, it looks like some difficult times are coming back for Damage Control
This all went down during a recent edition of Smackdown where Bayley was taking on Shotzi
Damage Control looked like they had a plan going where Dakota would distract the referee while Iyo
hands over the title to Bayley for her to use as a weapon on Shotzi while the referee wasn’t looking
But Iyo hesitated a bit to hand the title over to Bayley,
which led to Charlotte taking out Iyo, punching Bayley behind the referee’s back,
and Shotzi was able to capitalize and pick up the win over Bayley
So it’s definitely interesting that Iyo hesitated to hand her title over to Bayley,
and it’s because of that hesitation from Iyo that
the night just turned upside down for Damage Control in an instant
It also hasn’t been made fully clear who Iyo’s first challenger will be
Bianca Belair is gone, Aus-ka has quietly gone missing,
and the only one that’s still hanging around damage control right now is Charlotte Flair
So there’s a chance that Charlotte Flair could be next to challenge Iyo Sky,
which is quite the big opponent, especially for a champion’s first title defense
But if Iyo is able to successfully defend her title against Charlotte Flair as her
first defense, that really will kick off her title reign in a major way
Iyo’s title reign just started, but some fans are already complaining
and pointing out that despite being the reigning defending WWE women’s champion,
Iyo Sky still feels like a supportive character to Bayley
Regardless of it that’s true or not, it’s still very early in Iyo’s title reign,
so we definitely gotta give it more time to play out and let them establish Iyo as the champion
The path that everyone expects to see is obviously Bayley versus Iyo for the WWE women’s title,
so maybe that is something that they could be building towards
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CM Punk is an extremely controversial topic and name to bring up right now,
but he’s still leading a lot of fan conversations following his AEW termination
AEW and Tony Khan revealed earlier in the week that upon further review and
following the investigation, they made the decision to fully cut ties with CM Punk and
immediately terminate his AEW contract due to the backstage events at All In
Tony Khan also shared his words to the fans that he felt threatened and talked about how
horrific of an experience it was for him and how he really had no choice, but to make that call
After the 2022 backstage fight between CM Punk and The Elite,
some fans though that CM Punk would never make another appearance for AEW again after that
There was even one point during that hiatus a few months ago that CM Punk visited Monday
Night Raw backstage, but he was asked by Vince McMahon to leave since he was still
an AEW talent at the time and all the legal trouble that could come from him visiting WWE
But then a few months after that,
AEW and CM Punk worked everything out and he was set to return to lead their new show
And that was going well until these recent events of course
Reports claim that CM Punk was facing a lot of backstage issues
recently in AEW with a lot of tension building up
With one report even saying that he allegedly said out
loud that he ‘hates this place’, referring to AEW
Then another new report that just came out claimed that CM
Punk had interest in returning to WWE prior to his AEW return
It’s also being reported by Sports Illustrated
that CM Punk is expected to release a statement soon on his AEW termination,
but his statement hasn’t been released yet at the time of this recording
But the big growing conversation now is if CM Punk will walk into the sunset with ‘All In’
being his last ever match inside of a wrestling ring, or if a WWE return is in play for him
CM Punk briefly worked for WWE on Fox back in 2019 and early 2020
as a part of the ‘WWE Backstage’ program reacting to WWE storylines and matches,
but he himself has not stepped foot inside a WWE ring since the 2014 Royal Rumble
CM Punk is coming off of a lot of backstage trouble,
fights, and antics from his time in AEW, a lot of negative energy is surrounding him at the moment,
but if WWE is willing take all that on and agree to bring CM Punk aboard,
it could lead to something fans thought we’ll never see… and that’s a WWE return from CM Punk
There’s no confirmed word right now if CM Punk and WWE are in communication in any way,
but that’s not stopping fans from already fantasy booking this WWE return for CM Punk
Fans have noticed and pointed out that WWE’s 2023 Survivor
Series event takes place in Chicago, Illinois inside of the All-State Arena
Not only is that arena in CM Punk’s hometown,
but it’s also the same exact arena where he’s seen a lot of success at in WWE,
such as Money In The Bank 2011, where he won the WWE title and walked out of the arena with it
So fans think it would be pretty bizarre to see him return in that same arena
Fans are also discussing the likelihood of seeing Roman Reigns versus CM Punk in
modern day WWE because there’s so much history and story to touch on there
Roman Reigns and The Shield came into WWE following CM Punk and Paul Heyman’s direct orders
Then a few years later, Punk even found himself colliding
with Roman and the shield members in the ring
So to revisit that history with each other over a decade later would be pretty interesting
Not to mention that the Paul Heyman dynamic
will also come back into play given Heyman’s long history with CM Punk
It would be an insanely fresh matchup and out of this world story this late
into Roman’s title reign that would be pretty unreal to see
So we’ll have to wait and see if CM Punk really could be WWE bound after all
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