AEW Rampage (8-20-2021)

“Cult of Personality” plays and CM Punk walking out onto the ramp!!! The roof blew off the United Center in Chicago Illinois in one of the most memorable returns in pro wrestling history ever

- CM Punk jumped into the crowd and they embraced him with open arms.
“You guys really know how to make a kid feel like Britt Baker in Pittsburgh. I’m winging this. We’re winging this. We—that’s a very important distinction. I didn’t plan on what I’m going to say because I knew I needed to feel it. And I feel you Chicago. And I hear you Chicago. For seven years, I’ve heard you. There’s a lot to cover. The good news is I’ve got the time Wednesdays, Fridays, four Saturdays or Sundays a year. I got the time and I ain’t going anywhere,” said CM Punk.
- “Possibly for me the most important thing I’m going to say…if at all during my journey, if any of my choices or personal decisions made you feel disappointed, let me just say, I was never going to get healthy by staying in the same place that got me sick in the first place.
- - “Can I tell you guys a story? I felt before like I had to leave. I didn’t want to, but I had to. I left Ring of Honor and I came out that last night with tears in my eyes. And now I know why. I had made a place where people could work, get paid, learn their craft, and love professional wrestling. I cried because I knew I was leaving a place I loved, and it was a home, and I knew where I was going wasn’t going to be easy for a guy like me. Because I’m one of you.
- - - “So I look at it like this: August 13th, 2005, I left professional wrestling. August 20th, 2021, I’m back. And I’m back for you! I’m not gonna lie. I’m back for me too. But I’m back because there’s a hell of a lot of young talent that I wish I was surrounded by ten years ago. I’m back because I want to work with that young talent. I’m back because there’s a couple of scores to settle in that locker room.”
- - - - CM Punk shouted into the microphone “Darby Allin!”
(Darby Allin and Sting were watching from the rafters)
“I see you. You’re good. I’ve seen you jump out of airplanes. I’ve seen you get kicked down a flight of stairs and you always come back. You’re tough. But I’m here to help, Darby. And you’re first on the list. You’re a daredevil and Darby, there’s nothing more dangerous that you can do than wrestle CM Punk, except wrestle CM Punk in Chicago! “I’ll see you September 5th at ALL OUT live on pay-per-view. I’m back! Oh, and I appreciate everyone who waited seven long years for me. So everyone, on your way out, grab yourself a free ice cream bar,” concluded Punk.

World Tag Team Title Eliminator Tournament Semi-Final!
M1: Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus (with Marko Stunt) def. Private Party (w/ Matt Hardy)

M2: Jade Cargill (with “Smart” Mark Sterling) def. Kiera Hogan

Main Event Time!
M3: Jon Moxley (w/ Eddie Kingston) def. Daniel Garcia (w/ Jeff Parker & Matt Lee)

- After the match Daniel Garcia and 2point0 attacked Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston after the match! Sting and Darby Allin came out to even up the odds! Mox spiked Garcia with the Paradigm Shift! Sting hit a double Stinger splash on Jeff Parker & Matt Lee! Darby Allin put the final nail in the coffin with his Coffin Drop onto 2point0!