At the Warner Brothers Discovery 2023/2024 Upfront presentation yesterday, it was announced that AEW: Collision will debut on TNT, on June 17, at 8/7c.
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Haus of Wrestling can confirm that Ace Steel was re-hired by AEW “several months ago” but has not been actively working in the backstage area. Steel was terminated by the company shortly after the locker room altercation following AEW: All Out
but was re-hired shortly after.
Upon Steel’s re-hiring, he was told he would be working with Tony Khan on creative, in some capacity,
but his presence backstage would upset some of the talent. So, for that reason, Steel has been working remotely for the company for the past few months.
There was an understanding in place that once AEW: Collision debuted, Steel would return to the road for AEW, working as an agent on that brand. However, on Tuesday, the decision was made not to bring Steel back on the road with the promotion, and Punk learned of it shortly after. Following that, there was some miscommunication between lawyers and, subsequently, Punk was pulled from the Collision announcement.
That said, Punk is still with AEW and it sounds like he is motivated, and wanting to help the company’s growth however he can.
Punk’s relationship with Tony Khan also appears to be on sound footing, with no issues between the two men, and communication remaining open.