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What's kinda sad is the booking with Punk was actually really good. Some of the best feuds in AEW's brief history involved Punk. I think MJF/Punk is still the best feud they've had. He put their B show on the map, and was doing yeoman's work in putting over young talent.

Now obviously Punk is in large part to blame for his firing, I'm just speaking in more of an objective viewpoint. The only other ex-WWE superstars that I think maintained (or increased) their popularity coming have been Christian, Swerve, and maybe Joe. Danielson has been booked fine, I just feel his popularity is not the same today than it was back in 2021.

I expected more out of someone like Cesaro. He was often overlooked in WWE, yet all us marks loved him. He should have had a run with a title. Instead he had the RoH title and otherwise is #3 in his stable... generally just putting talent over.