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What's the story?
Something very interesting happened recently. An artist on Redbubble got a copyright claim against a piece of fan art they had made regarding CM Punk, with the company responsible for the claim being Creative Ventures, Inc who are better known as Pro Wrestling Tees. What's interesting about it is that under 'Subject Matter' in the copyright claim is AEW (All Elite Wrestling)
In case you didn't know...
Pro Wrestling Tees were announced as the merchandise provider in partnership with Cody's new promotion, All Elite Wrestling. With that in mind there's a chance this means that All Elite Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Tees are planning to sell CM Punk merchandise going forward hence the copyright claims.
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Punk did make a wrestling appearance at Starrcast, the official convention that took place before ALL IN, and Cody has since told media that a 'real offer' has been made for CM Punk, so it's not outside the realms of possibility.
The heart of the matter
The art in question was a CM Punk 'Best in the World' piece and the copyright claim is seen below.
It's also worth noting that Creative Ventures, Inc have also issued a copyright claim for Golden Lovers merchandise, indicating that Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi could also be heading to AEW.
Now before you get carried away, this is just an indication that All Elite Wrestling may be signing these wrestlers. The more likely option is that Pro Wrestling Tees handles the copyright for all of its clients and with All Elite Wrestling being such a big one that they're automatically added to any copyright notices that are sent.
What's next?
All Elite Wrestling is in its infancy but I think we have a whole bunch of surprises in store as the promotion slowly builds for the rest of 2019.
Would you like to see CM Punk returning to wrestling? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below!
