Below are a couple of top news stories of the day, involving CM Punk, Jey Uso and AEW Collision.
• Jey Uso eliminated John Cena in the end to win the 2025 Men’s Royal Rumble match. CM Punk thinks he and Cena should’ve been the last two men, with Cena eliminating him to win.
On the Good Guy/Bad Guy podcast, Punk discussed the finish of the Royal Rumble and talked about being afraid to win matches in WWE nowadays:
“The Rumble didn’t go the way I would have booked it, so to speak. Since we’re just peeling back the curtain so much here, I would have had me and Cena as the last two guys. I would’ve had Cena throw my a$$ over the top rope, you know?
Because I think at this stage, I think losing is so much more valuable than winning. I’m almost afraid of me winning everything that I’ve ever dreamed of because what do I do then?”
Punk was eliminated by Logan Paul in this match.
• A taped episode of AEW Collision went head-to-head against WWE Royal Rumble 2025 this past Saturday.
The show drew 197,000 viewers with a 0.04 rating in the 18-49 demo on TNT, which is down from previous week’s 250,000 viewers with a 0.07 rating.
Below are the results from this episode of AEW Collision:
– Samoa Joe & Hook def. Nick Wayne & Kip Sabian
After the match, Christian Cage attacked Hook and Joe.
– The Beast Mortos def. Adam Priest
– Rush def. Max Caster
– The Learning Tree (ROH World Champion Chris Jericho & Bryan Keith) def. The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum)
After the match, Big Bill beat up The Outrunners, which led to Bandido making his return from injury to save Floyd & Magnum. Bandido hit Keith with a press slam through the table.
– FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) def. The Death Riders (AEW World Champion Jon Moxley & AEW Trios Champion Wheeler Yuta) in a Mid-South Street Fight with help from Adam Copeland and Jay White
After the match, Cope, White & FTR hit their finishers on Moxley.
– “Timeless” Toni Storm said she’s embarrassed about losing the AEW Women’s World Title to Mariah May. She now plans to take everything from May at AEW Grand Slam: Australia.
– Megan Bayne def. Hyena Hera
– Harley Cameron def. Taya Valkyrie
– Daniel Garcia (c) def. Kyle O’Reilly and ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty in a Triple Threat Match to retain the TNT Championship
Shane Taylor Promotions tried to attack Garcia, O’Reilly, and Matt Menard after the match, but Adam Cole and Roderick Strong came out to save them.
