AEW News Roundup: More major signings incoming, Daniel Bryan update, How CM Punk's first opponent was chosen (August 30, 2021)

#1 How Darby Allin was selected as CM Punk's first AEW opponent

CM Punk is set to step into the squared circle for the first time in over seven years at AEW All Out this weekend, as he takes on Darby Allin.

During a recent interview, Tony Khan opened up about how Allin was picked as Punk's first opponent in the company. According to him, The Best in the World had come up with a list of possible opponents and Allin was one of the prominent names on that list.

"We started to talk and then we had to come up with wrestling ideas. He had that great list he put out of people he thought would be great opponents for him and of course, a very prominent name on that list was Darby Allin and Darby Allin in the past year has gotten as hot as any wrestler we have and I just thought it would be really cool and it made a lot of sense and I suggested it and he thought it was great," said Tony Khan. H/T: Sportskeeda

CM Punk has heaped praise on Darby Allin repeatedly in the run-up to their match at AEW All Out, both on Rampage and Dynamite. It will be interesting to see if Punk vs. Allin is the main event of the upcoming pay-per-view.