Justin

I heard his side over and over, from his friends and even himself. I know his qualms. He didn't have enough respect for the product and other talent and it got worse, and from his side he thought he had more experience and had been at a higher level than everyone and he knew more. He had some valid points, and other points the issue was he was out of the business for years and so much changed. Ultimately, and we've seen this over and over, for those who think WWE is the big leagues and AEW is not the big leagues, those people never work out in AEW. Moxley and Jericho and later Danielson were big stars and did not have that mentality, largely because of experiences under different systems, which Punk did have as well but everyone is different. Everyone is better off. AEW is the most harmonious it has ever been and in many ways the most successful. He had his own dreams and he achieved them and is making great money in the process. His leaving hurt the popularity but in hindsight, it had to happen and was the best for all.