Who is credited with the idea of Moxley vs. Punk tonight, more details
Added 2022-08-24 18:27:23 +0000 UTCAEW Dynamite saw a shock main event made for Cleveland on August 24, as the planned All Out main event between Jon Moxley and CM Punk to unify the AEW World Titles was moved up a week and a half.
AEW sources indicated to Fightful that Jon Moxley was in favor of the move, and one source even indicated that it was his idea and pitch, and All Elite Wrestling went with it. The same source also said that "eventually CM Punk agreed to it." We haven't learned if this was connected to any of the reported issues with CM Punk last week. Grapsody's Will Washington noted on the air that he'd heard there was an idea in play a few days before to increase ticket sales and add buzz to the Cleveland AEW show. Fightful has reached out to AEW officials, who did not respond when asked for comment on this story.
We've not been told of creative plans heading out of this match.
Fightful Select was told last week that the decision was not the original plan, and that "multiple plans" for AEW All Out had changed.
Comments
I see some negative comments about this. On one hand, I understand. But on the other, this is the first time in a long ass time I have no clue what's going to happen and it's kind of awesome. I personally like that they did something totally different from the standard swerve DQ we would otherwise have received.
Wesley Haines
2022-08-26 15:24:37 +0000 UTC
