We’ve had this argument countless times since the brawl last year and the only thing I learned is that there still isn’t a fucking adult in the room and firing Punk in response to whatever happened with Perry was hilarious given how Punk was treated when he came back. Playing both sides doesn’t work. Coming to a resolution does, and this wasn’t a resolution. It was a cop out.
Tony doesn’t want his company to become WCW, but it’s happening because he can’t step up and tell everyone to park the fucking pride and just do business together. You lose your biggest draw because you couldn’t figure out how to deal with him, and you dealt with him in ways that played right into his wheelhouse of being a curmudgeon and asshole. Having your cake and eating it too might as well be the damn AEW motto at this point.