What if CM Punk goes to AEW?

#2. AJ Lee in AEW

If CM Punk winds up in AEW, would his wife be long to follow?

CM Punk isn’t the only WWE Superstar to finish up contractual obligations with WWE and then announce retirement, despite still more or less being in his physical prime. Punk’s own wife AJ Lee worked through the end of her contract, and under much less dramatic circumstances, but nonetheless seemed to call her in ring career to a premature end.

Both Punk and Lee came to wrestling as fans first, who chased their dreams all the way into WWE, and then into WWE’s upper ranks. Especially after several years away from the business and the limelight, it stands to reason that their fundamental love of the business would lead them back to it.

Whereas coming back to WWE would mean swallowing their pride and showing up on in Impact or Ring of Honor would feel a downward trajectory, going to AEW would suggest a truly alternative path that would make sense for both of them.