Okay, so I spent some time digging into this whole CM Punk and William Regal thing from AEW. It always felt a bit weird to me, you know? That whole interaction they had on TV, and then Regal leaving not long after everything blew up with Punk. I wanted to figure out, just for myself, what might have actually gone down.
So, first thing I did was go back and watch those specific AEW segments. I pulled up the Dynamite episode where Punk came out after winning the title, and Regal was already in the ring with Moxley and the Blackpool Combat Club guys. Watched it a couple of times. Yeah, it felt kinda tense, or maybe just awkward. Punk didn’t seem too thrilled Regal was there, but hey, it’s wrestling, right? Hard to tell what’s real and what’s for the show.
Then I started hitting the search engines. Just typing in their names, AEW, backstage, stuff like that. Man, what a rabbit hole that was.
- Read tons of news snippets.
- Checked out what people were saying on forums.
- Tried finding any interviews where either guy talked about it directly (not much luck there, mostly vague stuff).
Honestly, it got confusing fast. One place said Punk was mad Regal overshadowed his moment. Another said it was all planned. Then you got reports tying it into the later drama with The Elite. It felt like everyone had a theory, but not much solid proof.
Trying to Make Sense of It
I tried to piece together a timeline. Regal comes in, forms the BCC. Punk wins the belt. They have that weird segment. Then the whole All Out media scrum meltdown happens with Punk. Then Regal quietly finishes up and leaves AEW, goes back to WWE. It seemed linked, somehow. But how directly? That was the tricky part.
I spent a good afternoon just sifting through all this stuff. Cross-referencing dates, trying to see who reported what first. It felt like trying to solve a puzzle with half the pieces missing and a bunch of extra pieces from different puzzles thrown in.
My big takeaway? It’s probably impossible for us fans to really know the full story. There’s just too much going on behind the curtain – egos, contracts, maybe real personal issues we know nothing about. I came to the conclusion that it was likely a mix of things. Maybe some real awkwardness, maybe some professional friction, definitely blown way up by all the online speculation.
In the end, I just kind of threw my hands up. It was interesting trying to connect the dots, like a little detective project. But yeah, I think I’ll just stick to watching the matches from now on and try not to get too caught up in the backstage guessing games. It’s just way too messy.
