CM Punk also said he felt the footage from Ring of Honor was now in good hands now that AEW CEO Tony Khan had purchased the company.
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CM Punk has admitted he is relieved at the fact that AEW CEO Tony Khan bought Ring of Honor (ROH). The reason? Because if Khan had not bought it, he believes it would be owned by the WWE.
Khan recently announced that he had bought ROH, although there was no mention of WWE being involved. But it is a fair assumption to make, given the company have deep pockets.
“I was relieved. Let’s be honest. Either Tony was gonna buy it, or Vince (McMahon) was gonna buy it. And I don’t want Vince to own my footage. He owns enough of it and I don’t get paid off it,” Punk said at the media scrum after AEW Revolution.
“People need to understand that when I left, I was asking questions about the (streaming WWE) Network, which had not been launched yet.
“I was saying, ‘How am I going to paid off this? We don’t even understand what the pay scale is. I don’t know if I get paid off the date of a pay-per-view, off a buy rate, you guys already throw darts at an imaginary board and pay me whatever you want.
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“I still get royalties, that’s the only hardcopy thing I see, DVD sales. Once all the DVDs go away and you’re putting stuff on the Network, I’m not getting paid. Or am I? Tell me. Let’s talk about it.’
“‘My guy, you’re good. Don’t worry about it.’ They couldn’t tell me. Now, I watch my royalty checks, which I still get, dwindle to nothing, because they put everything on the Network and the boys don’t get paid. That’s not just me, that’s everybody. That’s criminal.”
Punk also said he felt the footage from ROH was now in good hands. He then went on to draw an analogy about his feelings while taking a potshot at the WWE Network.
“I loved ROH so much, and I can’t explain how happy that I am that my footage, it’s in good hands. It’s just good to know it’s in the hands of somebody who will treat it well.
“I literally feel like my baby is in someone’s hands who will raise the child the right way and do good things with it.
“And it won’t get made into just some tab on a shitty, confusing app that’s hard to navigate and the boys don’t get paid anything off it.”
