Book The Elite 2: CM Punk vs Nick Aldis part 1

Brief recap of Book The Elite 1 : RUSH won the AAA championship with a little help from Konnan, and friends. Kenny started to become unhinged, and challenged Matt Hardy for the inactive Omega Championship. But before that Kenny Omega lost his AEW championship to CM Punk. Kenny Omega wins the Omega Championship only to eventually drop it to Jon Moxley. Moxley rebranded the championship as the AEW Hardcore Championship.

There were a few side plots mentioned in #1 but we’ll be focusing on the CM Punk vs Nick Aldis feud. CM Punk has been trashing the National Wrestling Alliance all over social media for weeks. Tony Schiavone hasn’t been able to get any explanation of his plans for the NWA championship.

On tonight’s episode of Rampage, the AEW finally clears the air. CM Punk explains that the NWA is nothing more than a studio wrestling vanity project for some rockstar. He believes that Billy Corgan has no desire to bring it to it’s former glory. Tony tried to respond but CM Punk took the microphone.

“The fact of the matter is that the NWA will always be a vanity project. Unless it has a real star representing it. Nick Aldis is just there for a paycheck, and to cement his legacy among fans of vintage wrestling. There’s no territories, no governing body, and the NWA depends on AEW for attention. ” -CM Punk

CM Punk told the audience that he wants the title vs title 2 out of 3 falls match to take place in the Mid-South Coliseum or Madison Square Garden. Punk claims Tony Khan will be discussing it with Billy Corgan tomorrow.

The card laid out by CM Punk

The first match will be for the NWA women’s championship.

1. Kamille versus Jade Cargill

2nd is just a tag team match.

FTR versus Aron Stevens & JR Kratos

The main event is the title versus title 2 out of 3 falls match

CM Punk versus Nick Aldis

A week later Nick Aldis was asked in an interview about all of this. He called CM Punk delusional, and said “if anybody is tarnishing the NWA legacy it’s you.”

Nick Aldis is looking forward to the match against CM Punk for both championships. He believes that he will be the better representative for the wrestling world. As for the comment about NWA territories that CM Punk had made. Nick said to stay watch the upcoming episodes of Power.

To be continued…