AEW lastly severed ties with CM Punk over the weekend, firing him for his actions backstage at All In. And, whereas there’s been loads of contentious debate about whether or not Tony Khan made the precise transfer, former WCW wrestler and booker Kevin Sullivan is shocked that it even got here to this. On his newest episode of “Tuesdays with the Taskmaster,” he expressed that he did not see Punk’s dismissal coming.

“That basically surprises me,” Sullivan stated. “It exhibits you the way the enterprise has modified. I imply, again within the day, there have been scuffles within the dressing room, however it ended up in a handshake afterward. I do not assume … this isn’t the tip of this journey, I do not assume.”

However Sullivan additionally shared his assist for Khan’s final choice, commending Khan for the way he went about making such a troublesome announcement simply hours earlier than “AEW Collision” and the day earlier than All Out — each in Punk’s hometown of Chicago. 

“It took plenty of balls on Tony’s half to fireside him earlier than the present, going into his [Punk’s] hometown,” Sullivan stated. “I salute Tony for doing that as a result of if he had carried out it as we speak, individuals would’ve stated ‘It was bait and change.’ All of us have rising pains, particularly in a job that he took over, began an organization from scratch, and had plenty of issues. If the issues we heard that received out, what number of had been there that we did not hear about?”

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