CM Punk Beats Samoa Joe, Retains ‘Actual’ AEW World Title at All In 2023 at Wembley

CM Punk defeated longtime rival Samoa Joe at All In on Sunday in London to retain the “actual” AEW World Championship.

The match began with Punk bleeding after being swung into the announce desk on the skin.

It ended with each males on the highest rope and Joe making an attempt to go for a suplex, however Punk responded by biting his head earlier than hitting a Pepsi Plunge for the pinfall.

After 9 months away as a result of harm, Punk returned to AEW because the face of the brand new Collision present in June. Throughout his first promo again, Punk held a bag that contained the AEW World Championship he by no means misplaced, and it grew to become a a lot larger issue final month.

Punk pulled the title out of the bag and declared himself the “actual worlds champion” since he had overwhelmed Jon Moxley for the title final yr and was pressured to vacate it after getting injured.

An “X” had been spray painted over the face of the title, and Punk mentioned it represented many issues, together with the legacy he has constructed within the wrestling enterprise for the previous twenty years.

Ricky Starks instantly challenged Punk for the title after having overwhelmed him beforehand, and Punk was profitable in his first protection.

Though AEW is just not recognizing Punk’s title as a respectable championship, the precedent was set for him to defend it, making it a logical addition to the All In card.

Any variety of compelling opponents may have stepped as much as problem Punk at Wembley Stadium, however given their historical past collectively relationship again to Ring of Honor, Punk vs. Joe was a slam dunk selection.

Since Punk’s return from harm, he and Joe have combined it up on a number of events, together with Punk and FTR beating Joe and Bullet Membership Gold on the inaugural episode of Collision, and Punk beating Joe in a singles match a couple of weeks later.

Joe laid down the problem for a match in opposition to Punk at All In, and on a latest episode of Collision, Punk took the chance to play thoughts video games together with his rival.

Whereas Joe was imagined to have a match in opposition to a masked wrestler named The Golden Vampire, it turned out that Punk was below the masks, and he hit Joe with a GTS earlier than accepting the problem.

By scoring yet one more victory over Joe at All In, Punk retained his standing because the self-proclaimed actual world champion in AEW.

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